Discussions from Family and Relationships

I'm sorry to say this isn't entirely wedding related, but just something that's been bugging me more and more lately. I grew up with a hyper critical parent, so I've done some really work to unlearn...

My parents are paying for my entire wedding, and there was no question that they would. In our culture, the father pays for the wedding. Period. So I just kind of went along with it. Well now...

I recently had my bridal shower. Only the female family and friends were invited aside from my fiance, father, grandfather, and ring bearer accompanied by his father because he's 9 and came with my...

Hi ladies! We are in the midst of finalizing our guest list. We want a wedding on the smaller side so we found a beautiful venue with a strict cap of 150 so that we definitely can’t go over it. I have...

So I have had my wedding planned for 3+ years (Covid & unplanned pregnancies). My cousin has only been engaged for a 1.5 years. I've posted before about how she switched her venue from a museum to...

Hello 👋 one of my bridesmaids has a really controlling boyfriend an I got a message from him one day saying she can’t be in my wedding cause he says she walking with another guy an saying I’m super...

My sister and I are both in our 40s. I was married once for over 2 decades. She's never been married or even lived with a man other than her 2 sons. She's been dating her bf for about a year. I've...

First off my parents are paying for the majority of the wedding. In laws have been more than helpful enough with offering to pay for added bonuses which I appreciate greatly. We agreed on 100 guests...

I’m venting here because me being “officially” engaged is apparently a huge gamechanger for my Mom. She’s obviously trying to compensate or keep up with the Joneses through me. We have yet to have a...

Hello darling bride friends! Idk if I'm looking for advice or more to vent, but here we go... As my title indicates, I am in a bit of a pickle regarding certain invitations to extend to certain people...

So I feel beyond immature about this, and that why I wanted to kind of talk it out so that I could get over it. But on the wedding day the flower girl, my niece, didn't have her basket because my SIL...

This is just a throwaway account to help save feelings just in case. My fiancé and I were just going to have a small courthouse wedding so I asked a friend that lives close to me to be the witness....

My FMIL is a complete narcissist, but in the last few months she has gone into overdrive regarding our wedding. It first started when she found out my FI and I had received promotions, after which it...

My fiance and I have been engaged for a year and selected our date almost 6 months ago. My cousin, who is more recently engaged, reached out to my parents to see when our date was to make sure that it...

I totally had to cancel my wedding bc my future in-laws are I don’t even know how to describe them. My MIL is overbearing & doesn’t know how to accept NO as any answer. She was planning the...

My husband and I live in an incredibly expensive area and are not willing to move elsewhere and sacrifice all the things we want for the prospect of purchasing a larger home for less than what we'd be...

So sticky situation. I'm wondering if I should invite my grandmother to my wedding... I have basically no relationship with my grandmother (father's mother). She moved to New Mexico shortly after my...

Hi, I need to share what has been the worst experience for me these last two weeks and ask opinions about what happened. First I need to add a bit of context. Our wedding date is May 21st 2022 (in a...

Hi beautiful brides to be how many of you besides me have family members and friends who are telling you. What you are supposed to have or what you dont need your for you and your grooms day. I have a...

It's the week of love, y'all! Which makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside and curious to know - when was the moment you realised you were in love with your spouse? In my experience, it's usually not...