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Im talking like a year before the wedding. Its easier for us to make small payment to the venders over the next year and a half and get everyone paid off before the wedding so that the only thing we...
So I am a pretty blunt person, and I have lots of cousins that like to dress like hoochies at weddings. I think it is totally inapporpriate its a wedding not a club. Literally the shortest shorts,...
I have no idea what to do I have 17 first cousins and want to invite them all to my wedding. With SO it could possibly be around 25 people. We cant have more than 70 people total at the wedding. I...
This is a long story but I'm going to try to give the quickest version possible so I don't bore you all to death. That's assuming anyone even reads this :-) My husband and I had been dating about 5...
I need ideas for a role the sister of the groom can be. I picked my close girlfriends for my bridal party still leaving my fiancé to find another groomsman. I'm not close with his sister and they have...
When I first got my e-ring it was a loose on the finger but snug over the knuckle. I hated that it spun on the finger but our jeweler said wait to see about re-sizing b/c fingers swell in the summer....
Ok, so I am designing and printing my own invitations. Recently, someone told me that you should always put a half hour before the start time to make sure everyone gets there on time to the...
I’m currently in the midst of a bridesmaid-related freak-out! I have been messaging all of my bridesmaids (I have 5) this morning, to make sure that they will all be able to order their dress by the...
Any of you talk to your single friends about relationships or what they think their engagement and wedding process will be like someday and think to yourself, "Good luck with that. You have no idea."...
My sister-in-law to be (my groom's sister-in-law) is going to be one of my bridesmaids. How do I refer to her in the ceremony program? As Sister-in-Law of Groom, Sister-in-Law of Bride, Friend of...
Getting married in 3 weeks. I let my friend try my ring on again (she has done before, and yes I know that I my fault so please don't scold about that). She had been drinking so I think her fingers...
I wish I knew how.... So the wedding's been postponed for months, but some people still ask why. Main factor is the finances, but also the personal issue of FH dealing w/his porn addiction - which...
Okay so here is our problem. We decided we didn't want kids at our wedding. But we have 3 kids IN our wedding. 2 flower girls and 1 ring bearer (twin boy and girl and the other flower girl is my...
Ok, ladies..Ive been smooth sailing on this wedding planning until recently... FH and I are finalzing guest list and our venue holds no more than 320 people. We have a VERY FULL list although we...
My old church has a large chapel that seats a LOT of people. I want to have a wedding in a church and THIS church is nice because I went there for years (also it's in my budget range.) Would this be a...
What does everyone think about this? I am trying not to be upset, but it hurts my feelings a bit. As if they think the hotel I picked out is not good enough for them. Roughly the trip will cost around...
If you gave albums to your parents, when did you give them? We were planning to give them as holiday gifts, but now I'm wondering if that's weird. Like, "Merry Christmas, thought you'd like 50 pages...
Our contract with the venue, includes the contract for the rental company. Thus I have to start thinking of how many tables (and what sizes) we will need to rent. Which has lead me directly into...
I'm not quite ready to do the table plans but one spanner already in the works is my Dad, who after I gave a vague desciption of who I saw on the headtable waited 3 months to tell me he wants his new...
We recently decided to skip favors to save a little money, but now I'm having second thoughts. I don't want my guests to think I'm inconsiderate, however, as my MOH said, how exactly does a bag of...