Discussions from Family and Relationships

Before Covid, my parents celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in June of 2019. My son asked if he could bring his girlfriend to the celebration. I said no-we have a no ring, no bring policy re...

My fiancé has a HUGE extended family about 50 people only including parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins. I have a very small extended family. Most of whom I’m not close with...

Originally we wanted to invite children, but it would've taken us over budget so we made the decision to cut children from the guest list. The problem is he has first cousins ranging from 8-35 years...

I started organising my bachelorette last year before my wedding + bachelorette were postponed (because of COVID) and an option at the time was to do a 3 night cruise. My friends didn’t love the idea...

First let me say that my daughter is getting married and her dad is no help. My husband her step-dad has Always been supportive financially to both my children and loves them like his own. He just...

Hi everyone. I posted about this before but it was removed because I swore understandably. I’m going to try this again lol. My wedding is in May and my shower is this weekend. My mother will be nice...

Hi I am choosing not to have bridesmaids and to have a small family-only wedding. However, I am realizing that I want my friends there more than in spirit. What are your ideas on how to involve them...

This might be a long, convoluted story. Dig in. My fiance's best man will be his best friend from elementary school till now. I don't like him nor do I care for his long time partner. We will call...

Ok so from the beginning I knew my very best friend would be my maid of honor. My baby sister always knew this. So when time came and I actually asked them to be a part of my wedding they both said...

This is sort of a babies + wedding postponement combo topic. I’m 31 and my fiancé is 36. Our wedding is scheduled for this September in Spain but we are now strongly leaning towards using our backup...

Hey everyone! I'm back with another sticky situation. My husband's brother is supposed to be getting married to his fiance in May 2021, and we've recently decided we don't support their marriage. He...

The title might sound rough, but stick with me. So I am having a kid-friendly wedding, but there are only a few kids on the invite list. One of the kids is my cousin's 8-year-old. I have met him a...

My love and I are excited about our future as a married couple and our future as parents. I have a strong desire to be making plans to be a mother because I have pcos (making me infertile without...

I need help coming up with ideas to incorporate my fiances family who live overseas and cannot make it to the wedding. We are already live-streaming, but I want to do something a bit more. I thought...

First and foremost: The subject of marriage and discussing a wedding has come up with my boyfriend. He has seen my family dynamic for almost a decade and has been with me through some very turbulent...

I need advice and honest opinons. I was enjoying planning my wedding things were coming together beautifully and now I have lost all my self confidence in my ability to choose colors and make...

I got engaged in 2016. In July 2017, my fiance died unexpectedly. I've dealt with grief and depression and it's been hard as I'm older and have a disability. I don't think I'll ever find love again....

First of all, I am not the one getting married. My boyfriend's brother is. Let me start: I have been dating my boyfriend for 18 months. I am extremely close to his family-his mom and I go shopping,...

One of my really good friends, who I mentioned in a previous post is getting married at the end of this month. She's also expecting a baby! She tokd ne that she was considering the name EMERALD for a...

My mother hates my future spouse for no good reason other than "I liked all the other ones so if I hate this one then itll work out.." to me that's not a valid reason to tell my future husband that...