I want to wear red shoes with my wedding dress, and I'm told that means I have to make red my wedding color. Because if my shoes don't match the table clothes, the marriage doesn't even count.

Thanks for sharing your perspective, that's actually very helpful. I guess I feel cheated when I don't see the breakdown of where that cost is coming from, so it's hard to understand why exactly I need to pay so much more.

The company Wedgewood Wedding & Banquet basically does exactly this, and for a good price. I think they are just in California. They have a few different packages that are fairly all-inclusive and "out of the box," you just pick a few custom items. Not good for people who want the unique, one-of-a-kind experience, but…

I have found this to be true of nearly every venue I have looked at for my wedding next year. The only difference is setting up for a ceremony if it is at the location, which obviously other events do not have.

Currently planning a wedding. I don't even consider vendors that aren't transparent about prices. If I need to sit through an hour long consultation just to get a ball park figure on centerpieces, you are wasting my time.

A lot of people in Hollywood justify their support of Polanski as protesting the judge who wanted to renege on the plea bargain and hand down more jail time and possible deportation. That was ultimately why Polanski fled.

During Ramadan of this year, I had a co-worker ask my why I was eating lunch. I was confused and said "because I'm hungry..." and they were so surprised I didn't celebrate Ramadan. I had to kind of awkwardly explain the sitch to her and everyone else at our table. She's known me for over 2 years!

Yeah hoax isn't the right word. Maybe he means it was a souvenir and the person who made it used real bones as a "joke?" Shudder...

Absolutely, and it's not really that big of a deal, but I am somewhat sensitive to the Arab=Muslim stereotype. This organization seems to be doing a lot to spread a positive message about Islam, and breaking down stereotypes is one part of doing just that. I didn't really expect to get so many responses to this…

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I know that, but I happen to be sensitive to the Arab=Muslim stereotype that has persisted for so long. It's really not a huge deal, just threw me since this fraternity does seem to be committed to spreading a positive image and message about Islam, and I would imagine dismantling stereotypes is part of that. Again,…

I happen to know a few American-Syrians who live in the U.S. now but are from Syria. They are very pro-Assad because they see the rebels as violent, ruthless terrorists who are murdering many innocent people. They justify the attacks on civilians by saying that Assad is targeting the rebels, and even though the rebels…

Yikes, calm down. There is an overlap, but the Muslim world is incredibly diverse and multicultural, and they do seem to represent that multiculturalism in their organization. In fact, most Muslims in the world aren't even Arab. The Arab=Muslim and vice versa stereotype is all to common and tired at this point, and I…

I know that, but given the stereotype that Arab=Muslim and vice versa, which so many Arabs and Muslims have to deal with that on a regular basis, I guess I was a bit thrown that they chose that as a slogan. It's a rush poster, so not really a big deal in the grand scheme of things, and I don't doubt they are trying to…

I think I see what you're trying to say, but I disagree that supporting women's rights couldn't be a Muslim value. I'm not a professor of Islam or anything, but from what I know of the Quran and many of the hadiths, it doesn't appear that the oppression of women we see practiced in some nations is solely from…

Just responded to someone else with those stats. A whopping 62% of the world's Muslims live in non-Arab regions of Asia (Central and Southeast).

I know all this. But on the other hand, the vast majority of Muslims in the world are not Arab. In fact, 62% live in Asia (the non-Mid East part) and only 20% of Muslims live in the Middle East, though I'm sure we can assume Muslims living elsewhere might also be of Arab descent.

So it's a Muslim fraternity but their rush week promotion says "Go Arabic." Muslim and Arab are not the same thing, and I would expect these guys know that. In fact, the video featured many non-Arab members. "Go Arabic" sends a confusing message to me as I would expect it to represent an Arab frat, not a Muslim one.…

Success in the first week is awesome, but ya, you probably missed a few hilarious stories. I was on for over 6 months before I met my current boyfriend (2 years and counting!) while he was a member for about 2 weeks when we met. I have sooo many good stories from those 6 months and he just has the story of meeting me…

I remember thinking this was very stupid, and sort of insulting for the 50% of users who never get told by OKC they are "attractive." About a year after being together, my boyfriend, who I met on OKC, told me he got that most attractive notice within his first week of being on the website. I was there for like 6…