Family and Relationships
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Hi, my wedding is next year in February of 2022 and I am in need of some advice. I have a friend who I have known for a couple of years now, that I would consider a good friend in the sense that I can...
![Jackie](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/4/5/2/9/utbp_31164529.jpg?r=62383)
Hello all. I’ve recently been thinking about my guest list...who to invite and who not to invite. My fiancé has a friend that I’m not particularly fond of...probably not all! I’m stuck in the in...
![Deja](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/6/2/3/5/utbp_35986235.jpg?r=58999)
My maid of honor is my best friend and has been for over 15 years. But I’m really having a hard time. I asked her to be my maid of honor because I value her opinion and want her to help with things....
![Fiona](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/6/5/2/3/utbp_35846523.jpg?r=66536)
Does anyone have any opinion on being asked by a family member to cover your tattoos for the wedding??
![Lizz](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/4/0/9/1/utbp_32974091.jpg?r=87425)
To make an extremely long background story short, my parents hate each other. My dad is remarried, and I am closer to my step siblings than I am to my brother. My mom has a long term boyfriend that...
![Kas](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/3/9/8/5/utbp_33093985.jpg?r=19542)
I need help. I have finally decided on my three bridesmaids and my childhood best friend is not one of them. I know she will expect it but we have just drifted to far apart we are very different...
My fiance and I got engaged about 1.5 years ago. Not long after, my father and his long term girlfriend broke up. They had a kid together, my brother, who I love and she had a kid before the...
![Chelsea](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/8/3/4/5/utbp_31388345.jpg?r=57146)
One of my oldest friends sense middle school. I bend over backwards for her for her wedding 2 years ago. I was a bridesmaid but her maid of honor sucked and didn’t plan or do anything. I stepped up...
So, we are having a relatively small wedding. (80 people invited vs. the 260+ we wanted to invite) With it being so small, we are keeping our 'wedding party' small as well to keep it more intimate....
![mrswinteriscoming](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/5/7/4/1/utbp_32175741.jpg?r=29289)
I’m marrying FH this December and while we both want children, when we’ve previously discussed it, we agreed ‘not for a few years’ because we aren’t ready. The closer we get to marriage though...
Hello to all my lovely soon to be brides ! I’m getting married in July 3! I cannot wait for my wedding day to walk down the isle and get to marry the love of my life and be surrounded by our families!...
![Camiblair](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/6/0/5/1/utbp_36106051.jpg?r=64051)
Hi. My fiancé and I have been together for 10+ years, since we were 14. We just got engaged! Basically, his parents have never liked me for a multitude of reasons that I’m not 100% sure of because...
![Dani](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/4/5/1/1/utbp_36064511.jpg?r=12922)
So my parents doesn’t approve me to getting married in July and my fiancé said he doesn’t care wat they say cause he’s still gonna do the wedding no matter what! So can my parents stop me from...
Hi dear ladies, I started a few weeks ago a topic about marrying someone who has been previously married. It started to bother me for no reason while I never made a big thing of it. Maybe it's because...
My mom and I used to be super close. 6 months ago, I would have said she was my best friend. Now, we are 6 weeks away from the wedding and my mom didn't express any concerns about the relationship...
I need someone to please give me advice. I don’t like to overreact however, I do feel that my mother in law could be rude sometimes or not put in place by my husband. During my ceremony, as I’m...
![Melanie](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/5/4/1/1/utbp_29945411.jpg?r=56867)
I love my mom, I do, she's my mom. She can be one of my closest friends. However, there have always been things that push my buttons. Our relationship isn't perfect. All of my life, my successes have...
I’m kind of just venting here because I just don’t know what to do. I have been very independent my whole life. I have two older siblings who my mom seems to help financially all the time. She paid...
![Star](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/4/1/2/5/utbp_9404125.jpg?r=18281)
Have had years of issues/differences between my husband’s family and I. Mainly between my sister-in-law and I. (My husband’s brother’s wife) Pretty much to sum it up (unless y’all would really like...
![Morgan](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/8/3/1/3/utbp_28578313.jpg?r=70058)
One of my best friends is supposed to be a bridesmaid, however she recently got super distant and rarely responds to me and never tags me in things on Facebook (we literally used to talk every day). I...