Family and Relationships
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![Katie](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/1/0/8/1/utbp_38731081.jpg?r=80795)
What would you do if a parent was stressing you out. What would you do. Cause everytime I talk to him ,My father stresses me out I have enough things on my plate right now. And sometimes he makes...
![Imani](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/3/2/5/9/utbp_37913259.jpg?r=26252)
This post is really for me to just vent. I’m not looking for any answers or suggestions. It’s hard being in a same sex relationship as it is and it’s even harder when you do not have the support from...
![Crystal](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/2/8/0/4/utbp_5492804.jpg?r=84785)
When is it too late to remove a Bridesmaid? Wedding is about two months away… I have one bridesmaid who hasn’t participated in much. This past weekend my family was in a really bad car accident and I...
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![Lynnie](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/7/8/0/4/utbp_5307804.jpg?r=99135)
We can all act a little helpless when we're sick, but who takes it to the next level in your relationship? You or your fiancé(e)? Next Question: Who's more stubborn? Back to the Beginning: You or your...
Hello everyone! I am looking for advice on if I should invite my half sister to my wedding. For context, I am 27 and she is 22 and we did not grow up together. I did not know she existed even until...
I invited my half-brother, his wife, and their two kids to my wedding. Their son is my ringbearer. They are staying at a nearby Airbnb for the event, and recently relayed to my mom (not to me) that my...
Me and my fiancés mother has been planning the wedding had booked a venue and dj and started doing so much well we are getting married in November and she has gotten really sick and had a brain...
![Ellen](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/7/4/8/9/utbp_38717489.jpg?r=14031)
We have a wedding coming up were kind of in a pickle with. My BIL (husband's brother) and his fiance are having an out of town, weekday wedding. It's also child free. My husband and I are both...
So my fiancée and I have been together for 7 years. I’m getting ready to ask my bridesmaids, but I am not asking my future SIL. We have never had a good relationship and I just don’t think she likes...
So I was asked to be MOH for my best friends wedding. I live out of state while her and most of the other bridesmaids live close together. I planned a Bach party on a destination beach in florida but...
Will you have your partner's sibling(s) in your wedding party? If so, how will you include them in your activities-- parties, getting ready together?
![Mandi](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/8/7/3/9/utbp_38268739.jpg?r=70621)
1 year together some good some bad had our ups and downs worked on each other for a year now that everything became stable in our lives I finally was so excited to say my first (YES!!!) to becoming a...
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Long story short is that my fiancé and I don’t have the best communication. I’ve honestly pushed through thinking maybe one day we’ll learn to understand each other more. I suck at explaining things...
Hi! My fiancé and I have been together for 15 years and finally got engaged. We decided to have a Mexico wedding. Venue holds 90 people so between my family and his we came up with our guest list and...
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I’ve posted about this before but I have finally reached my wits end and have no idea what to do. My FMIL offered to pay for the rehearsal dinner. Okay, great! She then proceeded to invite her whole...
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I’m seriously considering getting a therapist because of all the stress coming out of wedding planning. A part of me feels it’s justified, another part says it’s frivolous. A lot of the stress is not...
So my sister-in-law to be just had a baby, and our nephew will be about 2 months old at our wedding - it’s a kids-free wedding, but of course we couldn’t not include our nephew, so he will be there....
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So I've seen a couple of old forums about unasking bridesmaids and that it's typically a huge no. I have agreed to ask all three of my fiance's sisters to be my bridesmaids, however the last one I...
![Carlin](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/9/1/4/9/utbp_36489149.jpg?r=67111)
Just how many of you fellow brides are getting tired of being reminded whose paying for it all? Just remember the movie Father of the Bride? Where he kept talking about how much the wedding was...