Discussions from Family and Relationships

Background context I moved to California four years ago from North Carolina. My FH and I met and still live in California. We made the choice to have our wedding here instead of traveling back to...

My stepdaughter is getting married next August. Her mother died when she was 11 and I married her father when she was 14. It took some adjustment and we get along fine. I know I'm not her mom and...

My FH and I really want to get married in Pittsburgh. It is where he is from (we live in CT) and it is a special place for us for a number of reasons. My parents want to have the wedding in CT (where...

My Mother got Married in 2018 so we went shopping with her to get her wedding dress she said at the time she want Me to wear her dress when I get married. I want to honor her wishes but also I am not...

I’m happy to be getting married but I know some of my family won’t be there it’s sad but life goes on

I have a lot of close friends and my bridal party would be too big if I chose everybody, so I just decided not to have any bridesmaids. Is anybody else doing this or is this abnormal?

My fiancé and I got engaged in 2021 after being together for 10 yrs. We have had lots of ups and downs- mainly life throwing random things at us where we had to adjust. We always said we’d get married...

How did you handle people close to you not being as excited for you as you expected them to be, and what is the best advice for not getting to upset about it.

I met her 2 years ago. She never did something wrong to me, but our energies don't match. From the beginning she was very insistent to meet and spend time together. Most of the time I could say no,...

No help aside from one of my best friends and my fiancée himself to plan the wedding. I feel like this is my family's way of saying they don't support me, him or us as a couple. I've never been close...

Hi everyone. I recently got engaged and have been with my now fiancé for 9 years! I’m so excited to plan the wedding but I feel extremely alone in this process. Nobody seemed really excited for me, no...

My family is going through a lot right now. My parents are getting divorced and I'm not speaking to my father due to the stress of the situation. I'm pregnant and my blood pressure has been high my...

The first thing you should know is that my family has a lot of drama. Particularly between my two sisters, they love each other, but they are both hotheads and I've always got caught in the crossfire....

Was there any doubt? How does your partner make you feel? What sealed the deal?

So my family let it slip that my brother and his girlfriend bought an engagement ring together and are waiting for it to come in. From my understanding they were going to wait to announce it til after...

I wasn’t planning on involving my fiancé’s 2 young step-sisters (10 and 11 yrs) other than them being invited, but this weekend When talking to my future step-MIL I made the mistake of saying “well...

My fiancé and I just got engaged this July and we’ve decide we 100% want to do a destination wedding in the Caribbean since my family is from the Dominican Republic and I want my family there to be...

I’m the maid of honor in my friends wedding, we’ve been “best friends” since high school, have known each other since middle school. We are now 28. She’s also the maid of honor for my wedding. Months...

I'm about to get married in July and I'm having a big problem. I had Covid-19 two years ago and after that the way things smell to me are different now. The biggest issue is my fiancés breath. I can't...