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Bridesmaid Due 2 Months Before Wedding - Help/advice
Tobe, on June 17, 2021 at 1:10 AM

Looking for some advice as to how to handle this situation. I just found out one of my bridesmaids is pregnant and due a little over 2 months before my wedding with her second child. She’s already...

Peyton, Jun 18, 2021 10 1,996
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Am I a Horrible MOH?!
Jasmine, on June 16, 2021 at 6:20 AM

Hey all! I am MOH in a friends wedding. We have known each other for about 15 years. Her wedding is next month and the Bachelorette party is next week (not fully planned out which is another story -...

Victoria, Jun 18, 2021 22 1,426 1
Monica
Covid wedding
Monica, on June 17, 2021 at 12:30 AM

I had a small ceremony in October 2020. I had my reception in April 2021. Many of my college friends and bridesmaids could not make it to my reception. I did not have a bachelorette party. I did not...

Natalie, Jun 17, 2021 4 490
Lisa
Possible Ring Bearer and His Brother
Lisa, on June 16, 2021 at 5:36 PM

Initially my fiancé and I were not planning on having a ring bearer since we do not have any young boys on either side of the family that we actual know. We were thinking maybe our closest friends...

Ariel, Jun 16, 2021 4 644
Sarah
How to word thank you card?
Sarah, on June 15, 2021 at 7:07 PM

So my shower was the other day. I'm sitting here thinking about how to word thank you cards for people who gave money. I certainly can't write like hey thanks for the nice check lmao 😂. Can I...

Samantha, Jun 16, 2021 6 186 2
Shannon
Wedding invitations as olive branch
Shannon, on June 16, 2021 at 3:38 PM

The set up is important. My dad has never been super close with his brother/my uncle (we'll call him S). His wife (M) and he have a daughter (C), who is a high school freshman. I'm not close with any...

AJ, Jun 16, 2021 9 559
Brittany
Flaky friend wants to un-rsvp kids at last minute
Brittany, on June 14, 2021 at 2:19 PM

My friend that is really sweet and nice but always a bit flaky asked me today if it would be in bad taste if her two little boys didn't come to my wedding on Friday (in 4 days). What I'm inclined to...

anna, Jun 16, 2021 11 593
Cortney
Need advice
Cortney, on May 23, 2021 at 9:05 AM

I am getting married in one year, I have a matron of honor, a jr bridesmaid who is my niece from my brother who passed away, and two bridesmaids. I have 4 other nieces ranging in the ages of 21-17....

Cortney, Jun 16, 2021 6 562
Jamasonmd
No Response Rsvps
Jamasonmd, on June 15, 2021 at 10:21 AM

Should I consider no response to RSVPs a "no" and not contact them after the due date? What percentage of the no responses to RSVPs turn out to be people not planning on attending? I hate having to...

Jaime, Jun 16, 2021 9 663 1
Jenny
Hyphenated middle name?
Jenny, on September 16, 2020 at 12:13 PM

I got married in August and have always had the full intention of taking my husband's last name (once I can get into the SS office..). I was going to change my middle name to my maiden name, but now...

Carol, Jun 15, 2021 9 6,076 1
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Parent Flowers
Victoria, on June 14, 2021 at 1:13 PM

So basically at my wedding I plan on my Maid of honor, bridesmaid, and grooms women to have a small bouquet; I will have a medium bouquet; and my FH and his best man with have a Boutonnière. Do I need...

Katelyn, Jun 15, 2021 7 844
Kicking a bridesmaid out the day before the wedding
, on June 13, 2021 at 12:23 AM

Hey all- I’m posting this because I honestly want to know if I was at fault in the situation or the bride was. About a year ago, my best college friend and roommate asked me to be one of her...

Natalie, Jun 15, 2021 21 1,724
Victoria
Expensive Wedding Cakes!
Victoria, on June 14, 2021 at 11:13 AM

One of my bridesmaids is a baker for a really nice bakery. So at this point it has been assumed that I will purchase my cake through this bakery, but everything feels SO expensive. I know that wedding...

Stella, Jun 15, 2021 16 1,038 1
Nathalie
Limited Seating on Shuttle
Nathalie, on June 14, 2021 at 11:30 AM

Hi guys! So, I'm trying to word on our "Details" card for our wedding invitations that the shuttle we have provided only has 50 seats available to be transported to the wedding venue. Afterwards, the...

Theresa, Jun 15, 2021 6 814
Tiffany
MOH Change
Tiffany, on June 14, 2021 at 4:12 PM

Me and my husband got married in 2019. Due do a family emergency we were not able to have the wedding we always dreamt about so we decided to elope and have the ceremony later on. We are now able to...

Florida Marlins, Jun 15, 2021 10 624
Aleisha
Kids as groomsmen dilemma
Aleisha, on June 14, 2021 at 7:16 PM

My fiancé just secured our location and date. We were discussing wedding parties and who to have. As this is both of ourselves second marriage-though first wedding for the groom-we don’t want a super...

Aleisha, Jun 15, 2021 15 1,256
Meghan
Invitations created - how to mention no kids
Meghan, on June 15, 2021 at 8:46 AM

Hey everyone! My fiancé and I ordered our invitations and didn’t mention the no kids policy. We are also doing online RSVP so there’s no RSVP card. In order to RSVP you have to go to the knot, type in...

Ingrid, Jun 15, 2021 6 565
mrswinteriscoming
Addressing invitations to families + 1?
mrswinteriscoming, on June 14, 2021 at 10:38 PM

Our invitations are generally being addressed in the form of ‘Mr John Doe and Mrs Jane Doe’ (as applicable) or to ‘The Doe Family’ where we are inviting all members of the household. There is one...

Ava, Jun 15, 2021 6 254 1
mrswinteriscoming
Can i get away with not putting contact information for Rsvps?
mrswinteriscoming, on June 10, 2021 at 7:41 PM

My partner and I are not doing RSVPs returnable by post because frankly post is quite redundant these days and we know we'd be spending hundreds on pre-stamping our RSVP cards only to have a handful...

Judith, Jun 15, 2021 17 763 1
Rose
Gift
Rose, on June 14, 2021 at 6:10 AM

So i have a dilemma the bride had accused me of an incident which turned out to be a lie that she had made up and her fiancé apologised, to further i thought everything was fine as we are in a...

Michelle, Jun 14, 2021 11 776
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