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So my friend got engaged last weekend and she was so excited to tell me. I was one of the first people she told. She then asked me what my date was again and when I told her she said oh well I guess...
Hello everyone please don’t be brutal with me. I was recently engaged to my amazing fiancé. We had previously talked about engagement rings when we saw his friends fiancé had such a gorgeous ring on...
Sooo.... I have 6 bridalmaids, two of them are my soon to be sisters in law. My maid of honor was the first one to plan my bridal shower and has sent out evites to some of my guests late of May I...
Hello all, I am kinda venting/looking for advice for other fellow brides. I'm 26 going on 27, and my mother has always been very controlling. Lately she has really started arguing with me about how...
I'm conflicted if I should invite my estranged sister? I've had no contact with her for more than a year. I've sent here a few text messages over the past year but she hasn't replied to any of them....
I have a week left and as I get closer I think about how my mom has barely been involved. In the beginning she was excited and helping us look for venues and said she was willing to help pay. After...
Hey guys. Long story short my brother in law dropped off 6 page letters tonight in my mail box telling me and my FH that he won't be coming to the wedding and he isn't allowing my sister to come...
My future mother in law got. A bug up her ass 17 days before the wedding to tell my future husband and I that she’s not coming to the wedding or the wedding rehearsal the night before... and she’s...
Hello, I am starting to get overwhelmed and annoyed with this whole wedding planning thing because I feel like everything is wrong and inconvenient for my family. I apologize for the long post and it...
I just would like some advice or comfort or words of wisdom... something!! I don’t want to care but I do! I don’t believe I’m having a Bridal Shower or Bachelorette Party because my MOH is my sister...
Hi everyone !!!.....I’m a bit lost and confused I’m not sure what to do one of my bridesmaids is getting divorce so here’s the story ....my fiancé best friend is a groomsmen in our wedding and I had...
We’re getting married in May 2108 and our guest list is limited to immediate family and grandparents. I am feeling some guilt about not inviting my close friends, aunts, uncles and cousins. But, We’re...
Oh happy times...my boyfriend now fiance have been together for 7 years and we are finally getting married. We put our wedding on the "fast track" and just wanted a small intimate ceremony and a...
Hey all, im not entirely sure what to do about this situation. Both my sister and I are getting married over the next few months. My sister is in my bridal party, but she is only choosing to do a MOH...
Have any of you experienced family or friends not being happy for you? If so, how did you handle it? My gf surprised me & proposed last weekend on the beach. It was beautiful and romantic. She had...
Good morning ladies, Long story short my father had cirrhosis of the liver and was given 6 months to live back in march. He had addiction issues, but was doing better than the nurses had expected....
Ok, so my future sister-in-law and I are marrying brothers who both race. Racing has been a part of my life since I was born, she hates racing. Well tonight she told me yet another RACING related...
Over the past six months I have come to realize that my three (older brother and sister, and younger brother) siblings are all alcoholics, one I think may be battling substance abuse...
So I have been planning my wedding for over a year now, and I asked my closet friends to be my bridesmaids about 3 months after being engaged, because I know what its like to be asked last minute and...
So my brother got engaged about 6 months after my now fiance and I. They just decided to get married about 2 months befoee our wedding (we had a 2 year engagement because work schedules worked that...