Family and Relationships
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Happy New Year everyone! 🥳 Has anyone sat down with their significant other and discussed any goals for this year? My husband and I talked lastnight over drinks & agree that we both want to put...
Hey y’all! It’s been a LONG road and I am FINALLY down to ONE month until my wedding and I am FREAKING OUT!!!!! I pretty much have everything and everything is planned. My fiancé & I decided...
So my boyfriend and I are recently engaged and very very happy. We're planning a fairly tiny wedding (like no more than 20 people in all likelihood) with pretty much just our church members (my...
I understand the "rule" of inviting couples based on the "social unit" concept, however, I am torn and need advice on how to proceed in regard to my same-sex wedding. I have been blessed to have an...
This might be long....I'll start at the beginning....my husband and I told my family that we were getting married on June 20 in early March. They told me that they (my parents, only brother, SIL,...
Hi fellow future brides, I’m dealing with a situation with my fiancé and need advise. He recently received a text on his birthday from a girl who was in one of his classes in grad school about 2...
Hi everyone, I seem to have an issue and I’m desperate for advice on how to feel/what to do. My fiancé and I have been engaged for a period of time now and are getting married May 2021. We’ve had our...
Hello, Forewarning this could get long. My fiancé and I have been struggling with trying to figure out our marriage. A small backstory, we have always struggled with my family's approval of our...
So I have a mother who is out of her mind. back story My fiance and I are paying for our entire wedding ourselves. While saving for an house and raising 8 kids. We would never take away from the kids...
According to statistics (weddingstats.org), the average person has 3 to 5 committed relationships before they find a spouse/life partner? How many serious relationships did you have before finding...
Hello all, I hope the holidays have been good for all of you. A lot has happened over the last few months as I tried to plan my wedding. We were going to have a “big” wedding 07-01-22, booked the...
So I had a profile before this and deleted it, but I'm back on here because I can't take it anymore. My mom has been bringing up the same issue every month. "Why can't you have more than one flower...
I am currently a Travel Nurse and I make very good money. My Future Husband has a BASIC JOB and doesn’t make as much as I do. That doesn’t bother me but it bothers him because I make about 3k plus...
Hi, Let me start with saying I love my fiancé. However, he has been known to drag the ball on many different things. He’s an amazing man in many aspects. I don’t want to be petty because I know there...
I was supposed to be a bridesmaid in my friend's wedding in April that was originally scheduled for this year, but was postponed because of Covid. However, now I am pregnant and due in May so my...
Putting the past issues behind me I invited my FMIL to dress shop and she freaked out saying I’m rushing. FH and I want to have wedding next year but she is not ready. I tried talking with family...
*sorry, long story kinda* Me and my now fiancée got engaged on the 20th, as a Christmas gift, my fiancé’s grandfather asked if he could get us eloped. He gave us 3 weeks and I talked him into letting...
So here is the issues she had already talked bad about me to my fh dad side of the family they already don’t like me but his mom side loves me and they think I am doing the right thing because I am...
My forner college roommate who is from 🇬🇭 Ghana, told me that in her culture, one does not introduce a significant other to their parents until he/she is sure they want to marry. How long did you date...
My fiancé and I have been living together for all of almost 3 months and we are already getting on each other’s nerves. My fiancé and I talked about it, we love each other and want to get married, we...