Dear Annie:
After five years of being together, my girlfnend and I became engaged Both of us have decent jobs, but we also have bills, and at the end of the month, we have very little to put away have put Neither of us comes from wealth families, nor are our families eager to gve a large chunk of money to pay for the wedding. We are constantly harassed by finends and coworkers about when we're getting married, and it's become a public humiliation to my fiancee when people say I must not be serious about her because we haven't set a date. I know how imporant it is for my fiancée to have a beautiful wedding. How do people afford these things? Sincerely Cnnching Numbers in North Dakota