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From the processional to the recessional - and everything in between - this is your space to get answers to everything you’ve ever wondered about vows, unity ceremonies, officiants, traditions, and more. After all, the wedding ceremony is what this whole shebang is about, right?!

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Gift for my new stepson
Stacy, on May 6, 2018 at 10:50 AM

I love my fiancé’s son. I actually fell in love with my fiancé after I saw how much he loved his son and took care of him. During our ceremony I’m going to ask to marry alistair too. He’s five and I...

Neffe, Jun 22, 2018 5 1,198
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Church vs outside wedding
Maggie , on June 20, 2018 at 1:42 PM

I have had my heart set on an outside wedding, but the more I think about getting married in my church the more I like it (my parents and all my siblings were married there). I’m also getting married...

MIWM, Jun 22, 2018 12 226
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Divorced parents & ceremony procession
Christine, on May 2, 2018 at 4:05 PM

Hi all, I’m very close with both of my parents, however they are divorced and hostile with each other (even 15 years later). My mom had asked me about 3 months ago if I might consider including her in...

Neffe, Jun 22, 2018 13 2,353
Monica
Branding Unity
Monica, on June 20, 2018 at 9:23 PM

Hello brides .. I’m wondering if anyone has done the branding unity. I’m having an out door country wedding and I really like this idea. I’ve never seen it done and would love input on it.

Monica, Jun 21, 2018 5 1,984 1
Tracy
Backup Officiant?
Tracy, on May 29, 2018 at 4:54 PM

So we've asked a family friend to marry us. She recently told us that she won a vacation at work and will arrive back in town the day before our ceremony. She's going to the Bahamas in October (height...

Tracy, Jun 21, 2018 16 1,125
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Flower girls that can’t throw flowers
Melissa, on June 20, 2018 at 2:43 PM

Our church won’t allow us to have the flower girls scatter flowers as they walk down the aisle. Any suggestions on what they should do?

Jillian, Jun 20, 2018 9 333
Cheryl&rock
Jump The Broom
Cheryl&rock, on June 18, 2018 at 8:09 AM

Is anyone else jumping the broom?

Cheryl&rock, Jun 19, 2018 15 335
Aria
Personal vows and "repeat after me"
Aria, on June 16, 2018 at 3:24 AM

So FH's father is officiating the ceremony which means that we get to write our own ceremony! We want to have the time to say some personal vows, but also the "repeat after me" kind while we exchange...

Casey, Jun 19, 2018 22 2,355
Elaine
Logistics - both parents walking down aisle
Elaine, on June 19, 2018 at 3:31 PM

Both of my parents are walking me down the aisle, which I’m really excited about, but I’m trying to sort out the logistics. Do I hold either of their arms or do they hold mine? How do I hold my...

Cassidy, Jun 19, 2018 14 4,856 1
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Baby flower girl/ring bearer
Future Mrs. Glass, on June 14, 2018 at 3:19 AM

Hey y’all, I’m getting married in a few months and I need some suggestions on how to get a year and 2 month old ring bearer and a 7 month old flower girl down the aisle in my wedding? I really want to...

Neffe, Jun 18, 2018 10 3,244
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Ceremony vows? Letters to each other? i do's?
Tara, on June 11, 2018 at 3:11 PM

Hi Everyone! I'm getting married in 2 months and trying to figure out how a ceremony really works. Somehow I've only been to really informal weddings so I'm not sure how everything goes together. What...

Neffe, Jun 18, 2018 9 7,090 2
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Programs to include deceased father and step parents
Miranda, on June 11, 2018 at 11:38 PM

I'm struggling on how to put my parents on our wedding ceremony programs. My parents are divorced and remarried. Also, my dad passed away 6 years ago and I want to have him listed but I'm not sure...

Selia, Jun 18, 2018 4 1,470
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Catholic cohabitation struggles
Sara, on June 15, 2018 at 1:31 PM

I’ve already made a post about this but im hoping to have a catholic wedding and I meet with the priest soon. We don’t live together yet but he’ll be moving to the same city as me in September and our...

Eamsee, Jun 16, 2018 17 3,574
Gen
Afternoon wedding timing
Gen, on June 14, 2018 at 10:22 AM

We’re having an afternoon ceremony with a lunchtime reception, but how late is too late to begin? We were thinking we’d have the ceremony at either 12 or 1 (30 min ceremony) followed by an hour...

Sara, Jun 14, 2018 9 711
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What did you walk down the aisle to?
Kayla, on June 11, 2018 at 9:10 AM

I need ideas for songs to walk down to the aisle to. It needs to be a recording as I won’t have any musicians playing, just a dj. I only want instrumental music, no singing. I prefer violin/cello...

Lacie, Jun 11, 2018 12 2,088
shortkitty
Another word for blessing?
shortkitty, on June 10, 2018 at 12:48 AM

We are having a secular wedding but really love and would like to include the reading called "Blessing of the Hands." The actual reading itself does not include the word "blessing" or have anything...

Cassandra, Jun 10, 2018 5 1,186
Angela
Show me your sand ceremony pictures!
Angela, on May 27, 2018 at 12:42 PM

FH and I are trying to decide on sand colors for our sand ceremony (us + our seven combined children). Can y’all show me pics of your REAL finished product? All I can seem to find online are stock...

Trina, Jun 9, 2018 21 2,165
Nikki
How to Ask Your Maid of Honor?
Nikki, on June 8, 2018 at 3:39 PM

Ok so I want my cousin to be my maid of honor, we grew up together and are like sisters. I would love for her to be my maid of honor but I do not know how to ask her or if I have to give her a gift...

Mim, Jun 9, 2018 16 2,319
Meredith
Dismissing Rows/receiving Line
Meredith, on June 8, 2018 at 11:03 AM

For those of you who dismissed rows after the ceremony or had a receiving line....how long did it take you for how many guests?

Meredith, Jun 8, 2018 14 990
FutureMrsBeeson
Officiant Cost
FutureMrsBeeson, on March 14, 2018 at 11:13 AM

How much did you all pay for an officiant? FH and I are not religious. We are looking for a secular officiant, but it's harder than we thought it would be. We originally had a family friend that was...

Jen, Jun 8, 2018 46 2,150
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