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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...
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 -...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...