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So I came across this post on reddit from a bride who is in a fight with her MIL about the color dress the MIL wants to wear to the wedding (unspecified but it seems like it may be ivory from the...
It seems like my fiancé and I are in a pickle. We got engaged in September and we found a venue we both love. The date is set for June 2022! But, this week my fiancé got big news from his job. He got...
My mother, God love her, has made every big event in my life absolutely miserable. My fiancé and I are getting married, about 2 hours from our home (semi-destunation) in April. We have found a...
Hey fam, i was curious to know if you all knew before getting engaged where you would live or what your living situation as a couple would be. Currently my Finance and I have discussed it and we do...
FOR SOME BACKGROUND: when my fiancé’s brother got married his now wife invited me and FMIL dress shopping. She also had her family with her. After FSIL chose her dress, FMIL and I went back home. On...
I want to have my grandparents edited into a wedding photo of my mom and I. My grandfather has passed and my grandmother is in hospice, unable to attend the wedding. Does anyone have any online...
Was there a particular person or persons you decided to exclude from your wedding, even though many told you that you should invited them, such as family, or a family member's significant other? If...
So how do I form a bridal party when I don't really have any friends? Between the pandemic and graduating college in April I no longer have any close friends. The only people i talk to are people I...
My made of honor who I’ve known my whole life recently dropped out of my wedding after ignoring me for months on things. She told everyone she booked my bachelorette party but never did and left...
Ladies, so my fiance and I have had it we want to get married 11/11/21 -its a special number and has significance to us. I know this is about a few months out... venues havent been booked just visited...
Unfortunately, my family has a whole lotta drama. My FH isn't much of a help because his family is pretty tight-knit and friends tend to have a biased opinion which skews mine. I'm going to try to...
My mom is a Nike shoe, bootcut jean, mess bun mom. Her “dressed up” is jeans and a flown floral top with her hair in a bun still wearing tennis shoes. My wedding won’t be black tie but also not a...
I absolutely love this poster that I saw in my 3rd grade class. It's hilarious! No, but really, what have you learned (good and/or bad) from others' marriages and family life that will prepare you...
Ok, this is a long one... Apologies in advance. Honestly, right now I just need a bit of support. Have you ever been searching for a diagnosis and found an illness with symptoms that so perfectly...
So my husband and I married in November in. A very private, just the two of us, style ceremony. We eloped.. well my family refuses to acknowledge that we’re married because they weren’t there...
My Mother-In-law insists that my fiancé’s little sister receives flowers at our wedding. Nothing is wrong with this, except, we decided to opt out of having a bridal party all together and the only...
My sister has made drama out of every aspect of my wedding from getting engaged to stealing my thunder. She was a covid bride and opted to get married and postpone her reception. I got engaged in...
We are planning our wedding for fall 2022. My parents offered to host it at their home (they live on a farm near us with many acres and it’s absolutely gorgeous) and me and DH both get along very well...
My FH’s best girl friend just told him she is expecting. He was there for the birth of her first 2 children in her previous marriage and those children have basically been his niece and nephew since...