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i don’t want a bridal party, my fiancé does
Amy, on September 21, 2022 at 9:52 PM

Would love y’all’s help here. I am really hellbent on not having a bridal party. Our wedding is non traditional and I just really don’t want one. My fiancé on the other hand wants one, or at least 2...

Bailey, Sep 26, 2022 10 772
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unity candle lighting by the mothers
Connie, on December 30, 2009 at 7:36 PM

I am acutall the florist for this wedding. The bride and mother got in an arguement over proper lighting of the unity candle. The mother seems to think that lighting the "mother's" candle is performed...

Tammy, Sep 25, 2022 9 9,128
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Make wedding size smaller
Faith, on September 11, 2022 at 11:32 PM

We have sent save the dates to 200 people. We have decided to make wedding much smaller to 75. Is that a big no, no?

Michelle, Sep 24, 2022 23 896
Rylee
Wedding planner
Rylee, on September 20, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Do you think a wedding planner is necessary? If so? Just a day of? Or did you have one further out?

Pat, Sep 24, 2022 7 735
Nicole
Save the dates?
Nicole, on September 20, 2022 at 1:33 PM

Okay so I’m getting married in June of 2023. I have the invites all ready to go, but I completely forgot about the save the dates… should I even send out save the dates? Is the invite enough? Or is it...

Pat, Sep 24, 2022 7 828
Sherraine
How to respond to guests who missed rsvp deadline
Sherraine, on September 17, 2022 at 10:34 PM

Were coming up very close to the deadline an quite a few people haven responded im going to make a post the week of the rsvp deadline. how should i word it? i feel like wording it like " if you...

Brittany, Sep 23, 2022 11 6,922
MrsParkCity
Air Conditioning for nh Barn in August?
MrsParkCity, on February 19, 2018 at 2:51 PM

My question is... should I rent air conditioning for the barn? I'm asking for the etiquette here for summer wedding protocol. By air conditioning, I mean a 20 ton unit that sits outside the barn and...

Billy, Sep 22, 2022 16 998
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Appropriate time between sibling weddings
Andrea, on September 19, 2022 at 12:45 AM

What is an appropriate amount of time between sibling weddings? A little back story: my FH and I have been together nearly 10 years. 2023 will be 10 years for us and 2023 will also be 3 years since we...

Michelle, Sep 21, 2022 16 1,220
Malei
Are any of you no longer in contact with your bridesmaids/men or vice versa?
Malei, on November 8, 2017 at 5:57 PM

I'm not planning on asking for a few more months but I'm starting to plan out my bridal party. There are 3 girls that I'm close to at this moment from my part time job that I hang out with often...

Cindy, Sep 21, 2022 43 6,253
Audrey
Guest list
Audrey, on September 8, 2022 at 2:46 PM

Is anyone having a large number of guets at their wedding? We plan to invite 100 people. How do you avoid hurting someone's feelings when they are not invited?

Mrs.evans, Sep 20, 2022 27 807
Abigail
Is it okay to un-invite someone a month out?
Abigail, on September 20, 2022 at 1:04 PM

So my FH and I have a roommate who was a friend but with all of the turmoil of her living with us and causing MANY issues... we no longer speak... even in the same house. It is causing me major...

Michelle, Sep 20, 2022 9 753 1
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Mother in Law is Inviting Guests without telling me!
Sarah, on September 16, 2022 at 10:40 PM

My soon to be mother in law (mother of the groom) told me that 4 people are coming that my fiancé and I agreed we were not inviting. She invited these people without us knowing and they said yes. She...

Theresa, Sep 19, 2022 11 1,153
Sylvana
Do or don't speak up?
Sylvana, on September 18, 2022 at 6:36 PM

I keep going back and forth here and am looking for options. I'm a BM for a wedding coming up in a few weeks. I am almost certain I remember the bride saying she was going to cover our hair/makeup as...

Taylor, Sep 19, 2022 15 845
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Next day brunch for out of town guests
Ali, on September 16, 2022 at 1:37 PM

We’re going to have a large number of out of town guests attending our wedding. We had originally planned on leaving for our honeymoon on Sunday (day after our wedding) but I’m now thinking we should...

Lady, Sep 19, 2022 11 1,117
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Don’t want to invite my future Bil’s girlfriend
Amy, on September 17, 2022 at 6:50 AM

My future BIL’s girlfriend is an awful person and makes it very obvious she does not like me & in simple terms, I do not like her back. They have been together 5+ years, on the road to engagement,...

Jacks, Sep 19, 2022 6 696
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Instruction for Servers
Cherylyne, on September 19, 2022 at 9:09 AM

My wedding is Saturday 09/24 and I hired servers. I have know idea where to start and how to instruct them. I need to write a list so that I don't need to constantly tell them what to do during the...

Paige, Sep 19, 2022 7 687
Summer
Mother of the bride
Summer, on September 15, 2022 at 3:54 AM

So my sis(19) is getting married in 2024. She'll be 21 at that point. We lost our mom in 2016, and never really had a dad. So she asked me to step in as mother of bride and father(walking her down the...

Summer, Sep 19, 2022 10 1,289
Lauren
FH not on Save the Date
Lauren, on September 17, 2017 at 3:42 PM

Happy Sunday! So I recently got a Save the Date in the mail that just had my name on it. Since I'll be doing my own STD's after the holidays (doing them early because there will be a lot of OOT...

Lalaine, Sep 16, 2022 12 951
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Help me create a final draft of my moh speech?
Heather, on September 15, 2022 at 12:44 PM

Hello! I am giving a MOH speech for a friend of mine next week. Me and the bride were fairly close for a few years in high school, but have grown apart and haven't really spoken since then. To my...

Imani, Sep 16, 2022 5 908
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Wedding Affair
Lyra, on September 14, 2022 at 10:46 PM

While I was home for the weekend I ran into a friends husband and he told me that they were no longer together because of an affair that my friend had. They married years ago and I lost contact with...

Michael, Sep 15, 2022 5 985
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