Discussions from Family and Relationships

So my fiance and I were supposed to get married in 5 months but all of a sudden he blew up on me saying that he was having so much pent up frustration that he should have addressed with me but didn't....

For those of you planning a more intimate wedding, share how you decided who to invite! Did you draw the line at a certain circle of family or friends? Include only people who are close to both you...

Hi, new here, I’m gonna attempt to give the most concise explanation possible and maybe y’all will have good advice/ideas. I had a COVID wedding in January 2021. Changed the date once and didn’t want...

Hello! I was originally supposed to be married October 2020. However, due to the pandemic and personal sickness, we postponed to October 2021. Without getting into too much detail, last year I was...

So I have been with my guy for 5 years, we were set to get married last year but the pandemic got in the way. This year I said well just keep it down to in town family and maybe a couple friends but...

Thank you for reading and commenting on my posts your advice is excellent, So as many of you fellow brides know I have a mother who is extremely toxic has criticized every single decision I have made....

The wedding I'm planning now is both our second marriages kinda. A little background,, He had a full wedding and married for 20 years, whereas I was common law married and we were together 10 years....

Hello everyone, I study unhealthy relationships as part of my grad school coursework, and even though I pray this isn't the case, I know that statistically speaking some of the lovely ladies and gents...

Hi Ladies I've never sent anything on a group discussion before but I am desperate. I have a best friend (Mia) we have been inseparable for the past 5 years. However, my fiance, mom, sister, other...

My mother-in-law retired and sold her house at the beginning of this year and has been staying with her sister and brother-in-law until she moves to Ohio in July. As a result of retiring, she has a...

Hi all. I’m in a bit of a sticky situation. My fiancé and I are close with my ex-husband. There are kiddos involved, we celebrate holidays together and the relationship is good. We are also somewhat...

My fiance and I planned to get married in Sept 2020, and due to covid we moved the wedding to Sept 2021. We sent out save the dates in 2020 as a New Year card in 2020. And with covid, we had sent out...

Hey so I've been with my boyfriend for 6 1/2 years and we've been through a lot of ups and downs , but through it all I still love him and I want him to be my forever. On the other hand him I'm not so...

My fiance's parents got divorced last April. It was pretty messy, and they are not on good terms. His mom got remarried to another man less than 6 months after meeting him, and my fiance has only met...

Any ideas to involve a future sister-in-law? She is not in the bridal party but we want her to have a special role for the day.

My fiancé and I are having two weddings, one in India and one in the US. I am Hindu, he is Jewish. We have a lot of older relatives in the India who are unable to travel so we are having an Indian...

I decided to bring up the idea of premarital counseling seeing as SOO many people have amazing things to say about it - but my FH does not see it that way, he said that made him worried. He feels that...

We are having a destination wedding (Key West). My parents are divorced but have been ok around each other for birthday parties, school functions, ext. I have always been more close with my dad than...

So I asked my sister to be a bridesmaid thinking that she would be OK wearing a dress for 4 to 6 hours (given that she’s wore a dress at her wedding and other people’s weddings before..) and turns out...

Hi all, I just want to start out by referencing my fiancé does not have any super close friends or best friends. So last spring my fiancé asked his one friend to be his groomsmen and then his other...