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So I need some opinions, one of my closest friends I met in college I want to ask to be a bridesmaid. However I’m questioning if I should ask her, she flaked out on every plan we’ve made together...
Hi! My fiancée and I have been together for 4 years. We are supposed to get married on this Saturday. Shes the one who asked me to marry her 3 years ago. She’s been having really cold feet, like very...
We were meant to get married this coming May but because of tbe pandemic we had to postpone our wedding. I have always wanted to get married in May and so we looked into the possibilities of marrying...
This weekend my fiancé and I had separate bachelorette/bachelor parties in separate cities, before leaving we went to breakfast where his mom works. My fiancé and I have been dating for over 9 years,...
This doesn't even really pertain to my wedding but it's weighing heavy on my heart and I just need a safe place to unload it. It's gonna be a long one so thank you if you read the whole thing. One of...
Update: I was not invited to the wedding and the other bridesmaid was, along with one of our other friends. Around January one of my bridesmaids posted a picture of her save the dates she was sending...
Ever since I did my post in my situation of my family I have received so many messages. Thank you All! Thank you for the support and the advice! I had made my piece with myself in accepting the fact...
Basically my mom is Bipolar and she's not on medication for it so we never really know what were going to get. When me and my mans first moved in together she was 100% again it. Said I was making a...
Hello, So my wedding isn't until end of October 2022 but when trying to include my mom in wedding planning (mostly just tossing around ideas) she is just so negative. Examples: When talking about my...
Hi, my wedding is next year in February of 2022 and I am in need of some advice. I have a friend who I have known for a couple of years now, that I would consider a good friend in the sense that I can...
Hello all. I’ve recently been thinking about my guest list...who to invite and who not to invite. My fiancé has a friend that I’m not particularly fond of...probably not all! I’m stuck in the in...
My maid of honor is my best friend and has been for over 15 years. But I’m really having a hard time. I asked her to be my maid of honor because I value her opinion and want her to help with things....
Does anyone have any opinion on being asked by a family member to cover your tattoos for the wedding??
To make an extremely long background story short, my parents hate each other. My dad is remarried, and I am closer to my step siblings than I am to my brother. My mom has a long term boyfriend that...
I need help. I have finally decided on my three bridesmaids and my childhood best friend is not one of them. I know she will expect it but we have just drifted to far apart we are very different...
My fiance and I got engaged about 1.5 years ago. Not long after, my father and his long term girlfriend broke up. They had a kid together, my brother, who I love and she had a kid before the...
One of my oldest friends sense middle school. I bend over backwards for her for her wedding 2 years ago. I was a bridesmaid but her maid of honor sucked and didn’t plan or do anything. I stepped up...
So, we are having a relatively small wedding. (80 people invited vs. the 260+ we wanted to invite) With it being so small, we are keeping our 'wedding party' small as well to keep it more intimate....
I’m marrying FH this December and while we both want children, when we’ve previously discussed it, we agreed ‘not for a few years’ because we aren’t ready. The closer we get to marriage though...
Hello to all my lovely soon to be brides ! I’m getting married in July 3! I cannot wait for my wedding day to walk down the isle and get to marry the love of my life and be surrounded by our families!...