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Maria
Older Sister's Place in Bridal Party?
Maria, on October 17, 2018 at 11:51 AM

My only sister is 9 years older than me and had me as her Maid of Honor back when I was 15 years old (I was surprised...). Honestly we still aren't super close so I was just going to have her as a...

Kayla, Oct 24, 2018 12 1,131
Victorian Bride
Wedding for 10/20/18 Cancelled!
Victorian Bride, on October 16, 2018 at 8:49 AM

Hi everyone! I wanted to know if anyone has had to cancel their wedding within two weeks or less? Its all due to family drama. *sigh* FH and I are both extremely stressed. My FH's brother was to cater...

Victorian Bride, Oct 20, 2018 99 4,735
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Fiance's family are not coming to the wedding......
Angela, on October 15, 2018 at 2:07 PM

So.... My fiance and I are getting married in December in east coast. My fiance is originally from California with majority of his family still living there. We've dated for 2 years now and I have yet...

Nikita, Oct 17, 2018 15 2,699
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Am i being a spoiled brat???
Ericka, on October 14, 2018 at 9:55 AM

So first of let me say I am a huge control freak! My mother passed away when I was a little girl my grandparents raised me and my brothers and I have essentially been on my own since high school...

Ericka, Oct 14, 2018 14 465
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Fight with bridesmaid at bachelorette party...don't know what to do.
Kimberly, on October 11, 2018 at 2:27 PM

Hello everyone. I asked my long time best friend to be my MOH and a college friend and cousin to be bridesmaids. My college friend I still would hang out with about 4 times a year and went on...

Brittany, Oct 11, 2018 7 1,397
Erin
Issues with future sister in law
Erin, on September 4, 2018 at 8:47 PM

So my fiancé and I got engaged this July and we are getting married in March 2019. My fiancé’s sister is also engaged and is getting married May 2019. They have had that date set, but they also got...

Mrs. J, Oct 11, 2018 19 1,392
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Parent gifts with divorced parents
Mandie, on October 9, 2018 at 10:55 PM

Wondering what I should do for my in-laws significant other as far as gift. one has been married over 10 years so he’s like a second father. The other has a girlfriend of 3 years. She’s sweet and I...

Mandie, Oct 10, 2018 2 367
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Fiance's mom won't come to the wedding
Erin , on October 1, 2018 at 6:35 AM

So me and his mother had a great relationship at first, years ago. But she slowly started to dislike me as my relationship with her son got more serious and she feels like I'm changing him, taking him...

#RMC2019, Oct 9, 2018 10 1,721
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Fiancé has doubts
kelly , on October 6, 2018 at 12:02 PM

Hi ladies! I’ve been struggling for the past couple weeks and have no idea what to do. Let me give you a run down of what’s going on. I knew for a while that things weren’t exactly right with my...

Eamsee, Oct 7, 2018 12 1,387
Brittany
Fh's Family feeling excluded???!
Brittany, on October 4, 2018 at 9:06 AM

I am so annoyed by my FH sister. She sent me this incredibly passive aggressive text message yesterday: FH’s Sister: Hi Brittany…..wedding question. I saw the invitation about the rehearsal dinner and...

Alejandra, Oct 4, 2018 14 1,250
Gabrielle
Ring Judgement
Gabrielle, on July 26, 2018 at 8:22 PM

My fiance and I recently got engaged and I've been getting some pretty opinionated feedback about my ring. We are not a super traditional couple and he ended up not going with a traditional diamond...

LoweryForLife, Oct 3, 2018 122 3,791
Kayla
Are you involving you kids/step kids in your ceremony?
Kayla, on September 11, 2018 at 10:53 PM

*Warning this will be long* hi everyone, so those of you with kids or future step kids how or are you including them in the ceremony? My FW have been together for a little over two years. We have a 5...

LoweryForLife, Oct 1, 2018 30 1,744
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moh and 2 of 3 Bms ditched my bachelorette party
Nicole, on September 27, 2018 at 2:22 AM

So I sent out invites for my bridal shower/bachelorette party a couple months ago. It was impossible to get them all available on the same day so we chose a date 2 weeks before the wedding. My invite...

LoweryForLife, Sep 28, 2018 18 692
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Living with my inlaws. Feeling guilty about wanting to move out
stateofTheart67, on September 25, 2018 at 2:08 PM

Hello! I'm a 30 year old (M) with a wife (30) and infant child. A bit of background: I moved to my wife's state to start our newly married life together. Seeing as how I am not a citizen (US), my...

Rachel, Sep 25, 2018 7 911
Vicki
Announced Engagement...tears of Sadness from Sister
Vicki, on September 17, 2018 at 7:55 PM

Hey all, New to the boards. But I thought this could be a good place for support. God knows I'll need it. So, to the topic. I was on the phone with my sister this morning and decided to take the...

Rachel, Sep 25, 2018 11 935
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Rude in laws
Kelsie, on September 15, 2018 at 10:14 PM

I'm at a loss on what to do. My fiance and I are a month out from our wedding, and his parents have now asked us for the 3rd time to accommodate family members on his side that weren't originally on...

Elizabeth, Sep 25, 2018 10 704
Meg
Is it bad that i like my fiance's family better?
Meg, on September 24, 2018 at 5:30 PM

My fiance's family is amazing. My FMIL was a very strict mom, and she has always butted heads with my fiance, but they are close now regardless. She's a very loving woman and will make such a great...

SB, Sep 25, 2018 17 472
Kelsey
Bridesmaid stress
Kelsey, on September 20, 2018 at 6:24 PM

So we are 8 days out until our wedding day. Well one of my bridesmaids that I’ve known for 11 years is really stressing me out. Today I got a text saying there are issues and we needed to talk. So I...

Mrs. J, Sep 25, 2018 20 715
fallinlove1014
Best Man's Girlfriend - is she family?
fallinlove1014, on September 24, 2018 at 4:39 PM

My FH's brother is our Best Man. He has been dating his girlfriend for 2-3 years, they live together and are pretty serious, on the path to engagement probably. She is pretty involved with the family....

Kat, Sep 25, 2018 30 684
Emily
Adding a Bridesmaid and Groomsmen (sort of) last minute
Emily, on September 12, 2018 at 7:54 PM

My FH and I have been talking about it and we both really really feel strongly about adding two people to our wedding party. Our wedding is in two months. The only reason I didn’t ask the girl I’m...

Rachel, Sep 23, 2018 10 510
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