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Hello everyone, So, our wedding is around the corner and it was brought to my attention the my bridesmaids feel left out, but I’m not sure why. I had planned my bachelorette party to be in Vegas with...
My fiancé and I have been engaged for 1 year and a half already. When he first proposed in 2020, his mom said she felt absolutely hurt and cried and complained about her blood pressure rising to due...
So I have a terrible relationship with my sister. She has been mean to me for our entire lives, and it continues today. She is 31 and I’m 27. My fiancé does not have good relationships with his...
So the other day I made a post about my fiancé and I not wanting to have a mother/son & father/daughter dance during our wedding reception because he’s not close with his mom and I’m not close...
Its been a couple of months since I posted my frustration and sadness about my sister losing my wedding dress. Long story short, my sister took my wedding dress without my knowledge while I was on my...
Okay so the problem I have run into is I have a friend who I used to be extremely close to but she moved away and we have had a couple arguments since then. Things are just a little different now. At...
Last year we signed our license and this year we're having the ceremony and reception since we paid for everything already 2 years ago and can't move the date again. Unfortunately, my great uncle...
He is not so good in expressing his feelings, so I don't know whether he loves me or not
So I'm sure this wouldn't be an issue if it weren't my sister, it's probably just sibling drama, but I just wanted to vent and see if anyone has similar issues with family. My wedding venue is a...
Hi! I will try to keep this short and was hoping for some advice. My fiancé’s friends are getting married in October. He has this friend group of four guys and their wives/significant others. They’re...
Hi everyone, My sister is 7 years older than me, never been married and my only sister. We used to be really close but she lives a very different lifestyle that I do (she parties like every day and...
Hi, hoping for some advise. My second eldest brother recently got married. I thought we were pretty close, I certainly saw him as a potential best man in my wedding. Whilst my oldest brother is not...
Yesterday my FH’s grandmother asked me why I was wearing the color ivory. It caught me off guard because I never mentioned what color I was going to wear. I mentioned it to my FH and apparently she...
My parents have been divorced for 25 years. Yes, 25 years. My mom has offered to pay for my wedding, but has said my dad is not allowed to attend and has suggested getting a restraining order. She...
Just how many of you have a relative horror story to share? Here’s mine my wedding is Sep 24. My cousin and his attention seeking girlfriend/fiancé planned theirs Sept 18 talk about nervy!
For background, my second cousin ‘Tim’ and his partner ‘Sally’ never knew if they wanted children, it was always a “maybe but don’t think so” question for them. They knew if they wanted children...
Hi, need some advice. We've planned to get married in 2 years and my family is going to meet his. He paid for our hotels even though i said he shouldn't. What can we do to, like, make it up to him?...
I am hoping for some advice on how to handle this situation. My sister is getting married. I got an invite about a month ago and the wedding is next month. We have 2 other sisters and they live in 2...
My FH and I each have 4 of our closest friends in our wedding party. However, I also have two siblings: one sister and one brother (FH is an only child). I'm not incredibly close with them because we...