Family and Relationships
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So my wedding was this weekend and the family from my moms side didn’t show up. I found out most of my aunts and uncles booked a trip to go to Mexico the weekend of my wedding when they knew my...
My fiance has two teenage sisters who I am close to in a big sister kind of way. They are very eager to be included in the wedding somehow. I have a MOH and one other bridesmaid already and my fiance...
Ok so I got engaged last summer and my friend INSISTED that she was going to be my MOH because I had been hers. I never asked her she just assumed the position which was fine as I would have asked her...
If you had to choose just ONE photo that best describes your relationship, what would it be? I love this photo captured (unknown by us) by our photographer during our engagement shoot. We weren’t...
A couple who married the same day as my husband and I, now have COVID. They tested positive. My mom just called me to tell me the news. I know this couple, they went ahead with their wedding plans,...
It's long, but you'll want to read this trainwreck. Basically, right around the time COVID hit my mom took my little sisters, and moved to the Philippines to live with my dad. Before they left, they...
Ok this might be a bit long, sorry in advance. Here’s the back story: I’ve been divorced twice. My first marriage was totally a young and dumb kind of situation— I met my first husband and we had...
So we got married 10/03. My best friend got engaged in July. They are planning a May wedding. They haven’t don’t anything yet. They have to wait till November (financially) to book their venue,...
How do you deal with toxic in laws? My family and my my in laws do not get along. Long story short we are very very different in terms of priorities. There’s so much to say but my question is mainly...
TL;DR - FH doesn't like attending family events with me/acts like it's a chore. I expect him to come to them with me as my partner. I come from a very tight-knit family. We are all up in each others'...
I recently got married a couple weeks ago. We has been planning our wedding for a year and paid for everything on our own without help from anyone. We didn't have an over the top wedding but I put...
Do I need to have my sister in law in law ( brother in laws wife) as my bridesmaid even though she didn’t have me in hers? However she had me as an Usher in the wedding.
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So my now husband and I (like many others) were forced to change their wedding plans due to COVID. We chose to postpone the big party until next year and proceed with a micro wedding this year. The...
My first dress fitting was Sunday. I was so excited and happy especially since my mom and i recently reconciled. Her attitude was lack luster to say the least. My Aunt on the other hand helped me into...
Am I the only woman that loves their future hubby to death....but, he drives you freaking insane sometimes? I feel like I read so much on here about “my dear husband, man of my dreams, perfect man,...
I need to get this of my chest. Long story short: Couple years ago I left my family, friends, and work, to be with my LDR bf in PA. Everything seems great for almost a year. We went to school...
My wedding is Saturday 10/24/2020. We’ve taken every precaution we can for Covid — outdoors in our backyard (it’s supposed to rain) providing masks, hand sanitizer, masks required in the house to use...
So I moved in with my fiancé about 6 months ago which is 5 hours from where I lived before. I obviously don’t see my friends hardly ever if at all anymore which I’m sure is part of the reason I seem...
Ok I need to vent... we had our wedding on Sunday and my mil did everything she could to make it go wrong... from not showing up to rehearsal with no notice to giving the most fake toast I've ever...