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Tiffane
Both my parents are deceased and i don’t want to take from my fiancé
Tiffane, on August 14, 2024 at 12:32 AM

I’m 36 and getting married for the first time in November. I lost my mom when I was 23 and my dad when I was 27. I’m an only child and have some extended family but not that I’m close enough to for it...

LM, Aug 20, 2024 1 661
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Minted rsvp online
Allyson, on February 27, 2018 at 10:06 PM

I got the free premium minted website and want to manage my RSVPs through my wedding website. I know results vary with online RSVPs but I think it will be a good way to keep everything organized and...

Christine, Aug 19, 2024 5 16,798 1
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Last Name Woes
Erin, on August 19, 2024 at 11:25 AM

I got divorced and never changed my last name. We have 2 kids together and we all share the same last name. Now, my ex has remarried, and the new wife now shares the same last name with all of us. I...

HvR, Aug 19, 2024 1 385
Evette
Parental Wedding Presents
Evette, on August 15, 2024 at 3:11 PM

HTB's parents have devorced and remarried, mine are still together, his step father is officianting for us, his bio father is a groomsmen. We are paying for our wedding ourselves, his bio mom and step...

Rosebud, Aug 18, 2024 2 490
Jordan
rsvp deadline has passed....
Jordan, on September 4, 2019 at 12:28 PM

So my RSVP deadline was yesterday and I still have about 30 outstanding RSVPs. I was thinking about reaching out but part of me feels...well, desperate? It's weird but asking people to send them in...

Naquita, Aug 17, 2024 20 5,144
HvR
Help, my fiancé is (adorably) clueless about wedding day traditions
HvR, on August 15, 2024 at 6:43 AM

So we're in the 60 day range of the wedding now, and I'm faced with a tiny conundrum. Both my fiancé and I love tradition, and are both very sentimental people in general but he is extremely...

HvR, Aug 16, 2024 3 665 1
Allison
Opening gifts after the wedding
Allison, on January 5, 2009 at 10:13 AM

My future mother-in-law wants my fiance & me to host a small party after we get back from our honeymoon to open our gifts. She says this is pretty standard, that people come over to the new couple's...

Jeannie, Aug 16, 2024 24 4,792
Maui K
How many seats per row?
Maui K, on April 11, 2017 at 6:47 PM

How many seats are you planning on having on each side of the aisle? I was thinking 6 or 8.

HOLLIE, Aug 15, 2024 15 20,589 1
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Large reception after small wedding?
Kate, on August 10, 2024 at 7:57 PM

My fiancé and I want to have a small wedding with just immediate family in the backyard of my families lake cabin which is 6-9 hours from most of our family. But I feel like I should have some sort of...

LM, Aug 14, 2024 6 461
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In loving memory blurb.
jen, on August 12, 2024 at 2:24 PM

I thought it would be nice to include this as a small section towards the end of our program (didn't want to do a table with a candle and frame). I included both of my grandfathers, all four of his...

Rosebud, Aug 12, 2024 4 128
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Bridesmaid Drama: Demanding to bring baby to wedding or not come at all!
Heather, on June 23, 2015 at 11:59 AM

I'm at a total loss right now, absolutely gutted. To keep this short, my fiancee and I are having a kid-free wedding (in less than 2 weeks)! We already told his family - all traveling from out of...

Shavonna, Aug 12, 2024 192 9,601 1
kelsey
Sterling silver vs gold ring
kelsey , on July 4, 2018 at 2:17 PM

So I've been on the hunt for a wedding ring and I'm running into the issue that the styles i really like are way out of the price range, unless they are sterling silver. Is there a huge difference...

Allsilvergifts, Aug 12, 2024 24 2,968
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Strippers and bachelor/bachelorette party
Natasha, on September 23, 2016 at 11:24 PM

We are both Christians and we don't like the idea of each other attending strip clubs and things like that during our bachelor and bachelorette parties. My friends will most definitely respect my...

Steve, Aug 12, 2024 62 4,187
PrincessPotato
Too late to have an engagement party?
PrincessPotato, on March 4, 2017 at 6:33 PM

My mom brought up the topic that she wanted to throw us an engagement party quite a while ago and wanted to plan it for January, at her home. Now she wants to do it in the summer so she can use her...

Natalie, Aug 11, 2024 20 3,676
aHs
ASL Interpreter
aHs, on April 2, 2015 at 11:21 AM

My FH's aunt is deaf, so we're looking into hiring a sign language interpreter. We have lots of resources locally, but we're having a destination wedding. We're hoping one of her friends is able to...

Sapphire, Aug 11, 2024 20 4,834 2
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Invited to Shower, Not to Wedding
Colleen, on July 29, 2024 at 3:05 PM

My family and friends will be giving me a bridal shower. My family will invite other family members to the shower, that I am not inviting to the wedding. I will have a list of people I want at the...

Susana, Aug 8, 2024 10 926
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Attend the wedding or the funeral?
Felicia, on September 18, 2019 at 9:50 PM

I am a bridesmaid in my friends wedding next weekend. However, my husband found out earlier this month that his grandmother passed away. He originally told me she is being cremated, and that the...

JoseFin, Aug 7, 2024 23 6,983
Sarah
best and worst bridesmaids gifts you've received!?
Sarah, on July 13, 2013 at 10:04 PM

Ok ladies so do tell. What are some of the best and the worst bridesmaids gifts you have received? I've been a bridesmaid twice. I have gotten a decorated pair of flip flops for one and for the other...

Emilia, Aug 7, 2024 32 584
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Received wedding photo … there is a photoshoot of an other couple !
Jane, on August 2, 2024 at 9:40 AM

Hello guys ! We had a wonderful wedding, sunny day, everything went smoothly I just received my wedding pic from one of our 3 photographs ( who was also a friend and attended the wedding as a guest /...

Jacks, Aug 6, 2024 10 769
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what color wedding dressed should be worn at 4th wedding?
marlena, on October 5, 2013 at 1:42 AM

What is the prober color of wedding dress to be worn on a 4th wedding?

Private User, Aug 6, 2024 6 3,188
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