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Family of the groom issues
Wifey, on February 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM

Hi WWers, We’ve been engaged for 9 mths & are a few weeks out from our wedding & pretty excited. My (bride) family checks in regularly, offering guidance, support and help for the wedding in...

Sarah, Mar 27, 2025 5 773
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Help.... Need advice!
Tania, on March 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM

I need serious advice... I asked for space and a day later he broke up our engagement and asked for a month to move out? He left to his familys home and is completing ghosting me. Im so confused. What...

Sarah, Mar 27, 2025 3 192 1
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Mother vs Step Mother
Ashley, on March 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM

I am very close with my mother and my step mom; however they do not like each other very much. I do not want my step mom to feel left out on the day of getting ready festivities, but my mom is not...

JA, Mar 23, 2025 1 293
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Unsupportive Dad
A__S202, on March 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM

I recently got engaged and haven't really told anyone yet except my FH's family, only because they were there when it happened. Little back story, my FH and I's parents used to be good friends, a...

LM, Mar 15, 2025 1 620
Terra
Advice welcome 🩷
Terra, on February 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM

Internal struggle! I have a very narcissistic mother and she tends to make everything about herself. How should I handle this? As she wants to be the center of attention at all times... Especially my...

Ashley, Mar 14, 2025 2 125 1
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Fh's has step-siblings who have been raised by Fh's father and ffil is hurt that they aren't included in the wedding and has other worries
Genevieve, on February 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM

My FH's mother died when he and his brother (his only bio sibling) were 11 and 12. When FH was 19, his father got remarried to a widow who met me through a church support group that was focused on...

LM, Feb 22, 2025 3 412
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Troubles with Future Mother-in-law
Allie, on February 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM

I need some advice. My fiance and I got engaged in December, and ever since, I have seen a side of his mother that I had not seen before. As soon as we got engaged, she started talking to us about...

LM, Feb 22, 2025 2 817
Josephine Brennan
Couples therapy is ruining our relationship
Josephine Brennan, on July 3, 2019 at 2:21 AM

To provide a little backstory before I dive into the current issue, my fiance and I had a long discussion about our wedding date and finally agreed on September 18. 2019. We also discussed things like...

Ann, Feb 17, 2025 36 4,717
Ariel
Kids and Bridal Party
Ariel, on February 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM

We were originally going to have our rule for kids being "only close family", so we could have our nieces and nephews and that's it. However 2 people in the bachelor party that are friends have 4 kids...

CM, Feb 9, 2025 6 552
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sil drama
Jess, on January 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM

My fiance and I have been together for 3 years. He’s very close with his little sister who’s planning to get married in 2025. A few months ago, his sister asked her brother (my fiance’) to stand up...

Janae, Jan 31, 2025 6 759
Megan
Would you be upset if your spouse went to a strip club?
Megan, on November 1, 2022 at 6:39 PM

My husband and I got married this September, we have been together for 6.5 years and have gone to the strip club together many times. He went to the strip club with his groomsmen for his Batchelor...

Brittany, Jan 24, 2025 31 44,993 1
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Am i wrong for not wanting to invite fiances sibling?
PTA, on January 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM

I'm looking for an outside perspective on this situation. I absolutely adore everyone in my fiances family with the exception of one sibling. I've only met them once, and it ended up being one of the...

Kaitlin, Jan 22, 2025 8 665
Christine
aita For not wanting to spend so much time at my fiancé's family's events?
Christine, on January 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM

For context, my fiancé comes from a Latin family and while they are very close, they also are incredibly clique-y. They barely talk to each other, but my fiancé feels a sense of responsibility that...

Kaitlin, Jan 14, 2025 4 663
Mdannaker
Destination wedding with a baby?
Mdannaker, on January 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM

My brother and his fiance want to have a destination wedding in Europe. We live in the US. I am married with 3 kids and a baby on the way. He wants only immediate family to attend and all children....

Michael, Jan 8, 2025 3 581
Ellie F
Family Requests/bride Ready to Strike
Ellie F, on November 18, 2024 at 1:39 AM

Out of the blue, my future Mother in Law asserted that we can't have any flowers or scented candles at our wedding. We got engaged 4 months ago. We're getting married in 6 months. We literally had an...

Evelyn, Dec 24, 2024 2 591
Emma
Maid of Honor dilemma
Emma, on November 27, 2024 at 4:47 PM

Hi everyone!! My fiancé and I are running into an issue right now. We both have our wedding parties picked out, but we cannot pick an MOH/ Best Man. Our wedding party consists of family members and...

Grassxpress, Dec 14, 2024 2 688
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Am i overreacting to my Moh’s behavior?
Kay, on October 11, 2024 at 6:11 AM

This will be long, but it’s for context. My MOH was someone I grew up with and was close to. We haven’t been as close in recent years and she no longer lives where I do, but we still had a...

Christina, Nov 26, 2024 6 567
Jainee
Has anyone just feel resentment towards fiancé?
Jainee, on December 20, 2019 at 4:39 PM

We’re getting married in February 2. We been together for 9 years, Lately anything and everything he does annoys me so much. I just find him really obnoxious lately. And I been picking fights...

Z S, Nov 25, 2024 11 2,179
Sierra
Vent about last minute changes 😩
Sierra, on November 12, 2024 at 1:48 PM

Just needed to vent 😭 We are less than 48 hours out from the wedding. We purposely didn’t invite the gf of one of my FH’s uncle because he’s always cheating on her and neither of us particularly like...

Josh, Nov 20, 2024 322
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Bridesmaids??
Sarah, on September 20, 2024 at 7:30 PM

Originally I wasn't doing bridesmaids,unless it was my grown children. then my husband got his best friend as best man so I chose a maid of honor. Here's where my headache n Drama comes in. My SIL.. (...

Jeffreystokes, Nov 11, 2024 179 1
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