Family and Relationships
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So, I have been having a LOT of trouble with my sister, who is also a bridesmaid, and the dress she is trying to pick out. My wedding will be a very small, intimate affair with mostly family and...
Navigating grooms stepmom and biological mom. Help. Hello everyone. I 27(f) and my fiancé 35(m) are getting married in a year from now. His parents are divorced and has a decent relationship with...
I'm having a small home wedding (expecting around 25). We're only inviting parents, siblings (and their kids) and grandparents, plus a husband/wife who have played in important role in our...
My fiance and I have been together for two and a half years and will be getting married in December. He has a unique (very niche) hobby that isn't cheap. Without going into too much detail, the guy is...
My husband and I got married this September, we have been together for 6.5 years and have gone to the strip club together many times. He went to the strip club with his groomsmen for his Batchelor...
My wife and I have been married 15 years, but the last 10 have been absolutely brutal (will get into that in a second). We have 3 young children, all girls – our oldest about to become a teen, our...
I'm enlisting the advice and counsel of anyone who has gone through a similar situation. My boyfriend and I have been together for just over 3 years, with our fair share of ups and downs and learning...
My boyfriend and I of 14 years (we were 14 when we started dating) recently got engaged and though most everyone knew engagement was a possibility and highly likely, I didn’t get the...
My fh and I are desperate and need advice on how to handle his parents! Thank you to anyone who has the time to help. I have a long complicated history with his parents promising to pay his rent,...
Hi Everyone, My fiance has always had an okay at best relationship with his parents. Things between them have gotten a lot better in the last year but it seems like he has been walking on egg shells...
HI, wondering if anyone has any ideas as to what i do if my parents show up to my wedding. I am not inviting them as we have not spoken in some time and it was postponed because of them last year. I...
Wedding was 9 days ago and was perfect! I am slowly adjusting to married life and enjoying my time as a newlywed. It has been a blissful period, but one weird thing I have noticed is there are certain...
I have been engaged since late 2022 and have been in the wedding planning process for just over a year and a half. My wedding is next month, and we sent up Save the Dates in November followed by...
My son is getting married in a few weeks (I'm divorced with a long time bf). He & his fiancee are paying for the wedding. The wedding is 3 hours in her hometown, but they live nearby me. The...
I am facing a dilemma right now. I decided long ago that I would be have family as a bridal party due to wanting to avoid drama as I've all been in the bridal party for friends I don't even speak to...
A month before my elopement, my best friend of 10 years (who was part of my bridal party) told me I was taking away from her elopement because me and my fiance were getting eloped on the same mountain...
Hi All, I have a bit of a dilemma about my best friend being the MOH in my wedding. I asked my bf about being in my wedding and she agreed that she would be the MOH. Well we finalized a date for the...
The past year I've been back and forth about inviting my mom to my wedding. Originally, I was going to have her help me make our bouquets and centerpieces because she's really artistic. But after a...
To provide a little backstory before I dive into the current issue, my fiance and I had a long discussion about our wedding date and finally agreed on September 18. 2019. We also discussed things like...
Just curious, How long did you and your partner date before being engaged? My husband and I dated for exactly 3 years before he proposed. We made it official 10.06.16, he proposed 10.06.19, and we got...