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Amanda
Amanda

I work for an advertising agency and my fiancé is a firefighter. We have been together 5 years and friends for almost 10 years. We have an 8 year old... View More

I work for an advertising agency and my fiancé is a firefighter. We have been together 5 years and friends for almost 10 years. We have an 8 year old German Shepherd named Thor who is our fur baby (and he knows it!). Excited for our Fall 2021 wedding.

Happily married 🎉

October 16, 2021

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Conflicted on Wedding Signage
Amanda in Planning, on June 14, 2021 at 6:16 PM

So I’ve been in love with wedding signage like this (picture attached) since before we got engaged. It’s basically painted acrylic with gold scripted paint/vinyl for the wording. I found a super...

Jessica, Apr 17, 2024 22 608 1
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Help! Hair Won’t Grow Fast Enough!
Amanda in Hair and Makeup, on July 28, 2021 at 12:35 AM

I have been trying to grow out my hair in general, forever, but for the wedding probably since January 2020. It got pretty long during COVID since I wasn’t going anywhere/styling it and my hairdresser...

Betsy, Jan 16, 2023 10 264
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Father of the Bride Gifts
Amanda in Etiquette and Advice, on September 13, 2021 at 10:28 PM

Help! I am so stuck on what to get for my dad for his gift for my wedding. I want to do something a bit nicer for both him and my stepmom as they have helped financially support a large majority of...

Vanessa, Sep 21, 2021 5 1,268
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Body Image as a Bride
Amanda in Fitness and Health, on August 9, 2021 at 8:04 PM

I’ll preface this with saying I have struggled with my body/body image/self esteem for the majority of my life. I was an early bloomer, had the biggest boobs/most developed body of my friends at a...

Kristina, Sep 19, 2021 8 902 2
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Bride & Groom Entrance Songs!
Amanda in Wedding Reception, on September 1, 2021 at 1:44 PM

What song did you enter your reception to? We love to have fun and love all sorts of music. We were considering some EDM (a mash up of Sandstorm and Ke$ha’s TikTok) or something else that was...

Sam, Sep 1, 2021 6 246
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Busty Brides
Amanda in Wedding Attire, on June 2, 2020 at 2:56 PM

Hi all. This is my first post on WeddingWire. I have been going back and forth in my mind with anxiety on finding my wedding dress when I start looking this fall. I am currently a 36DDD, and I have...

Amanda, Aug 22, 2021 28 2,331 2
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Bridesmaid Gifts Poll!
Amanda in Parties and Events, on April 27, 2021 at 10:17 AM

Hey ladies! Starting to get into some of the finer details of planning and currently trying to figure out what to give my girls as their bridesmaid gifts. I really don’t want to do a ton of...

Biaani, Apr 27, 2021 7 348
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Open Bar vs. Consumption Bar? Help!
Amanda in Wedding Reception, on November 5, 2020 at 12:26 PM

Hi friends. I have been going back and forth with my parents recently on the bar packages for our venue. When we first started planning months ago, we had originally agreed on a 5 hour, limited...

Florida Marlins, Nov 18, 2020 21 2,913 1
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Engagement Photo Nervousness!
Amanda in Community Conversations, on August 18, 2020 at 10:25 PM

Was anyone else nervous for their engagement photos?! The last “professional” pictures I had taken were in a studio with my siblings and cousins when I was maybe still in college. Beyond that, it was...

Amanda, Oct 25, 2020 14 127
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October 2021 Wedding & covid Worries
Amanda in Planning, on October 22, 2020 at 11:31 AM

Hi. We are getting married October 16, 2021. We got engaged at the end of January and booked our venue and a few vendors right before COVID shut everything down. Originally I wasn’t worried about...

Amanda, Oct 22, 2020 11 370 1
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Save the Dates
Amanda in Etiquette and Advice, on August 18, 2020 at 10:29 PM

When did you send out your Save the Dates? Our wedding is October 2021. Friends of ours are getting married three weeks before us and are doing their Save the Date as a combined holiday card/Save the...

MLS, Sep 16, 2020 18 246
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Rehearsal Dinner
Amanda in Parties and Events, on September 10, 2020 at 9:49 AM

If you don't mind sharing, how much did you/your in laws spend on the rehearsal dinner? My fiancé really wanted this one great restaurant/bar because it's fire house themed (he's a firefighter and...

Rebecca, Sep 10, 2020 17 304
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Who gets flowers for the wedding?
Amanda in Etiquette and Advice, on August 31, 2020 at 3:10 PM

Who gets flowers for the wedding? My fiancé and I decided we didn't want to do boutonnieres for him or the groomsmen, just a nice pocket square cause we thought it looked nicer. Plus our friend and...

Amanda, Aug 31, 2020 6 141
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Struggling to lose these last 20 lbs
Amanda in Fitness and Health, on July 6, 2020 at 6:26 PM

Hi all. I’ve been on Weight Watchers for the last 2 years. I’ve lost between 30-40 lbs and kept it off (woo hoo!), but the last year I have struggled to lose anymore weight. I’ve hovered between 170...

Kylie, Jul 24, 2020 11 171 1
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Not Inviting Half of My Family...
Amanda in Family and Relationships, on June 29, 2020 at 10:02 PM

So... I have some very interesting and complicated family dynamics. I'll try to make this as short and sweet as possible but while still making sense. I truly need some advice on how to handle not...

Amanda, Jun 30, 2020 8 181
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Gifts for Bridesmaids
Amanda in Planning, on June 13, 2020 at 7:46 PM

Hey y’all. We are doing a small family/bridal party bbq at the end of the summer in lieu of a big engagement party. Mainly just to have parents meet our bridal party and anybody in the bridal party...

Nefetera, Jun 14, 2020 5 75
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Hawaii Honeymoon
Amanda in Honeymoon, on June 2, 2020 at 3:15 PM

Hi all. Starting to figure out where we want to go for our honeymoon and we're pretty positive we want to go to Hawaii. I lived there as a kid (military brat) and traveled there with my family a few...

Amanda, Jun 4, 2020 7 142 1
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