Family and Relationships
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HELP. So my ffil (I work with him) has been out sick for the past 3 days. I asked someone and they informed me that both my future in laws are sick and getting covid testing today (Wednesday 11/11)...
I was just thinking back on my favorite/funniest memory with my husband. It was only our third date. We had gotten some deli sandwiches and were eating them in his car at a look out. It was chilly out...
My mom has advanced dementia, and if she is alive this time next year, she will miss our wedding. She's in a nursing home and we know she can't possibly be at the wedding. I've consoled myself that my...
Hello all! how many of you are rocking an age gap? my fh is 10 years older than I. it's certainly made the combing families part interesting...im a grandma at 36, I now have a 26 year old son and a 22...
When did you all move in together? Was it a big deal? Was the transition hard? DH and I took a lot longer to move in together than I wanted, but there was good reason for that. As I mentioned in one...
Hi ladies 👋🏾, So my best friend of 15 years refuses to acknowledge my engagement or wedding planning. My fiancé proposed at my birthday party last month and contact my BFF beforehand to get her to...
I wish that I never started planning this stupid wedding. My fiancé never really wants to talk wedding plans. I know that my future mother in law is going to hate my wedding dress. His guests out...
I am having a real hard time deciding how many bridesmaids to have and if we should have any at all. I don’t have many close friends anymore... we’ve all just grown apart and I’ve moved out of the...
Hi! Anyone have any premarital book recommendations? Was looking at a few on Amazon but would like some insight. Thanks!
I recently got my wedding album from our photographer and was showing my favorites to my MIL at a family birthday dinner. My BIL’s girlfriend kept asking me to send her a link to ALL the photos so she...
So if you decided to do a smaller wedding but still wanted everyone that wasn't invited as well as invited to be apart of things how would you go about that... im doing Facebook live but like with the...
Please say I'm not alone. This week my fiance and I have fought SO MUCH. Yelling, crying, accusing, threats to go find someone else who won't do "x, y, z". We don't normally fight like this and it's...
I just got married two weeks ago to the love of my life of 9 years. He rarely posts to social media so when he posts a photo of me with the caption “My beautiful wife” some girl decides to ruin this...
So, even once before my FH and I were engaged we always agreed that we wanted a child free wedding. Not even my nieces(my sister/MOH’s daughters) are invited to come to the reception, tho they are...
I hang out with SIL#1 sometimes and SIL#2 gets upset that we don't invite her. I wouldn’t mind inviting her to one or two things to keep the peace but SIL#1 is totally against it (SIL#2 started a...
Hi Everyone, I feeling really down about asking my brother to be a bridesman at our wedding. I know that sides don’t have to be even, but I want them to be. My fiancé has three groomsmen and I had two...
My husband and I were supposed to have our wedding this May, but ended up doing a Covid elopement with just eight guests, and rescheduled our bigger event for June 2021. Originally, I was just going...
Hello Everyone, I live in Seattle with my family but my Fiancé lives across the country in New Jersey. I’m still in college but we were planning on getting married soon. However, we’re still trying to...
Just wondering if any of your family or friends have been starting to ask you if you’re thinking about postponing the wedding because of Covid. I’ve really been trying to avoid talking to family or...
My fiance and I have last names that are just two letters apart from being the same. All throughout dating, it wasn't too much of a problem... Other than occasionally being asked, "Are you two...