Discussions from Family and Relationships

Just curious to know how you handled receiving negativity from someone you did not invite to your wedding. We were originally supposed to have the wedding in October of last year but had to postpone...

I’ve seen this topic pop up a lot in various posts dealing with guests and no two answers are the same for what family entails. Some posts say family is *everyone* you are related to, whether blood or...

My mom and I have always had a difficult relationship (both my dad and I have always felt like we had to walk on eggshells around her because you never knew when she would get mad or upset). Wedding...

Ok so I need to vent

I have this close girlfriend who is very outgoing and social butterfly. However, there is beep between her and my fiance' in the past but they never really talked it out. One time she invited everyone...

Good morning. First, I'd like to thank all of you who share your bridal joys, woes, and priorities on this forum. I cannot say I am a sentimental or traditional bride, but your perspectives help me...

My sister is getting married just a few months after I am though she got engaged before I did so she's been planning for a little bit longer. She is concerned our weddings will be too similar and has...

My wedding is in Nov and my MH is not responding to anything I ask her ....I had all my BM order their dresses because the come back time is out 6 months , so I wanted them to order now so that they...

So I'm less than a month from my wedding and I just...stopped feeling nervous about it? I feel like I had this nervous-but-excited energy going and I thought it would get more intense as I got closer,...

Most relationships have their own traditions/routines! Do you go out for tacos and margaritas every Taco Tuesday? Or do you and your significant other collect specific items? Or maybe you dedicate...

So my fiance and I are getting married 08/21/21 and we've just recently sent out invitations. I've repeatedly asked my fiance who from his family he'd like to invite. Which he replies that he doesn't...

So there is a lot of history with our friendship, we’ll call him “Brad”. We are the type of friends that don’t talk every day but when we do it’s like no time has passed. We haven’t lived in the same...

I have these 3 "friends" from high school, who I am having the honest hardest time trying to figure out whether to add them or cut them from guest list. A little back story... when my fiancé and I...

Hey everyone so not sure how to feel right now I have 5 bridesmaids 3 have gotten there dress and the 4th one is looking to get hers in a few days. The last one is my closest friend of the bridesmaids...

I'm a guy and I have never been in a wedding party as a groomsman or best man. As a kid I was never in a wedding while every other cousin was asked to have roles. I'm very good friend and have gone...

Hello everyone. Now, my topic is a little different and i need as many opinions as possible. So my fiancé and i have been together for 4 years. My parents were very strict on me so as a teenager i...

Does anyone have any issues with over-opinionated FMIL? I know my FMIL has great intentions and I truly love and appreciate her, but it seems like she goes out of her way to try to control the details...

TLDR- showed mom photos from makeup trial. Mom completely hates it and starts using toxic filipino language to say things like “you look like you’re on menopause”, “on a scale of 1-10 that’s the worst...

My fiancé and I have a pretty good idea of the direction we want to take our wedding. However our families, mostly our mothers, are very opinionated and don’t agree with a lot of the decisions we are...

My maid of honor is my best friend of 20+years and I’m getting really weird vibes from her about the wedding. All of my bridesmaids have bought their dresses except my maid of honor. I’ve been asking...