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Hello everyone! I am getting married in 2 weeks and we are having a friend do our photos for us (she took our engagement photos and they turned out amazing!) We are on a very tight budget, so not...
Hi all! My fiancé and I are getting married in two weeks (!). We’re having an outdoor wedding (the ceremony and reception are both outside at someone’s not-big-enough-to-hold-our-guests house). The...
My fiancé returns today from his week-long bachelor party trip, and although I’m not really concerned that he cheated / crosses any lines, I am generally curious about the shenanigans that went on. FH...
Hey guys, I have a slight dilemma regarding rules for guest attire and if it's okay to request it. If you think it's okay to have a dress code so to speak, how do you communicate it and where? Since...
My bridal shower was this past Saturday and I am writing my thank you notes right now. I had a family friend (she is my mom's best friend, I have known her my entire life) miss my shower as her...
How old is the cut off age for a flower girl. My flower girl will almost be ten when I have my wedding. I have always known I wanted her to be in my wedding some how. She is very special to me and my...
We've invited about 300 to our wedding and I have been shockingly hurt by some of the RSVP "NO's" that I have received. Why does this seem so cold? I know of course not everyone can make it,...
Hello! So question, we are doing a destination wedding in Kotor, Montenegro! We are in the process of getting the website up and running, but wanted to know the etiquette on wedding registries for...
FH is having trouble figuring out what to get his groomsmen for their thank you gifts. Three of his groomsmen will be his brothers, only one of whom drinks (but FH does not want to encourage it) and...
My future mother in law has done everything she can to piss me off. And I can't tell if she is doing it because she hates me or because she doesn't know any better? I wanted my wedding to be a special...
My FH got my engagement ring at JB Robinson in my area. Well they closed a few months ago and was taken over by Kay jewelers. Kay jewelers are taking JBR customers and any cards or credit that comes...
Hi everyone! I have a dilemma. I have a best friend, lets call her Susie, who has been my best friend since we were 4 years old. We don’t live near eachother anymore and see or talk to eachother on...
We are having our wedding at a winery and we do not want children to attend. My aunt/uncle have a young son and the aunt/uncle were invited to my brother's wedding last year but they assumed that...
A girl at my work who is also getting married this year told me that for her bridal shower, she is asking for money instead of gifts because she already lives with her fiance and they are footing the...
I can’t believe what I did!! On EVERY invitation (300 of them) my wedding website address is wrong! On the invitation, It is where everyone is told to RSVP to, or email (wrote in “or email...
I had someone RSVP that their children were coming. Their children were not invited, I went back and even checked what I put on the envelope. What do I say to these people? On the RSVP they wrote "Mr....
Has anyone attended 100% of the weddings they've been invited to? When you're in planning mode it certainly stinks to get declines, but when you're in guest mode there are a lot of different things to...
I'm getting married next month and we've already started getting gifts from our registry. For a few of those people, we've gone ahead and send out thank you cards, both to be courteous and to stay on...
My photographer (who I haven't signed a contract with yet) says he'll be charging a travel fee even though he won't be flying or paying for accommodations. Our venue is just 38 minutes outside his...