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We live in New York and with covid being extremely present still we are cancelling our reception. We're still doing a small ceremony of immediate family only now, but I cant figure out the right way...
We found our officiant on the knot.com met them and gave a $300 deposit with a remainder balance of $250. for our March 2021 wedding. This week we decided to postpone until August of...
I have received a wedding announcement from the parents of the bride who married someone I know (I have not met the bride or know the parents) I am over the moon with recieving this, but how do i...
My fiancé and I are planning a small intimate wedding. Our goal was to only invite family we are close with(Siblings, aunts, uncles cousins, and other relatives who are a part of our lives) and our...
My fiancé and I work at a k-12 private school. Between us, we have quite a few staff members that we are close to and would like to personally invite. However, there are a good number of staff members...
I have a dilemma and need to know if I am being unreasonable, especially since I have a tendency to be unreasonable sometimes. I had set a very modest budget for a wedding dress, and had a few picked...
There are a handful of little girls in our families and want to include them. Has anyone ever had a few flower girls? How did it turn out?
Hi I'm new to posting on the site but I have found/read through many helpful threads since my wedding had to be rescheduled due to the pandemic! I'm sure many can relate 2020 was a tough time to be a...
Hi all, I'm working on our wedding invitations and I want you girls opinions on the wording! Just for context we are paying for the wedding so no other names will be on it but ours and our wedding is...
For those who created wedding sites, who did you put down as a point of contact if you didn't want people to call or text all the time? Or if you are still being the points of contact, did you create...
My Mom told me today that I should pay back the bridesmaids for their dresses now that the wedding is cancelled and not sure how I feel about this as I do not know what is customary. We cancelled our...
Hey everyone! There’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot and am having a hard time figuring out what to do. My future MIL is a mildly heavy drinker. She doesn’t necessarily take shots or drink...
I rescheduled my November 7, 2020 wedding to May, 22, 2021, hoping the coronavirus pandemic situation would be better by then. Still planning on moving ahead with May and sent save the dates to a much...
I’ve been engaged since 12/31/2019. And we planned to have our wedding on our dating anniversary on 06/14/2021. My friend got engaged on Christmas of this year(2020). She decided to have her wedding...
Thanks to everyone who commented on our first post, the advice was much appreciated We are postponing our wedding a second time (first time was because of the pandemic) and now we're expecting! The...
My fiance and I want to make an invitation for the Grooms Dinner/Rehearsal. We want immediate family and bridal party only at the actual rehearsal (which will be taking place most likely an hour...
My SIL of five years has asked me to be an honorary bridesmaid in her wedding. She’s asking her FH’s 2 sisters to be honorary bridesmaids as well but they’re both teenagers. I thought we were close...
My fiancé just told me he bought a ring today and it is currently being custom made but that there was a surprise with it. He didn't want to get a diamond because they are visually worth nothing and...
Do you all agree that weddings are too expensive? Everything is over priced and outrageous. $70 per person for food?! $61 per person for open bar? $3k fees ... for nothing? I am...
Hi friends! We have a large family, and I hate the idea of having "preset" amount of guests through wedding wire when it comes to RSVP's. I am more wanting a "number attending _____" type of thing, so...