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We've been married since March 2017. We faced very strong, mean, obnoxious opposition to our marriage by all of his family, especially his adult children, but our friends were thrilled for us and my...
Today is my wedding day and while I'm super excited I am also feeling sad/frustrated. Two weeks ago we reached out to all of our guests to give them a chance to change their RSVP due to a recent spike...
Hey! My fiance currently lives about a 2 day drive away and once we are married I will live in his state with him. my mom loves him and gave her blessing for him to propose, but lately she has seemed...
Can someone give me advice on how to deal with my fiancé aunt and grandmother? His grandmother think she’s the mom, and the aunt yelled at me at a bar because she’s not a Bridemaids in my wedding. And...
I am curious about this. I know some men are hard wired to kind of put up a wall on sharing their emotions. I am curious how some of you deal with that? Or if you feel like this is not an issue in...
I have a bit of a situation. My fiancé’s mother is a bit crazy. She never told my fiancé’s sisters that they have different fathers granted he has a different last name than his sisters she lies to...
So I posted earlier about my issue and now I gotta go to my grandmother in law birthday... any gift that I have gotten her she have never used! A Michael Kors purse, Alex and ani bracelet, a Diamond...
So our best man decided this was the week to get a mullet before our wedding...... I’m so beyond mad. I don’t even know what to say because he thinks it’s a big joke. What am I supposed to do. It’s...
I've been really sad recently because I go out of my way to involve my mom in wedding planning and it feels like I'm not a priority. Since day 1 of planning, I've been going to her first about our...
I was just curious if anyone here was called maid of honor when they're married? My bff and I had a convo about this before her wedding last month in which i was in her bridal party. I got married in...
Hey Guys, My matron of honor has been out of this world helpful. She's taken on more than I could ever ask to help with all the stress of rescheduling and now planning a covid safe party. Her birthday...
This is quite the rollercoaster but I need some outside advice on what to do. I feel like I am in a netflix documentary atm. I have been married a year and a half to my husband. At the end of August...
Hi! I'm curious how people are going about cutting family members from the guest list due to COVID restrictions. I have a very small entire extended family (~15 people) but grew up incredibly close to...
Any other Covid Brides and now homeschool mama's out there who MIGHT be starting their day with a Bloody Mary due to connectivity issues with online school???
Hello all. So my situation is a bit unique I guess? idk. But I am getting married next October. We were supposed to get married this year but due to COVID had to move it because we were both...
So I am in a situation that’s a little sticky.... my fiancé and I separated for a few months and just recently got back together. We’re still planning our wedding for September of next year. But my...
In a twist of events, neither of my grandparents are planning on coming to our wedding in July due to age. We live in Oregon, but both of our families are in Maryland -- so that where we'll be...
I revealed to my family yesterday that I am pregnant and expecting number 9 in April. I am experiencing complications during this pregnancy to where there is a good chance I will miss carry, back...
Okay, over the 2 years of planning I've had 5 bridesmaids and 5 groomsmen. I lost my maid of honor after a fall out, then a bridesmaid dropped out because of financial reasons. Fine. Whatever. I...