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Mother of bride escort?
Jackie, on July 28, 2024 at 10:02 AM

How crazy would it be to have her sister walk her down the aisle OR perhaps her sister and her brother in law together?

CM, 32 minutes ago 5 32
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Attend the wedding or the funeral?
Felicia, on September 18, 2019 at 9:50 PM

I am a bridesmaid in my friends wedding next weekend. However, my husband found out earlier this month that his grandmother passed away. He originally told me she is being cremated, and that the...

JoseFin, 6 hours ago 23 5,063
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Invited to Shower, Not to Wedding
Colleen, Yesterday at 3:05 PM

My family and friends will be giving me a bridal shower. My family will invite other family members to the shower, that I am not inviting to the wedding. I will have a list of people I want at the...

Jacks, Yesterday at 8:52 PM 2 12
Sara Collins
Save the date/engagement Shoot advice needed!
Sara Collins, on July 25, 2024 at 11:44 AM

We are getting married next May and we are needing our engagement shoot photos done ASAP! It took us a while to find a photographer we could afford and she is super good at her job. Weather has been a...

Sara Collins, Yesterday at 3:33 PM 3 78
Mrs. Cohen
Guestbook signing... after the wedding?
Mrs. Cohen, on October 22, 2018 at 4:04 PM

We got married 1.5 weeks ago and upon returning from our honeymoon this past Saturday, we were SO EXCITED to go through our guestbook, but of the 47 guests that ended up attending, only about 20...

Ayse, Jul 28, 2024 30 1,871
Mary
Feeling alone... No help from family or friends
Mary, on June 25, 2014 at 9:14 AM

So my fiancée and I got engaged this year. We have scheduled our wedding for next September which is still a long ways away. Our only hiccup between us is trying to get our family and friends on...

Jasmine, Jul 27, 2024 20 1,096
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Very upset with bridesmaids!!!
Steph123, on July 25, 2024 at 5:59 PM

I’m getting married soon and I had my bachelorette and it did not go as planned and there’s a lot of tension right now between me and my bridesmaids they all live out of state so I don’t really see...

Jacks, Jul 25, 2024 1 46
herecometheclarks
Catholic/Interfaith Wedding Question
herecometheclarks, on September 20, 2017 at 1:12 PM

So we are getting married in a Catholic Church with a mass. However, we REALLY want my FH's (baptist) preacher to give the homily. Does anyone know if this is possible/have any experience? We're in...

Abel, Jul 24, 2024 19 348
Audreana
Premarital Counseling a must?
Audreana, on January 25, 2017 at 4:20 PM

Although I saw another recent post kind of similar to this, hear me out. I was interested in premarital counseling because all of our married friends rave on and on about how great it was and how much...

Asia, Jul 23, 2024 21 1,526
Tyler
Destination wedding guest question
Tyler, on July 15, 2024 at 10:16 PM

I am planning a destination wedding and was wondering how I can nicely go about telling the wedding guest that we are not going to entertain them during their trip. like I only want to see them at the...

Heather, Jul 23, 2024 12 491
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Evite invitations?
Feneesa, on March 8, 2018 at 4:13 PM

I really don’t want to spend the money on invitations, I think it’s a waste. Has anyone done online invitations, it is the age of technology.

Ashley, Jul 22, 2024 23 2,949 2
Emily
Am i in the wrong? Surrogate father of the bride
Emily, on July 2, 2024 at 3:56 AM

Hi everyone! I’m getting married next year and I have a dilemma which I’ve known for years would arise when I eventually was to get married. I don’t have a relationship with my father - he walked out...

Sammey, Jul 20, 2024 16 394
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College Student - own invitation or with their parents?
Kathleen , on January 11, 2014 at 3:57 PM

I have a cousin, over 18, who is in college and I am unsure how to send her the save the date/invitation since her "address" is her parents house. Do I send her and her parents separate invitations or...

Anderson, Jul 19, 2024 8 1,009
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Is it unreasonable to ask 2 couples to share a bathroom?
Annie, on July 11, 2024 at 1:01 PM

Hi there, We are planning a wedding with only 10 non family guests. They all know each other and are friends (neighbors, frequently have dinner parties, etc with the possible exception of 2 +1's of...

Rae, Jul 15, 2024 11 195
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Having a few cupcakes to go with wedding cake?
Angelica, on July 11, 2024 at 4:12 PM

Hello, I am planning my October wedding. We originally thought we were only going to have about 55 people. But the list has grown a bit since we first ordered our cake. Now suddenly so many people...

Angelica, Jul 15, 2024 4 108
Jessica
What to do when You have Multiple Best Friends
Jessica, on August 16, 2012 at 1:58 PM

I have 6 girls that I am really close to and 3 BEST FRIENDS! One of those three are def. a maid of honor but with no duties being that she lives 18 hours away from me. The other two of the three I...

Maryann, Jul 13, 2024 20 4,657
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i have been left out of my husband bachelor party… but was it a bachelor party ?
Jane, on July 10, 2024 at 10:33 AM

Hello Friends ! I need some advice ! My husband had his bachelor party last week.He always told me he wanted to do something chill with his friends at the bar, like playing music with his band and he...

Jacks, Jul 12, 2024 5 239
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Wedding etiquette
Nicola, on July 3, 2024 at 11:01 AM

My daughter is planning a destination wedding and has her heart set on renting an Airbnb out of state that accommodates 40 guests. Initially, our plan as parents was to cover the venue costs, which...

CM, Jul 10, 2024 8 201
Ronesha
Vow Renewal Etiquette???
Ronesha, on September 6, 2015 at 3:58 PM

Hi...we'll be renewing our vows in 2019 to celebrate 15 years...(can you tell I'm excited?!) I've never been to a renewal...and I know the "etiquette" is slightly different than a wedding. We eloped...

Shannon, Jul 10, 2024 10 3,245
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Tips for limo drivers and djs
ashley, on January 26, 2017 at 3:18 AM

What is the proper amount that you tip your chauffeur and your dj?

Rani, Jul 10, 2024 4 546
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