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![Kelsey](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/9/9/3/3/utbp_8959933.jpg?r=12277)
Note: This is very long, I do apologize. Hello, I’m getting married 9/25/21, so a month from today. My mother has struggled with drug dependency issues for the majority of my life. She had been clean...
Hello! FH and his mother do not get along. She has caused a lot of problems in our wedding planning. For example, she threw a fit because FH wanted to include his brothers from his father's first...
![Aliea](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/9/7/3/3/utbp_33289733.jpg?r=28824)
My wedding is in 24 days and I just had the wind knocked out of me. One of my younger brother's was killed on Friday and I have no desire to finish things for this wedding. I can't eat I haven't slept...
![Juahline](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/3/3/5/0/utbp_4653350.jpg?r=55652)
Hello Everyone hope you are all doing fine. I have a question, would you allow a friend to be apart of your wedding if they are not speaking to your spouse? I’m having an argument with my fiancé...
So to start off, I decided to have an intimate ceremony with about 20 people to begin with and then a reception for the rest of my family later on. My guests got mad that I was only inviting just...
![Betty](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/1/3/5/7/utbp_36121357.jpg?r=76396)
So, my husband & I are both older & have been married before, between the 2 of us we have 7 children with the exception of his youngest they are all adults & most are living on their own....
Hello, my soon to be BIL who is a groomsmen asked us a few months ago if he could bring a gentlemen he takes care of as a caregiver. We have met this man once he is in a power wheelchair and a...
![Emily](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/0/4/2/7/utbp_7790427.jpg?r=10779)
So I have my father and my step father . My biological father decided LAST NIGHT that he wasn't coming to my wedding. I get married in 9 days so that has me stressed out quite a bit. I told my dad 18...
![Steph](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/2/8/6/9/utbp_31702869.jpg?r=29140)
My friend has been dating this guy for 6 years. He was hesitant to date at first but finally made it official after she kept asking. He wouldn’t move in together for about 4 years then finally said...
Hello... I need some advice, I'm 24 and I've been dating my boyfriend for 3 years now, he's 36 and we get each other so well, we make the perfect duo, we're soul mates and I love him so very much, we...
So to start I'll explain my past. I grew up with a very abusive father. It wasn't until I was about q4 years old that my mom finally got the courage to leave. At this point there was my brother (16),...
![Michelle](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/8/0/4/7/utbp_35478047.jpg?r=21629)
Since wedding planning has a tendency to bring out people’s darker sides when dealing with them and relationships fizzle unexpectedly, how are you keeping that from happening with fiancé, family and...
![Yasmine](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/1/2/8/9/utbp_31501289.jpg?r=45299)
Just curious, what is you & your partners favorite date night? For my husband and I, I would say going to a nice restaurant for dinner, then going to the casino (we usually have the best luck),...
Hello, Anyone out there have a wedding where their divorced parents don't like being around each other basically? My fiancé's dad/family has held a very long grudge against her mom for their divorce...
![Samantha](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/2/6/0/9/utbp_36762609.jpg?r=12304)
My FH’s adult daughter loves drama. She has made several comments about our wedding that are hurtful to me. She hated her dad’s last wife (I’ll be his 3rd), so I think she is just worried that I will...
Sorry for this being a long one, I’m pretty emotional. So my parents are both heavily Christian, and I was raised the same. This left me with a lot of religious trauma, and me and them have a mediocre...
Firstly I just wanted to say I AM SO SORRY you are having to plan a wedding through covid. I know how stressful this is. So I am from Australia, but I can’t find a forum and I REALLY need some advice...
![Chloe](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/7/0/0/7/utbp_36787007.jpg?r=22300)
So, I've asked my best friend to be my Man of Honor and he agreed. Both me and FH have no real bridal party to speak of, just him and the Best Man (bridal parties are very uncommon where I come from)....
Just a quick backstory. I'm from London and my partner is from Greece. We were in a long distance replationship and he decided to move in London with me for a year. After a long discussion we've...
Hello Brides to be I was wondering have any of y’all family members show their feelings about your marriage, and if so how are y’all dealing with it ,what I am asking is it stressful to you and how...