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I’m legally getting legally married in September way ahead of our original date set for June due to personal and financial reasons. This will just be a civil ceremony at the courthouse just us. Then...
Hello! Getting married September 7th of this year! Our venue has a strict “No Outside Alcohol” policy, how do I let our guests know this? We are having an open bar during cocktail hour, then the rest...
I have a few questions regarding flower girls and ring bearers. 1. Who buys the flower girl's basket and ring bearer's pillow? 2. If it's me, where can I buy cute affordable baskets and pillows?...
Hey brides! Concerning long engagements, like 2 or more years long.... How do you not get discourage? What has made you keep going with planning in a slow pace? Tell me all about it because I'm...
My Fiancé has a few guy friends/ family members that he really wants to stand with him during the ceremony. He has already asked a few and they have accepted. I think it's great that he wants to...
I’m in Australia where the Delta variant has sent the country spiraling and we have found ourselves in the middle of a 3 month lockdown. Our government is very slowly planning to go back to normalcy...
I’ll preface this by saying I don’t have the normal body for today’s standards which make things even harder. I’m 6’0, have very broad shoulders, and very high and wide hip dips. I can be very hard on...
Does anyone else have wedding guests talking about getting their hair and makeup professionally done for your wedding? How does that make you feel? Because for me, honestly it upsets me that I'm...
We plan on sending out save the dates in January after the holidays, and I was wondering if anyone shared the hotel booking link with their bridal party before then or just leave it on the website for...
Hi all. I am putting together my details card and on the back, I want to put some information about covid. We live in Arizona, so I am not at all worried that we will have a mask mandate or a shut...
I'm having a Norse pagan handfasting in May but some of our guests don't quite know what they are coming to. I'd like to include a card with the invitations to explain a handfasting, the colors and...
So my fiancé and I have had our save the dates for about a month now and have looked over them many times since receiving them. Have had them looked over by my mother as well. We just sent them out 2...
Hi everyone, I hope everyone is well during this time . I’m looking for some tips to get past my feelings. Basically I feel forgotten about with my engagement. The day I got engaged my fiancé was...
Hi everyone. My wedding is January of 2022, and while so much can change by then we are currently planning for covid to be just as it is now. My soon to be father in law is newly on immunosuppressants...
My husband's BFF is getting married again [this is his 3rd wedding]. I guess I've personally never been in this situation before where I've been to someone's wedding again especially one that soon...
Hi everyone! So I was adopted at birth by gay men. They are the two best parents I could’ve ever asked for and I want to make sure that I include them both in the father-daughter dance (of course!). I...
My MOH is no longer in my wedding for reasons I do not care to discuss. I am trying to decide the best way of arranging the bridal party now. I know it’s more common nowadays to have an offset number...
Is it traditional to send your officiant a wedding invitation? Do you invite their significant other as well? What about the rehearsal dinner?
My mom & sister really want to have a gathering of extended family and some friends a few weeks before my micro wedding (basically an engagement party), but I think it would be rude bc these...
Hava Nagila, the version by The Barry Sisters is one of my favorite songs ever. I actually listen to their greatest hits all the time. I am not Jewish, I just really love The Barry Sister's entire...