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Lately, my in laws have been driving me bananas. In our business all the time, judging our decisions, and I can hardly tolerate them at this point. What are your worst in law stories? I need to know...
So I have had to reschedule my wedding 3 times, ahhhhh COVID. Anyway we sent out invites because September is looking better. We sent notice of the change back in March and formal invites in June. We...
FMIL is driving me insane. This wedding has been relatively stress-free aside from her antics and I’m at the end of my rope here with 6 months to go until the wedding. Some backstory: I took my mom...
Help! Future SIL waited until two months before our wedding to let us know that she is very upset that her adult step children (21 and 23) weren’t invited to our wedding. A year ago we were told that...
So, I had my wedding this past December and I would say the overall day was great. We got married on a whim. Our wedding Was originally planned for July but we canceled it due to COVID like everyone...
How long did you date before getting engaged?? We got engaged after 1 year and 8 months!
My fiance and his whole family are from the Chicago area. I am not. There is a huge tradition in his family that during the reception, the bride puts on the apron and is serenaded by guests singing...
So I had a feeling that my now fiancé was going to propose to me. I expressed that I thought so to my mom. A few days later she then tells me that my fiancé asked my dad’s blessing. She not only...
My fiancé and I have been together 2 1/2 years and he proposed Thanksgiving of last year! Honestly it’s been Great but now I need unbiased advice! When we met we were both young, kidless, non-stop...
Hi everyone! I’ve been struggling with the fact that my in-laws especially my future sister-in-law seems to not be interested in my wedding at all. It is still a while away, it is an October 2022 but...
So i feel like a terrible person - tonight I had a bridesmaid appointment with a store via zoom because some of my bridesmaids are abroad. Two of my bridesmaids are young teens, so I went to their...
Hi Ladies, Need some honest opinions here. I’ve been married 3 years and I have to say, I love my engagement ring. It blew me away the day my husband asked me to marry him and I still love it to this...
Quick background: my fiancé and I have been engaged for 2 1/2 years at this point and are finally getting married in September of this year. We are paying for everything but the catering. Throughout...
Ok. So my fiancé and I have been together three years now and he proposed one night and I said yes. Well he wanted to keep it a secret until he got me a ring which I was ok with at the time. The...
I'm a single mother in every sense of the word. My husband passed away when my daughter was 17. She is my whole world. She got engaged this weekend, and I was left out of all the plans. Her fiance...
I got left out side bar for two by my fiancé while he had my keys and tried to say his dads girlfriend held him and wouldn’t let go.. she now has invited him to go get coffee and me not be there all...
My discussion below seemed to be taken out of context. I would love to be able to invite everyone to my wedding - but that's not possible due to the cost & the size of our venue. We are trying to...
There are varying degrees of this. What was your experience? Does ‘sharing’ expenses to you mean splitting equally, splitting based on your income or ‘I pay this fully you pay that fully’ ? We both...