Discussions from Family and Relationships

His parents didn't say anything about our engagement. No one at his family's house asked to see my ring. His sister and a sister in law at least asked about wedding planning. His kids didn't say...

I am struggling with trying to narrow down who I want to ask to be bridesmaids. Specifcally I am struggling with one friend, we will call her Lauren, who is a newer friend I met at the gym (I have...

My parents are divorced and have been for 23 years, but both have always been around. My dad is better off and has paid so my siblings and I could graduated college without any debt. He supported me...

Hi all, So I’m hoping people here can give me some advice. I recently got engaged to the most loving partner, we’ve both always known that we wanted an intimate wedding with our nearest and dearest...

I’m having this unexpected inability to call my mother in law “Mom”. Like it literally refuses to roll off my tongue. Lol! My MIL is so sweet and we talk on the phone and email all the time during...

Long story short, my FMIL has been creating massive problems in my wedding planning. I have included her in everything from wedding dress shopping, my bridal shower, my bachelorette party (which she...

Hi lovely brides! My fiancé and I are having a very small, intimate wedding. My family in particular is GINORMOUS, and we haven't invited them all because it would cost an arm and a leg, and I see...

Hi fellow brides! I'm getting married next year, and my MIL unfortunately has health issues that prevent her from physically being at our wedding ☹️. We plan on having her on a Zoom/Facetime for the...

My fiance of 6 years has one daughter that is getting married next year. Due to my never having been in this situation, I have asked her what she'd prefer I wear (specifically requesting what she was...

Good morning all! I’m a March 2024 bride and am in the process of choosing my bridal party. I’ve been engaged since COVID-19 started in 2020 and, due to struggles of the pandemic as well as various...

I am getting married next October. It feels so far away but unfortunately due to TONS of close friends getting married in the meantime, we chose that month so we could have our own moment. Since our...

It’s happened a couple times where more distant friends/good acquaintances will ask me about the wedding when I see them at events & I just clam up bc I feel guilty that I didn’t invite them. I...

Hello ladies! So, my mom is planning my bridal shower along with my two grandmothers. In her day she had a shower for both her side and my dad's side of the family. She started planning the shower for...

My mother isn't showing any interest in being involved in my wedding planning. It is really starting to get to me as this is supposed to be a time when mothers and daughters bond. I continue to try to...

I don't know if it's just me not liking other people telling me what to do and I often feel like I wish I was accepting and positive rather getting offended, or my MiL is genuinely out of line. My...

Anyone else getting married for the second time? The first time I was married, I had the full support of my entire family and friends, and people I didn't even know! This time around, I have the...

I’m shy, well sorta. I’m not a shy person, but when there’s a big life change in my life (good or bad), I tend to not tell anyone until weeks or months or whenever it comes up later down the line. Im...

My fiancé and I have decided to not have kids at our wedding besides our son (which is a give in), two flower girls (they are sisters and I didn't want to ask one and not the other and they are only...

Not sure if this is the right forum to post on but here goes. My husband and I have been married for 1 yr now together for 10 yrs. Throughout our entire relationship there have been intimacy issues....

In my fiancés culture, the MOH and best man are supposed to be a married couple. We don’t have very many married friends, and we were close with his middle sister and her husband at the time we...