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Anyone elses mom making them nuts? My mom is usually pretty easy to deal with but at the rehearsal yesterday (wedding this Saturday) she was freaking out about walking down the aisle alone?? Like...
I have known my group of friends for several years now and even before my fiance proposed, I knew I would ask them to be in my wedding party. However, there was a huge rift in the group recently and...
Now I want to start this off by saying I want NO advice. This is just to share a funny story and maybe give some advice to other people. My FH and I got engaged in January. We had our venue and date...
My fiance and I want something super simple, but my mom wants us to have the traditional big church wedding.. My fiance and I don't want to spend a ton of money and would rather elope and have a small...
My fiancé and I are not planning on a very traditional wedding and have zero desire to have a ceremony in front of a lot of people. We both feel that our vows and the ceremony are for us and should be...
Who mentioned marriage first? Was it you or your (future) spouse?
What is your favorite physical trait of your significant other? What is your favorite personality trait about your significant other?
I’m a very drama free person and like people have said sometimes weddings really bring out the worst in people. Especially my bridesmaids, except 1. I already had to ditch two bridesmaids for long...
Hello, So here's the situation, my future brother-in-law is trying to push his dream wedding on me. I don't want to hurt his feelings but at the same time if I like something and he doesn't like it,...
Hi everyone! So I need to go on a rant for a moment here as many of you may understand how I’m feeling. Recently engaged, we’ve got official plans down (venues and date)!However sharing the news with...
I'll try to make this as short as possible. Some background: So my fiancé and I have been together for 6 and a half years. We are both originally from small towns but have lived in the city for the...
Hello everyone! I’m sure this has been asked multiple times, but I just don’t feel like scrolling through every form.🤷🏻♀️ Trying to think of a unique, but cost friendly way to “propose” to my maid of...
How long did it take from the first date to call your significant other your boyfriend or girlfriend?!
My friend and his wife where both in the wedding and due to covid and a job switch he can no longer attend. His wife who I thought I was close friends with refused to anwser my calls when I went to...
So my mom, FH, and I have all been butting heads on the topic of flower girls and ring bearers. My FH has 1 niece and 2 nephews, while I have 3 girl cousins and 3 boy cousins. By the time we get...
We've been married since March 2017. We faced very strong, mean, obnoxious opposition to our marriage by all of his family, especially his adult children, but our friends were thrilled for us and my...
Today is my wedding day and while I'm super excited I am also feeling sad/frustrated. Two weeks ago we reached out to all of our guests to give them a chance to change their RSVP due to a recent spike...
Hey! My fiance currently lives about a 2 day drive away and once we are married I will live in his state with him. my mom loves him and gave her blessing for him to propose, but lately she has seemed...
Can someone give me advice on how to deal with my fiancé aunt and grandmother? His grandmother think she’s the mom, and the aunt yelled at me at a bar because she’s not a Bridemaids in my wedding. And...
I am curious about this. I know some men are hard wired to kind of put up a wall on sharing their emotions. I am curious how some of you deal with that? Or if you feel like this is not an issue in...