Discussions from Family and Relationships

So my husbands aunt is a wedding planner and offered to plan our wedding. The problem is she’s pushing how she wants it to look and won’t take my ideas. How do I tell her it’s my wedding without...

Do any other Brides feel like their friends/family are getting annoyed or tired of them talking about their wedding? We're less than 3 months out and I'm getting so excited. I know my fiance is over...

Has anyone wrote their future mother in law a letter? Mine hates me for no real reason, its a control issue and we have tried to meet with her multiple times but she refuses and its really hurting my...

I have known my matron for almost 20 years. Over the years, I have stopped speaking with her 2-3 times. She is a messy boots. If she tells me something it goes no further as I dont have any interest...

What is wrong with people? Our wedding RSVP date was nearly a week ago. We have about 15 people who still have not RSVPd, even after I have personally contacted them. One cousin said “maybe” another...

I have a weird and vaguely tense relationship with my dad. It wasn't until my late 20's that we didn't yell at each other all of the time. My fiance didn't ask for his permission, I didn't want to I...

So my fiance and I are planning a small wedding and he only has 2 people to stand up with him. I could have more I would ask but to make it even we decided to keep it just family. I have 3 close...

The first thing I did when I got engaged was pick out the colors and the theme of my wedding. I’m having a Texas/Rustic wedding in the summer of 2022 and the colors will be navy blue and sunflower...

Back story: A little while ago I posted in the forum regarding my older sister who refuses to wear dresses and threw a tantrum when I asked her to be a bridesmaid because of it. Since COVID happened,...

This is going to be lengthy but I really want to here from some of you if you think I’m reading to far into this. First let me say this my MOH is my best friend of over 30 plus years. I don’t even...

So my fiance and I are fighting again, but this time we don't agree about how to address the fights. Basically, we got in two relatively minor fights last weekend. In one, I insulted FH's friend...

My fiance and I picked our wedding parties already. He has included all four of his brothers as groomsmen, and I have my sisters as my bridesmaids. I also have a brother, who I am not very close with....

My fiancé and I have been planning what we want to do after our wedding as far as ‘life plans’ go. We know we want to start trying to have a kid right after our wedding. We also currently rent a...

Does anyone have parents or one parent who is just not interested in meeting your significant other parents? My mom is just not interested and really not interested in the wedding. She’s not a social...

Hi everyone. I just recently got engaged and my family is giving me a hard time about getting married in four months. They think that dating someone for year is not enough time to know if you want to...

I've noticed that I see several posters sharing stories about future or current in laws crossing boundaries. I wanted to share that last xmas I had a conflict with my future BIL bc he tries to hug me...

I am doing my best to be a nice and reasonable person for my bridesmaids. I love them all dearly. 3 of the 5 are parents, 1 lives across the state and the other is a student. I am trying to handle...

It's time to spill about your relationship habits in this week's game: Never, Always, or Sometimes? Ready to get started? Click on each discussion below and comment with your answer! Do you have...

I'm experiencing an immense amount of elopement guilt. My fiancee and I are still planning on exchanging vows this Thursday, but with just us and our photographer. We're super uncomfortable being...