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My fiance and I planned to get married in Sept 2020, and due to covid we moved the wedding to Sept 2021. We sent out save the dates in 2020 as a New Year card in 2020. And with covid, we had sent out...
Hey so I've been with my boyfriend for 6 1/2 years and we've been through a lot of ups and downs , but through it all I still love him and I want him to be my forever. On the other hand him I'm not so...
My fiance's parents got divorced last April. It was pretty messy, and they are not on good terms. His mom got remarried to another man less than 6 months after meeting him, and my fiance has only met...
Any ideas to involve a future sister-in-law? She is not in the bridal party but we want her to have a special role for the day.
I decided to bring up the idea of premarital counseling seeing as SOO many people have amazing things to say about it - but my FH does not see it that way, he said that made him worried. He feels that...
We are having a destination wedding (Key West). My parents are divorced but have been ok around each other for birthday parties, school functions, ext. I have always been more close with my dad than...
Hi all, I just want to start out by referencing my fiancé does not have any super close friends or best friends. So last spring my fiancé asked his one friend to be his groomsmen and then his other...
So my son is 19, I have no father and the two little kids are in the main wedding party. My son lives with dad and we don’t talk often but I really want him to be the one to walk me down the isle......
My friend from college and I are in a group of 4 girls total. Basically all 4 of us are planning our weddings at the same time, but she is getting married first due to living in Texas/less COVID...
So my husband and I got legally married last year and our big wedding reception is coming out. We just made the decision that we are still not comfortable having our full guest list and need to cut....
I need some advice To put it bluntly, my sister in law is without a doubt the most self centred person I have ever met. When I first met her, there was no denying she was not a warm and cuddly...
Hi! I was supposed to get married back in August 2020 but due to COVID we decided to push to May 2021. I have been in touch with my venue and although COVID cases are declining they still are only at...
As some of you may remember from some of my previous posts, one of my FH’s brothers has a drug addiction. No one on either side of our family has ever had any sort of drug addiction whatsoever so it’s...
So, I'm going to vent a little, forgive me. Growing up my mother emotionally and mentally abused me. She's a narcissist and a pathological liar and as soon as I graduated high school, she abandoned me...
So let me preface this by saying my fiance is not big into the planning aspect. Which is perfect for both of us because I love planning and organizing events! So I have been running things by him and...
Our wedding is 3 months away! Some members of FH’s family have already decided not to come but invitations haven’t been mailed yet. Our wedding is in NYC. His family is from Florida. In March, guests...
My future MIL loves both her son and I, but I have a weird feeling that she feels like I’m taking her son away from her. I only started feeling this way since we got engaged. She’ll never verbalize...
I don't have many friends. My very best friend is my fiancee corny I know. My close friends are all in different states and I don't like talking to my family about certain things. So years ago I got...