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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 3 439
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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 2 857
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 4,928
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 6 577
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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 6 780
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 46,399 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 8 691
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 4 698
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 3 636
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 2 624
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 2 715
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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 6 590
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 2,234
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 333
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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 186 1
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Should i invite my mom?
Leaira, on October 14, 2024 at 9:16 PM

So I posted about this a few weeks ago but now im 100% sure shes just not happy for me. I got engaged end of April, my financé and I told my mother the beginning of May and she acted like she didn't...

Bahubali, Nov 8, 2024 1 795
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i got married as planned now my parents stopped speaking to me
Brandi , on May 23, 2020 at 9:02 AM

So my now husband and I got married on the date we chose 8 years ago 4/20/20. Early March when things started shutting down I went to my parents who had offered and paid for our wedding to talk about...

Md Korim, Nov 4, 2024 20 2,835 1
JessIca
Should i make an exception for my Godmother
JessIca, on October 19, 2021 at 6:34 PM

Hi. I would like opinions about if and how to invite my Godmother to my Small wedding. I have a big family and I really broke tradition to have a small non 200+ person wedding. It is not so much...

CAPLEE, Nov 3, 2024 9 1,109
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Unsupportive Inlaws
Leah, on October 8, 2024 at 6:28 AM

Hi everyone I’m new here to WW and really needed some advice on how to move forward. My fiancé and I got engaged after our one year Anniversary last Saturday and well my family so supportive and very...

Fiona, Oct 30, 2024 11 932 2
Samantha
Family and Friends upset for no invite
Samantha, on October 2, 2019 at 10:29 PM

Is anyone else running into issues with friends or family members being upset that they're not invited to the wedding? I am shocked at the number of people who are upset they didn't get an invite to...

YesYes, Oct 25, 2024 22 8,013 1
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