Discussions from Family and Relationships

Not sure how to handle this, if I even need to, and if I should even care. My fiancé and I are in one of those situations where we are paying for most of our wedding on our own. Which is fine to me-...

TLDR; friendship has grown apart quite a bit since asking my friend to be a bridesmaid. We haven’t spoken in 4 months, and probably haven’t seen each other since July 2023. I guess let me start with:...

Sorry this is long: So me & my half sister got married a few months from eachother, she is a few years younger than me and I don’t know if it’s just me, but I feel like everything is a...

Hello all! I need help. Both of my sisters got engaged last year (2023) 1 month apart. My oldest sister got engaged the last weekend of May and wanted to plan her wedding in June of 2024. My middle...

I’m not the bride but the sister in law. She is in a difficult situation and we could use an outside perspective. My father in law (brides father) had an affair and divorced my mother in law after 35...

How many of you all having are having a hard time with your guest list when it comes towards family?

We have all been best friends for a long long time. I met my MOH when I was a senior in high school and she was a freshman in college. We have been through some crazy, wild times that has always put...

Hi friends, My fiancé's mother passed away in 2022. He has chosen to have his best friend's (the best man) mother walk him down the aisle. I am curious on what we should call her? I have seen escort,...

My fiance and i have been together for 5 years , we are getting married in 2026 and starting our guest lists. Me and his sister do not talk or get along and he really don’t speak to her as well, she...

Im 28, got engaged in September and I am STRESSED. Quick-ish back story: my parents had me at 17. I’ve never been close with my mom. Her and my stepdad HATE my dad and stepmom. My little brother also...

I’ve posted before about plus ones for my destination wedding. I’d decided on “no plus ones” but would adjust on a case by case. No one has needed a plus one, as we’d invited mostly family and all...

Well I have been working lots of Over time and every time I get paid I put most of my Overtime money in the wedding account. Now for my fiancée, he was given a certain amount to put into the account...

I finally made my decision on who I wanted to be party of my bridal party, and one of my cousins who I am really close with is upset that she wasn’t chosen. I only didn’t pick her because she’s not...

Hoping to find another sole out there who may also have gone through this! Needing some connection + wisdom to feel less alone + sad by this recent discovery. My fiancé and I have been members of our...

There's a lot to this situation but it's important for context here, so here we go.. My fiance is from South Africa, I'm in the states. We have already decided that we need to keep the wedding small...

We got engaged and started planning our wedding without considering premarital counseling and now I'm considering it. Thing is, we cannot afford it, and there are not many options near us to begin...

I saw that my fiancé replied to some girls tweet who he wasn’t following. I’m not sure if she’s a popular content creator or something but the girl posted a tweet complaining about people messaging...

I have a very close friend group I met in college 10 years ago. Two of my three college roommates are going to be invited to my Bachelorette party, but my third roommate and I ate not nearly as close...

Hi everyone. So as of today my wedding is 90 days away. Everything has been pretty smooth sailing up til now. I lost a bridesmaid a month ago because my young sister couldn’t keep her mouth shut to be...

Hi everyone! I'm in this interesting situation and would love any insight on how to go about it. I recently had to decide who my bridesmaids were going to be and I ended up picking 8 of my girls. I...