Discussions from Family and Relationships

I've read a lot of people on this forum responding to discussion questions with "if she/he's paying for the wedding, you don't have a say in this/that, you can't do this/that" TBH, I don't think...

Long story short, my mother is toxic and I got out of it. My sister and dad still live with her. My sister will be 18 in two years and my dad is still in denial of the toxic relationship. I am having...

My future mother-in-law keeps asking me how many of her friends she gets to invite to the wedding. We are trying to keep the wedding small & intimate to keep costs down since we are paying for the...

Does anyone else feel like their wedding has been hijacked by their family? My future in-laws are great, but I feel like they have essentially ruined my wedding plans. They destroyed my guest list and...

My fiancé went to a bachelor party and said I had nothing to worry about. When he got back I asked how it was and he said fun and he didn’t do anything with girls. fast forward a month later his mom...

So my grandmother is being really rude and judgmental and giving unwanted advice. First it was my venue choice, then it was my bridesmaids dresses, then my shoes, my Wedding dress! She also to me to...

I’m pagan, I have been for about 5 years. Most of my family knows and are supportive, but a select few do not know and would not be supportive. I’ve been asked not to tell them by other family...

Hi everyone- My and I were deciding our wedding party and felt we should have each of our closest friends and no family since it is hard to choose which family members etc and we also would like the...

So iv been with my fiancé for over 5 years. His brother got a girlfriend I want to say about a year in a half ago. We are not that close, we don’t text or hangout together if we do hangout it’s with...

Does anyone else have anyone in their family that never has anything nice to say? In my example it's my sister lol. She is one my my bridesmaids (my mom and grandmom pressured me into asking her to be...

Hello everyone. I just got married (8/16/19) and my now sister-in-law is having her baby shower the weekend after. I was going through our gifts and cards to look for an idea on how much she gave us...

What are your wedding planning regrets, if any? For me, it was impulsively asking bridesmaids, when I should have taken the time to carefully choose. I chose FH's brother's (at the time) fiance to be...

I'm sure this has been discussed on here to some extent, but figured I'd give it a shot. Same old story as so many of you: Fiance and I are attempting to have a small wedding. We only wanted around 50...

So my girls just found their dresses yesterday and you would think it would have been a happy day. Nope. My mom called me seconds before we walked into the store crying and yelling at me that she...

Long post: please skip if you wish, stay and read if you wish. Hi everybody. I haven't been here in a while. I guess I'm just seeking some support. On May 31st, my mom took my dad into the ER with a...

Hi there, I guess I'm wanting some kind of support, or something... I'm not even sure anymore. I got engaged last year in August, it was one of the most exciting times in my life (as you can probably...

I have recently come to feel that my best friends do not really care about me getting married. We got engaged September 2018 and I was very excited to announce to my friends that I got proposed to and...

Ok so sort of a long story but my sister has been engaged to a guy off and on for the past 4 years. They never had a wedding date until my fiance and I announced our engagement then 6 months later she...

My husband and I have openly admitted to one another that neither one of us feel like we are married. We can't seem to agree on anything, we can't seem to compromise, the communication and trust in...

Been lurking here a while now, but as my wedding is going to happen, I was wondering who the bridesmaids of you ladies actually are. Are they mostly family, or friends? High school or college or work...