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I think EVERY man has a chance to get a positive answer. You just got to know the ways. I’ve seen a lot of couples here. Indeed, some men were like Hollywood actors, always smart and handsome, booking the best rooms at hotels and easily spending their money. This is the most attractive type for women but they are not numerous. The majority of men are quite common: tall and short, stout and thin, with long and short hair… But ALL of them without exceptions have found their happiness with Russian ladies.

Just remember: EVERYONE HAS CHANCES.

Now secrets! OK, I’m ready to share them.

It’s very important to remember that in a personal meeting you can see your partner but over the Internet you CANNOT SEE him/her. And visa versa. It’s bothering, isn’t it?

Well, you benefit here because you have already seen the girl’s profile and her picture. Add some imagination and you have her quite complete image in mind! What about her? She can see only your letter and nothing more!!!
The first thing you can do is describing yourself!

Well… You can make the following conclusion: give the woman the information she is eager to know. Tell her about your work, age, place of living, your previous marriage experience and of course children (if you have them).
In real meeting we can miss something because it is clear from our appearance and the context of conversation. When writing letters you need to mention everything because talking to nobody is typical to the clients of another establishment that is an insane asylum :). Do you agree?

I have already mentioned that you benefit from the very beginning because you have already seen your woman’s profile and her pictures. You have a good notion of the girl you are writing to! Be honest and noble. And don’t forget to introduce yourself.

OK, let’s assume you have given her the main information about you. Does that mean you are going to succeed? Maybe for some women. But we are trying to get a positive answer from the most fastidious woman. She is good-looking, intelligent and young. So, we have to work with our letter a little bit longer.

You’ve contoured your shape and now you need to fill it in. The content is not important (you can write about your Granny who used to say you have to marry as soon as possible, your dog that’s going to bear puppies or… weather). What matters is your optimistic and warm style plus more kind words. Add your sense of humor and you’ll succeed!

It is going to characterize you better than “I’m kind, clever and caring. If you like me write me please!” Think no letters like this?
I’m not giving you examples of successful letters here. Just imagine the number of women who are going to receive similar copied letters!:)
I know well you are able to compose wonderful letters yourself. We are just trying to direct you. Here are some pieces of good advice for you:

- Comment on her profile. You must have been interested in HER profile if you made up your mind to write THIS woman. Tell her about it and ask her questions because it will be easier to her to write an answer to you. If you only knew how happy women are when reading you are interested in their children in the very first letter!

If you don’t feel lie asking her question because her profile is quite detailed and clear just ask he about something that is important for you (her attitude to family for example).

- An interesting issue to be dwelled upon in your first letter is the reasons of your seeking a Russian wife. Anyway, women are always interested in this and you’ll have to tell he about it sooner or later.

- Compliments. A very controversial topic. Of course any woman likes compliments but hearing compliments from an alien can be embarrassing to dome of them. Care to know the most horrible compliment you can tell her? “You must have got a thousand letters already!” You see, nobody gets so many letters in our agency. If anyone did but failed to choose someone from such a great range of men it arouses our suspicions. And what about a woman hearing all that? What is she to answer you? Anyway, she’s going to have the feeling of resentment…

Another case is when a man makes amazing compliments and a woman is almost in love with him but her second I tell her, “Be careful, he’s telling you all these good words now but can suddenly disappear to make you suffer.”
Whatever, your first letter is to be concrete rather than lyric.
One of our women-clients N.N. gets plenty of letters. When our translator comes up to some lyrical places in men’s letters she always says: “OK, just miss it. What is point of his letter?” Nonsense! But don’t think our women are not romantic. Nope! They just don’t feel safe talking to I-don’t-know-whom. In your following letters you’ll be able to show her all the tenderness you’ve been keeping inside you for many years :).

- The size. One-passage letters are not very interesting to read. Long letters arouse women’s suspicion: He’s so talkative! He is ready to open his heart to anyone? What should you do? No definite answer. Just your letter is to be interesting to read. But 1 page is more than enough.

- Pictures. Women are usually fascinated to see your picture in the first letter. But your picture can also be the reason of her refuse. Sometimes a messy letter and a “bright” picture make her do this because everything’s clear to her in this case. It’s hard to give you any special piece of advice here. If you are sure that you are charming and attractive you’d better attach your picture of course. But make sure it is hi-fi and you like it yourself. Besides, your face and body contour should be seen clearly. It may sound a little bit cynic but we always pay attention to all this stuff meeting a person for the first time, don’t we?

If you are not sure you are a superman try to describe you in words. Your sense of humor can make your story very funny! Don’t forget to promise your picture in your next letter. Maybe your woman will be so interested in your letter that she will accept you no matter how you look. A reasonable woman chooses a character of her husband but not his appearance. She puts her life at stake because she has to move to your country and live there without close friends or relatives (except you of course). You are going to be her only close man there. His appearance of a Hollywood actor is appreciated but it is not the main thing. Here are the words of one of our clients Lena K., who’s been living in the USA for about a year already:

“Thank you girls for helping me to make a right choice! Kevin is my closest person and he is so tolerant to me. I do need it now because my English is still very poor. My husband is very kind and tender. I don’t know what would be with me if I would have chosen a picture but not a Man. We do love each other and are very happy!”

However, some women are not so reasonable and your picture matters a lot to them.

The things women are scared of:

1. Never send her pictures of you in swimming trunks. Her possible reaction is:

- Couldn’t he out on a shirt?

- He must be a pervert! What he wants: to marry or just have fun?

- Why this picture? I look so light-minded?

But men wearing suits and bow-ties are supposed to be respectable and serious. However, these are extremes. Remember that your smile and eyes should be seen well but your body should be covered with appropriate clothes

2. Never ask your girl to send you her picture in bikini. No comments.

3. Don’t discuss sex issues in the first letter.

4. Mind your age difference. If you are 50 you can hardly expect a positive answer from your 18-year-old girl as well as 25-year-old one. 35 is possible. Just you have to remember that marriages between people with the age difference of more than 15 years are not typical to Russia. And if she agrees to communicate with you perhaps she is not interested in your personality but in something else you have.

The last way of taming your woman is attaching a present to your letter. It may be a rose. A red one means your passion, a white one is very romantic. You’d better not make expensive presents. If a woman feels very obliged her letters to you can hardly be frank. Just give her something cheap and touching (a toy or a flower) and it will make her see you much more positively. No refuse in our working experience!

Irina Chernova

I am 28 years old Russian female, working in dating field for almost 7 years and my specialty is dating articles for ChanceForlove Russian chanceforlove.com Dating Services

Three kisses a day make you happy and gay. Whether you kiss your partner on remembering a sweet moment, or some cute action it is a good excuse to come close to each other. Kissing is a very important ingredient in love making. So never stop kissing.
Give your lover a morning kiss and take a goodnight kiss in return. However you do it make it sure to kiss each other to keep your love intact.

Kiss each other for healthy reasons. Kisses not only improve your love relationship but also keep you healthy. Experts say that kissing is a great cardiovascular activity and a process to lower high blood pressure, it also lowers cholesterol level. You better kiss each other for a romance as well as a health. They also say that since kisses puts to work over 30 muscles of your face your skin becomes smoother. So, all you women who want their skin smooth and glowing make sure to kiss your partners and give them a chance to kiss you.

A romantic kiss fulfills the day of the partners giving them complete assurance of love for each other. If you love your partners then kiss each other. Find moments to steal a kiss from your partner. Your partner will love you even more. Kiss each other to enhance your love life. A kiss is a starter to move you deep into feelings and feel the ecstasy of love, both emotional and physical love.

Every woman and man get motivated and empowered with the power of love, and kiss is one way to express your love. So always make sure to kiss your partner to feel motivated and loved and let your love life never fade.

Display your love with a kiss. Explain and make your spouse feel the extent of your feelings. Remember what has been said earlier, “If you love somebody show it”. Your love is doubled. Your partner too will react to the love expressed by you.

A kiss shows romance and intimacy, love and care, it all depends to whom you kiss and how you kiss. Kisses represent you feelings for the other person. A kiss is innocent, sweet, caring or hot. It all depends on your feelings and relationship. You kiss a person when you are attracted towards him or her. Your feelings are very well understood when you kiss your lover or anybody else such as your friend, children or parents. You can never forget the first kiss of your lover; it still can fill you up with deep emotions. Such is the power of a kiss.

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Does dating after divorce seem like a scary proposition to you? Would you like to know the secrets to success?

It’s not easy being single again. You never planned on being back in this place of starting over from square one. This is not the life you signed up for–but, it’s the one you got.

So…what can you do to get ready to start dating after divorce? Here are three secrets that can save you from heartbreak and lead you to greater success:

* Give yourself a year alone

This seems difficult for a lot of people, and it may be hard for you. You may want to believe the worst is behind you. You may be afraid of being alone and on your own. Or, you may feel that you were so lonely while you were in your marriage, you want to find a relationship that meets some of your needs. But everyone needs at least a year. You need time to grieve, read, talk with a counselor, spend quiet time, and heal. If you don’t, you will have…baggage.

* Handling your baggage

Baggage is unresolved emotional issues. When you have previous relationships that you still feel angry, hurt, or in turmoil about, working these emotions through with a professional will help you save your next relationship. It is unrealistic to expect your next partner to help you work out your problems that have plagued you from the past. Your marriage might not have worked out the way you wanted it to, but that doesn′t have to stop you from learning, growing, and getting ready for the rest of your life.

*Take kind, nurturing care of yourself

If you are divorced, you may be depressed, struggling with emotional or economic survival, and finding it difficult to face the day. You need to take extreme care of yourself. Start by getting some professional advice. If you can’t afford counseling, visit your place of worship and ask for help. Take a look at your habits of exercise, rest, and food. Find a buddy and get specific with your plans, such as going to the gym three times a week. Keep only healthy foods in the house so you don’t get hooked on sugar or junk food. And turn off the TV when the news is depressing or the shows are violent. Treat yourself the way a good mother would treat you–make yourself some chicken soup, curl up with your favorite blanket, and rest.

Being divorced is your time to recover yourself, rediscover your lost dreams, and build yourself up from the inside so you are ready to go out and meet other healthy people. Take this time to take good care of yourself.

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Now you all know I have become a bit cynical in regards to dating lately. Especially since my last burn. Now I feel like I am getting over it, got the closure and now I am moving on. But the hurt still raises it’s ugly head every now and again. A little reminder will pop up every once in awhile. I got to the point where every time I would think about the ex, I would say to myself he must be thinking about me, then I think, good let him wallow in it. I will be just fine. So it has been a little over a month and a half. Since I found out what kind of man he was. I have decided to try to put myself back out there. Every time I go through a bunch of crap with a guy, I sit and think, I should’ve stayed with my ex- husband, at least I know all his faults and his positives too. Well that lasts all of about 5 minutes and then I get over that too. He is a good guy, but it didn’t work for a reason.

So now it is time to move forward not backward. Me, being a little adventurous decided to try a dating service. An on- line dating service. On- line dating worked for my sister and her now husband, so why shouldn’t it work for me? Why not give it a try. I would like to say the name of this dating service but I won’t, not just yet anyways. It has been just over a week and it took a little time to come up with some matches that I was personally interested in. Now this will be a new thing for me and involving my writing because I am taking you along with me every step of the way. We will see what happens. I have at the present, about 7-8 matches, and by matches I mean people the dating service seems to think I am compatible with. I like this service so far for a variety of reasons. You have to do profiles and they match you based on that, plus you have to correspond through their site for a while so that seems safe for now. There have been two guys in particular who I am interested in, but we will see. For some reason I always pick older men. Go figure. I just prefer older men I guess. Older men seem to be more grounded I guess. They also seem to know what they want and are usually not into playing games. Except the last guy I dated he was older and such a player.

Well you all will be kept up to date, because I can’t do this alone. I am more leery now and yes a little afraid. One good thing about me and my dating is, I never get my son involved, with any of the men. I did it one time and I will never do it again until I know for sure I have met my one and only. I never wanted to have my child involved. Everyone should really think about that. I mean your kids have already went through enough with the split with you and their father or mother, there is no need to let them get attached and get hurt again. Please just consider what I am saying regarding that. The kids shouldn’t be involved until it becomes a done deal really and you know with 100% certainty that you want to be together. Good- luck to all of you singles out there. I hope you find love and happiness. God Bless.

Vaughn Pascal

To Dakota: I love you…

In my work as a Marriage and Family Therapist most of my practice has been working with couples, because after experiencing divorce growing up as a child, and again after a ten year first marriage, I decided that my mission is to help people have successful marriages and families, and I thought the best way to do that would be as a marriage counselor. However, what I discovered over the years is that people generally make appointments with me when it’s almost too late; they’re on the verge of divorce or it might be a last resort, after there’s been a lot of irreversible damage done.

How relationships work and how to have a successful Life Partnership have always been fascinating mysteries to me. One thing’s for certain; times have changed and what used to work doesn’t work anymore. The biggest change in the past 30 years impacting relationships that I can see is that we have developed a need to be “happy″. This is a dramatic shift from our parents and grandparents who were quite satisfied surviving and achieving some measure of comfort and security. The need for happiness sounds very simple and innocent, but it’s the primary reason for failed relationships today, and the high divorce rate, single parent families, mental and physical health problems, juvenile delinquency, welfare, and so on.

While we seek to be happy in relationships, we don’t seem to know how. As a result I have seen many people make relationship choices and fall into traps that prevented them from getting what they want in their life, resulting in unhappiness and relationship failure. A trap is basically an unsolvable problem that results in unhappiness in a relationship. Getting out of the trap often means leaving the relationship.

When you’re single you can do a lot more than you realize to avoid these traps and prepare for a successful and lasting relationship, as you’ll see in this article.

1. Marketing Trap

Believing you need to make yourself more appealing to attract a partner and “selling” yourself with attractive packaging and presentation. High risk of disappointment and relationship failure as people discover that the excitement and promise of the “sizzle” conflicts with the reality of the “steak″.

Solution: Authenticity. You will attract compatible people when you show them who you really are. At the risk of mixing metaphors, “Birds of a feather flock together″, so don′t try to look like a prize-winning chicken when you are your own breed of duck!

2. Scarcity Trap

Believing there is a limited supply of possible partners, so you have to take what you can get or be alone. Results in relationship failure when you settle for less and compromise your Requirements. A self-fulfilling prophecy when you get less because you expect less.

Solution: Define your first choice of what you really want and persevere. Trust that if you apply yourself you can get what you really want in your life. You must be able to say “No” to what you DON’T want, to be available to say “Yes″ to what you DO want. You have the power to choose who, what , where, when, and how, and can get what you really want if you make effective choices aligned with your Vision and Requirements.

3. Compatibility Trap

Assuming that if you have fun together and get along well, you are compatible and a committed relationship will work. Results in relationship failure when discovering the vast difference between a fun-focused, recreational ” dating” relationship, and a serious long-term committed relationship. Being so different, the process and criteria for choosing a recreational relationship needs to be very different from choosing a Life Partner.

Solution: When you are ready for a Life Partnership, define your Requirements and use them to scout, sort, and screen potential partners. Do not try to convert a recreational relationshipinto a committed one, unless 100% of your Requirements are met.

4. Fairytale Trap

Passively expecting your ideal partner to magically appear and live happily ever after without effort on your part. Believing that finding your soul mate will just “happen”. Results in disappointment when the frogs that happen to jump into your life don’t become princes.

Solution: Take personal responsibility for your relationship choices and outcomes. Have effective scouting, sorting, and screening strategies. Initiate contact and be the “Chooser”, don’t simply react to people that choose you.

5. Date-To-Mate Trap

Becoming an “instant couple” as if giving each person you date an extended test drive. Believing that if you develop an exclusive relationship with someone you are dating, a successful committed relationship will eventually happen. Other terms for this are “Serial Monogamy” and the “Mini-Marriage.. This approach is a costly use of time and emotional energy. The inertia in this trap is pressure to make the relationship work, attempt to solve unsolvable problems, and fit the round peg in the square hole because breaking up and being single again is an undesired outcome.

Solution: Date a variety of people and have fun without being exclusive. When you are ready for a committed relationship define your Requirements and use them as tools to scout, sort, and screen potential partners. Make a careful relationship choice and consciously use a “pre-commitment” period to determine if this is the right relationship for you.

6. Attraction Trap

Making relationship choices based on feelings of attraction. Interpreting a strong attraction to someone as a sign that the relationship is a good choice and “meant to be”. This approach results in relationship failure when unsolvable problems surface because you ignored the red flags while infatuated. Unconscious choices usually result in repeating unproductive past patterns.

Solution: Balance your attractions by defining your Requirements and use them to scout, sort, and screen potential partners. “Choose your life’s mate carefully. From this one decision will come ninety percent of your happiness or misery.(H. Jackson Brown, Jr. from “Life’s Little Instruction Book”).

7. Love Trap

Interpreting infatuation, attraction, need, good sex, and/or attachment as Love. “If it feels good, it must be Love.” “Love is all you need.” “Love conquers all.” Results in relationship failure when you discover that love is not enough to meet your requirements and needs.

Solution: Make conscious relationship choices by defining your Requirements and use them to scout, sort, and screen potential partners.

8. Rescue Trap

Hoping a relationship will solve your emotional and financial difficulties and bring you happiness and fulfillment, something like winning the lottery. You avoid taking responsibility for your life challenges, expecting to be rescued from them. Results in desperation, neediness, and relationship failure when problems multiply instead of disappear.

Solution: Define your Vision for your life and relationship and “Live your Vision” as a successful single person. Resolve emotional, financial, and other problems prior to seeking a lasting committed relationship. Seek to be in a position of “choice” and “want″ rather than “need”.

9. Co-Dependent Trap

Expecting someone to love you and give you what you want by giving them what they want. Attempting to earn love and happiness by acquiescing, giving and helping. Needing to be needed often results in unconsciously attracting and choosing a relationship with a person that needs you, but you later discover is unable to give you what you want.

Solution: Define your Vision and Requirements and choose a closely aligned partner. Learn to be assertive, identify and ask for what you want and need, identify and assert boundaries, and develop the ability to say “No”. Be the “Chooser” and cautious of people that choose you!

10. Entitlement Trap

Believing you deserve to be happy and get what you want in your life without effort or changes on your part. Results in relationship failure as you rely on your partner to bring happiness and fulfillment and inevitably experience disappointment. “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always got.”

Solution: Take personal responsibility for your life and relationship. Define your Vision and Life Purpose and live them when single.

11. Virtual Reality Trap

Believing that “what you see is what you get.” Making hasty long-term relationship decisions based on short-term impressions and inferences instead of actual experience and knowledge. Results in seeing what you want to see and relationship failure when later reality doesn’t match.

Solution: Assume “you don’t know what you don’t know” and stay in a “pre-commitment” stage until you have solid experience and knowledge that this is the right relationship for you.

12. Lone Ranger Trap

Believing that you don’t need anyone’s help in finding your Life Partner. You evaluate people you meet for their relationship potential and do not take the opportunity to cultivate new friends. Results in isolation, perception of scarcity of potential partners, and risk of settling for less than what you really want because you don’t want to be alone.

Solution: Develop a support network/community of friends of both genders and be supportable by enrolling them to scout for you.

Copyright 2006 David Steele

David Steele, MA, LMFT is founder of Relationship Coaching Institute and author of the ground-breaking new book for singles Conscious Dating: Finding the Love of Your Life in Today’s World. consciousdating.com consciousdating.com Visit ConsciousRelationshipResources.com ConsciousRelationshipResources.com for FREE live tele-seminars, recorded audio programs, podcasts, e-programs and newsletters for singles and couples packed with cutting-edge relationship information that will help you have the life and relationships you really want.

Style…Everyone wants it. Many claim to have it. Admittedly few actually do. True style is not something you can purchase, but many equate throwing lots of money around with good taste. You know better. It’s more complex than that…

When it comes to your wedding flowers – money and style don’t always go hand in hand. In fact, with floral arrangements taking a turn towards modern minimalism – it’s now easier than ever to create a dazzling décor scheme on a modest budget. So just how can you cut your floral costs without cutting corners? Take advantage of some clever ideas, and design a floral motif for your wedding that is simultaneously stylish and budget friendly:

Have an Intimate Bridal Party

With fewer attendants, your florist will won’t have to create as many bouquets or boutonnières - resulting in instant savings that will in no way put a damper on your floral style. If you have a lot of close friends - consider assigning alternative VIP roles - such as ceremony reader.

Shrink the Guest List

Fewer seats at your wedding ceremony means less aisles to decorate; fewer tables at your wedding reception means less floral centerpieces to adorn them. You get the idea…You′ll have gorgeous arrangements - just less of them.

Go With The Season

In season wedding flowers are often less expensive and easier to find. For a list of common flowers for each season, visit Elegala.com’s seasonal flower guide.

Keep It Simple Sista!
Certain flowers will run up of the cost of your floral budget no matter what season. Ask your florist to review your options with you. One way to make sure that your less expensive flowers look anything but – group a bunch of the same bloom together for a stunning visual effect. Tightly packed daisies can be eye catching.

Consider Alternative Arrangements
Scattered flower petals surrounded by votive candles create an elegant effect without breaking the bank. Or have arrangements featuring grasses, fruits or vegetables - one of our favorite hot trends!

Choose a Naturally Beautiful Location
Expensive decor is hardly necessary when Mother Nature does the work for you! A springtime wedding in a garden hardly needs additional floral arrangements, while an ornate church may be breathtaking on its own. Also consider that many facilities are decorated for the holidays, so holding a December wedding may provide you with gorgeous poinsettias and garland free of cost.

For a complete guide to creating an elegant and memorable wedding celebration, visit elegala.com, your ultimate wedding planning resource.

Cori Locklin is editor-in-chief for Elegala.com and Elegala Magazine. Elegala is a new wedding planning resource offering the most comprehensive portfolio of superior wedding reception sites and wedding vendors, with the planning tips to keep brides in the know on today’s planning trends and styles.

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Some couples decide to marry in the fall to take advantage of the beautiful fall foliage that can accent that background of any outdoor wedding and it is a delight to have a themed wedding favor to give your guests. A fall themed favor features the same colors and leaves of fall that work so well to add variety to your wedding. This one is a very simple picture frame.

You’ll need:

• Enough simple, cheap frames for each of your guests

• A large sampling of fall leaves, twigs, acorns and other plants that remind you of Fall

• Spray adhesive

• Hot glue gun

• Acrylic gloss gel medium

• Paint brush

You may want a mixture of fall leaves that are flat and that are really curled in. Spray just the picture frames with the spray adhesive. Next, spray the backsides of all of your flat fall leaves. This is a contact adhesive, so you need both objects to be coated with it for it to stick together really well. When the adhesive is slightly tacky to the touch you can begin pressing your flat fall leaves around the frame. The best leaves to use for this are leaves that are a little bit leathery and can be folded easily. It’s okay if they don’t wrap around the corners and just break though. You can apply the broken pieces to the sides.

Once this is done you should now be able to apply a coating of the acrylic gloss gel medium. This acrylic medium is opaque and a little bit gooey, but it dries clear and will leave a glossy shine on your leaves. You should also dip or simply brush the gel on the other fall materials that you will be applying to the picture frame at this time. Now, wait for everything to dry. It might take a few hours.

You can apply the rest of the fall materials to the picture frame with the glue gun when everything is completely dry, not tacky, dry to the touch. Just apply a little dot of the melted glue to the backs of your really curled leaves, tiny acorns and other items you gathered and press onto the leaf covered picture frame. Do it one object at a time, because the glue will harden and dry on the other objects.

Applying the fall materials at this point can be as creative as you like. If you want you can cover the entire frame with little acorn tops and twigs or just place an elegant little arrangement of acorns and curly leaves at the bottom corner. When the glue has dried and you’ve applied the materials to all of the frames you are finished. Go ahead and stick a picture of yourself and your fiancé in each of them for the guests.

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Is anyone getting married in Louisiana? Well if you are you need to read this article before you get your marriage license.

Below I have listed some things that you need to do in order to make your marriage legal.

Valid: License is valid for 30 days.
The license can only be used within the State of Louisiana. Very important because obviously if you go past the 30 day limit then the license will not be valid. So plan ahead.

Proxy Marriages: Both parties need not be present (unless contracting a covenant marriage), but one of the parties must be present to apply for a marriage license. That party must present identification, for the absent party, in the form of a certified birth certificate.

There are no blood tests required.

If either party to the marriage is between the ages of 16 and 18, the presence and signatures of both parents are required. If a parent has legal custody in a divorce, a certified copy of the judgement must be presented. If either party is under the age of 16, a court order is required in order to obtain a license.

You must provide a picture ID such as a driver’s license along with certified copies of your birth certificates. You should know your Social Security numbers. You should both also know your parent’s full name, mother’s maiden name, and the states in which you were born.

The couple must both appear in person.

If you were previously married then you must supply proof of how the marriage ended.

There is usually a waiting period of 72 hours but that can be waived by a judge.

You do not have to be a resident of the state.

These are the requirements for getting married in Louisiana so just check the list twice and make sure that you have got everything taken care of.

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Need a quick idea to dress up a mediocre wedding? Balloon decorations are just what you need. These do-it-yourself ideas are not only low-cost but also lovely additions to a wedding ceremony or reception. Adding balloon decorations to your wedding is a smart way to be creative and save money.

Balloon Arch

The balloon arch is a perfect way to add flair to your celebration. The easiest way to construct the piece is to get a pre-built wedding arch made of white metal. If a wedding arch is not available, you can build an arch using strong bendable metal wire. Just make sure it is sturdy enough to stand on its own.

After positioning the arch, simply attach full balloons onto the arch using wire ties or string. Wrap the tie around the base of the balloon and then onto the arch. It is best to start at the top and work your way down both sides evenly to crate a uniform look. This can be done with multicolored balloons or balloons of one shade. Balloons should not be filled with helium however.

The more balloons you can attach, the better the piece will turn out. Also, this is a piece that must be constructed at the site where it will be used. Balloon arches last approximately twelve hours, so plan its construction carefully.

The completed arch can be used in several places. Some brides choose to place the arch outside the entrance to the ceremony. This allows guest to walk through the arch as well as the bride and her attendants. Other brides choose to use the arch as a ceremony highlight. They prefer to place it in the ceremony area so they can stand under it as they are saying their vows. Lastly, many brides feel this decoration is better suited for the reception area and use it to decorate for the after-ceremony event.

Balloon Centerpiece

For brides on a tight budget, balloon décor can be an easy way to stay on track financially and design a beautiful wedding. One of the best places brides can use wedding balloon decorations is on reception tables. To make a creative balloon centerpiece, you will need white paper lunch sacks, sand, pretty string, helium, and balloons in coordinating reception colors.

Take a paper sack and fill it will two cups of sand. Fill three balloons with helium and tie them off with long strings. Then, bunch up the top of the sack and tie the balloons around it to secure them. Place the sack in the middle of the table and you have an easy centerpiece.

It is best to cut the strings of the three balloons differently to allow them to be different heights when arranged. You can also curl excess ribbon or string to make it more decorative. For extra beauty, brides can stuff the bags with decorative tissue paper after adding the sand. When the balloons are attached the tissue paper can stick out of the top for a more polished look.

This idea is also great for last minute decorating. Brides are not limited to using this piece in the reception, and can also use this idea to decorate the ceremony. It is lovely to place this piece on the floor, lining the aisle in the ceremony.

Balloon decorations for weddings are wonderful ways to add fun and creativity. Brides can make the decorations themselves with their family and friends. These ideas may be low-cost, but the end product certainly looks beautiful.

Whitney Acke is a freelance writer from Lexington, Kentucky. In addition to freelance writing she also enjoys songwriting. She and her husband have two young boys and four dogs. She is a regular contributor to

In Part 1 of this series, I described the fears of rejection and engulfment that underlie relationship problems.

In Part 2 of this 5-part series, I offered a simplified version of the Six Step healing process of Inner Bonding:

1. Willingness
2. Choose the intent to learn
3. Dialogue with the feelings
4. Dialogue with your Higher Power
5. Take loving action
6. Evaluate the action.

Part 2 described what it means to be in Step One - what it means to be willing to feel your feelings and take responsibility for them, rather than turn to protective, controlling behavior.

Part 3 described what it means to be in Step Two - choosing the intent to learn - using Joan’s and Justin’s marriage as an example.

Part 4 continues with Joan and Justin, describing how Joan uses Steps 3 and 4 of Inner Bonding to deal with the issues in her marriage.

In Step 3 of Inner Bonding, Joan investigates her beliefs and behavior that is causing her pain. From a place within of compassion and curiosity, Joan dialogues with her feelings of anger, aloneness, fear and resentment. Imagining that she is a loving parent speaking with a hurting child, Joan asks her Inner Child questions:

Loving Adult Joan: Little Joanie, what am I thinking or doing that is causing you so much pain?

Inner Child Joanie: You keep telling me that Justin doesn’t love me anymore. You are scaring me so much. Whenever Justin works a lot, you tell me that he is working because he doesn’t love me anymore - that if he loved me, he would spend more time with me. You just keep telling me that there must be something wrong with me because Justin works a lot.

Now Joan moves into Step 4 - Dialoguing with her Higher Power/Higher Self. Joan imagines her personal concept of Spirit - God, Goddess, her own Higher Self, an inner mentor or teacher, or a spiritual guide.

Joan asks her Guidance: What is the truth about the belief that if Justin works late, he doesn’t love me?

Joan relaxes and opens, moving out of her thinking mind and allowing the information to come through her from her Guidance. This Guidance is always here for us and we can access the information when we are open to learning about the truth and about loving action toward ourselves. It takes some time, but eventually Joan receives the following information:

Higher Guidance: Sometimes Justin works late because he has a lot of work to do and it has nothing to do with you. Sometimes he works late because he is afraid of your blaming and nagging. He loves you, but he doesn’t always feel loved by you, and his way of dealing with feeling unloved by you is to stay away.

One way we know what is true and what is a lie is how it makes us feel. When Joan tells herself that Justin doesn’t love her, she feels alone and afraid. When she tells herself the above truth, she feels clear and peaceful.

Joan asks her Guidance: What are the loving actions toward myself? What actions would be in my highest good?

Higher Guidance: Instead of focusing on what Justin is doing and how much time he is spending with you, focus on what would be fun for you to do when he is late. His being late gives you a chance to catch up with your friends, to read, and to do the creative things you enjoy doing. You can also take the dance class you have wanted to take. You will feel much better when you just take care of yourself instead of making Justin responsible for you. He will want to spend more time with you when he sees you happy than when you are always unhappy and complaining.

In the final section of this series, we will see what happens with Joan as she moves through Steps 5 and 6 of Inner Bonding.

Margaret Paul, Ph.D. is the best-selling author and co-author of eight books, including “Do I Have To Give Up Me To Be Loved By You?” and “Healing Your Aloneness.” She is the co-creator of the powerful Inner Bonding® healing process. Learn Inner Bonding now! Visit her web site for a FREE Inner Bonding course: innerbonding.com innerbonding.com or email her at