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Dear Ann Landers: I am engaged to be married in a month. We are having a small wedding with family and close friends only. The wedding will be at our church, but the reception will be a small, elegant dinner at a friend's restaurant.

Our budget is quite tight, and we cannot afford much. The wedding dinner will be $15 a plate, which is more than we can manage. Would it be rude to ask our guests to pay for their dinners? How do we tell them? -- Indiana Bride

Perhaps you should offer to turn tricks in return for some recompense -- it would be more dignified than asking your guests to pay for their meal.
--Dr. Crankypants.