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Jenna
How do i tell my friend i am hiring a different vendor?
Jenna, on February 4, 2024 at 10:21 PM

A good friend who my fiance and I go to church with who is a hair stylist and also does my hair offered to do my hair for our wedding and we had a conversation back in August how much my deposit would...

Skylar, Feb 7, 2024 5 246
Mrs.B
Victoria's Secret Bridal Shower Registry
Mrs.B, on March 31, 2013 at 12:23 PM

Do they even have one? Have any of u done your registry at VS or know somone who has? They have the best stuff! Thanks!

Tiffany, Feb 7, 2024 7 2,703
Alessia
Wedding thank you cards
Alessia, on February 1, 2024 at 1:23 PM

Where did you order your wedding thank you cards? We are 20 days post-wedding and I am starting to think we are not going to get a picture sneak peek. 😫 I really wanted to put a picture on our cards.

Meghan, Feb 6, 2024 3 252
Nae
Vow Renewal/wedding We Never Had? (what to call it, etc)
Nae, on January 31, 2024 at 6:55 PM

Hi! My husband and I eloped at age 19 and 20, still in college, broke of course. We didn't have a wedding, we were initially planning one but our lives got turned upside down by someone in our family...

Nae, Feb 5, 2024 6 1,353
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Invite family that are out of state
Private, on January 30, 2024 at 11:03 AM

We’re having a hard time deciding what to do for our wedding guest list. We are not doing a big to do wedding. Our plan is to get married at a court house and have a nice simple reception at a...

Jacks, Feb 5, 2024 6 986
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How to include Step kids in wedding day while also making sure we are alone on our wedding night?
Stacy, on January 27, 2024 at 10:48 AM

I have 2 Step kids (12 and 9) - they have different mothers and the 9 year old lives with us full time. The 12 year old comes over every other weekend. I also have a 5 year old Bio son from a previous...

Skylar, Feb 4, 2024 1 448
Madison
Invites
Madison, on February 1, 2024 at 10:55 AM

Hi all, We are getting married the end of May. We have a tight guest list and have unfortunately had to cut back on a lot of people / kids due to the price of our venue / pp. We sent out save the...

Cece, Feb 1, 2024 3 505
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Plus ones in the bridal party
Liraea, on November 2, 2015 at 8:30 PM

We're getting married in a year, and have begun drafting guest lists. Friends in the past have applied the rule that plus one only goes to: living together/engaged/married. We went bridesmaid dress...

Dawn, Feb 1, 2024 29 3,757
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Do i have to tip planner if she has done less than the bare minimum?
BW, on January 24, 2024 at 7:55 PM

Do I have to tip this planner for this level of service? I feel like she's done nothing: -On several occasions, most recently 1 month out from the wedding, didn't respond for weeks at a time, coming...

Michelle, Jan 31, 2024 2 348
Lori
Charging guests to come to a wedding!
Lori, on April 5, 2013 at 2:26 PM

We were talking about weddings yesterday and he was telling me about some that he's been too (I've never been to one) and he said that one wedding he and his family were invited to made them PAY to...

Kris, Jan 31, 2024 46 11,110
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Requesting rsvp during Save the Date?
Brenda, on January 27, 2024 at 11:23 PM

My fiancé and I are having a small destination wedding, literally only close family but there are quite a few and I’m not sure some would be willing or can travel. I’m thinking of either sending a...

Rae, Jan 31, 2024 8 941
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Inviting only some out of town guests to rehearsal luncheon?
Alli, on January 29, 2024 at 2:46 PM

So I'm not quite sure what the etiquette on this would be. We're trying to keep the rehearsal lunch (rehearsal is in the morning) small since FH and I are paying for it ourselves. On the guest list,...

Rae, Jan 31, 2024 5 221
*The Future Mrs. Wilson*
My fiance does NOT LIKE one of my bridesmaids!! HELP!!!
*The Future Mrs. Wilson*, on September 15, 2009 at 5:38 PM

Ok...so I have a major issue. I asked one of my friends(also cousin thru marriage) if she would be my bridesmaid as soon as I got engaged. Problem is that my fiance can not stand to even look at her....

David, Jan 30, 2024 14 2,918
Alyssa
Is it too soon to ask the wedding party?
Alyssa, on January 11, 2024 at 11:25 PM

Hi! My fiance and I are getting married October of 2025. I have my bridesmaids picked and was wondering if it was too soon to ask. My fiance and I will be relocating for his job in March and I really...

Michael, Jan 30, 2024 23 1,730
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Bridal shower for a planned “elopement”?
Heather, on January 22, 2024 at 12:30 PM

Hey all: I’m kind of troubleshooting certain difficulties in planning for my wedding, which is a super-budgeted destination affair due to my fiancé coming on a visa. We’ve been calling it an elopement...

Michelle, Jan 29, 2024 17 2,380
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Inviting grandparents to the rehearsal dinner?
Rachel, on February 7, 2014 at 1:06 PM

My to be in laws are planning a rehearsal dinner and they weren't happy with the amount of people. Our bridal party by itself is 16 people (6 girls and 6 guys, 2 flower girls plus the groom and I) and...

Christi, Jan 29, 2024 14 2,919
Natalie
Wedding/engagement announcement in newspaper?
Natalie, on January 4, 2017 at 9:53 PM

This is about the third time my FMIL has mentioned us needing to put an announcement in the newspaper. I've never heard of doing that before so I googled it. Is this basically like a save the date for...

Mary, Jan 28, 2024 16 6,692
Vanessa
Do i have to invite his adopted daughter
Vanessa, on January 24, 2024 at 8:33 AM

New here. We are in the Early stages of planning a very small ceremony. 20 included vendors is our max at my dream location. We have had issues with his adopted adult daughter ( his ex's kid not his...

Amber, Jan 28, 2024 4 819 1
Amanda
No wedding favors- tacky?
Amanda, on May 12, 2011 at 11:00 PM

I'm really considering nixing the wedding favors. I can't say that if I ever left a wedding without a wedding favor that I'd go around saying, "Omg I can't believe so&so didn't have wedding favors!!"...

Amber, Jan 28, 2024 65 7,827
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Disrespected at Son’s Weddings
Lisa, on April 21, 2019 at 5:47 PM

I don’t write on forums but I’m hurt and this seems like the best place to ask questions. My son got married yesterday. The brides parents paid for all the wedding. We are not in a position at the...

CM, Jan 27, 2024 22 15,889 1
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