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Wedding planning has gone absolutely awful. I told my parents we wanted to elope, we had already planned our “just us elopement” in hawaii prior to covid but ended up canceling due to covid/family...
It has always been my dream to elope to vegas and tell no one until after the fact. My mom and sister have always made it a big deal that they would be so hurt if not included. Originally mom loved my...
Hi, october 2021 bride here. in light of recent political events, my father exploded on me for having a differing opinion the other day in a manner that i thought was inappropriate and...
Hi! Covid bride here and need some advice. So I had my wedding planned originally for July of this year, but due to covid, I pushed it to October of next year when my venue would allow. I told my...
So this has been stressing me out for sometime. Here is my situation. My father is alive and growing up we were very close. However when I got into high school his drinking started to become a...
I am slightly concerned about the groomsmen. My fiance is not a big communicator or organizer. I don't need a lot from the groomsmen to come and put a suit on. However, one expressed not being able to...
How did you and your husband meet!? My husband and I actually met online! Just curious to see!!
When do you plan on having kids? Or maybe you don't want to have children at all! Whatever makes you and yours happy! I want to be respectful and take into consideration the folks who are struggling...
Hi people! My FH and I have been engaged since thanksgiving '20. We plan to be wed October '22. We both understand the importance of having open and honest discussions about our expectations and...
I've never wanted a big wedding but I wanted a smaller one with maybe 40 people including my close friends and family. Currently where I live we're only allowed SIX people at a wedding so basically...
My FH has a relative (the son of a great aunt) whom I’ve never met but we were planning on inviting to our wedding as my FH’s family is incredible close. This cousins has lived out of state until...
This past year I cut off all ties with my dad. When I told his siblings that he was not going to be invited to the wedding and it was up to them if they wanted to come, they ran to my dad and told him...
I don't know about everyone else, but it's been Blursday, of Blursmonth for me for about... 8 months. I need a pick me up. Tell me one of your favorite memories with your FS/DS - NOT wedding related!...
Hi Brides! Looking for some advice on a touchy subject. Due to covid we had to postpone our summer 2020 wedding to summer 2021. We will be moving forward with it regardless of the covid situation....
I was very stuck in I wanna enjoy being married for a few years before having kids...but recently I have been having intense baby fever. I just want a baby, I know my husband will be a good dad. Maybe...
I just need a bit of advice on what to do, i love my parents dearly and this is hard for me to even think about. my parents have been around and around with me telling me about how this is their...
Hello there, ive seen post here and there with people having troubles themself with weddings and I’m feeling abit overwhelmed and need to vent out some emotions, maybe find guidances from some of you....
I’ve posted about my troubles before but now it seems it’s gotten a little more complicated. I finally told my parents I was engaged and they didn’t take it well. They said since my fiancé isn’t...
So this is going to be a somewhat touchy subject for some people. Whichever way you feel about it please be respectful of me okay? My MIL passed away in March. She died just 6 weeks after my father in...