Family and Relationships
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My best friend/ MOH (my younger sister is my actual MOH, however this friend is doing the major stuff and still giving a speech) got engaged five months after me, and is planning to wedding jump me. I...
So today I expressed my feeling to my mom thru text how I’m sick of hearing about her not wanting to be a grandma. She tells my sister she had children so she doesn’t need to deal with it again. She...
We want to know the details of your first date!! Where did you go?? What did you do? What was your favorite thing about him/her on that first date? Next Question: Who said 'I love you' first? ...
I'm not the same person I was when I was in my 20's. I'm in my early 30's and I've had to let go of a lot of "friendships" that were not good for me. I was such a doormat. I saw the world with 100%...
We are almost a month away from the big day! And we are so SO excited! We are almost done buying small things that are needed, and we've paid for almost everything ourselves..but since the day we...
Ok so I’m the bride. Unfortunately my mother passed away years ago. I was thinking of asking a close aunt (moms sister) to be my say “stand in” but I’m having a tough time on finding an alternative...
This is mostly a venting post I guess, but I just need some (hopefully) kind words that can help me accept and move past this,... Anyway, I’m pretty upset at the moment. My fiancé proposed to me in...
From the day my fiance and I got engaged, it has been nothing but tears and heartache for me, and it's all been due to my passive-aggressive family... For example, the day my fiance proposed, I called...
I am having trouble deciding whether I should keep my Maid of Honor in the wedding. A little back story. Our Maid of Honor & Best Man have been dating for 5 years (seriously). About a month ago we...
My daughter is getting married in Mexico next spring. Her stepdad and I are paying for most if not all of the wedding. Her father and I have not spoken since my son graduated from high school 2012-...
We have decided we do not want children at the wedding. The only ones invited under 13 are in the wedding, or his sister's kids as they're our only immediate relatives with small children. I honestly...
When I started planning my wedding I was told that you always lose someone out of your life because of your wedding. It could be a family member or a friend. I didn’t believe it until I lost 2 friends...
My fiancé and I have already sent out our save the dates and our wedding is about 80 days away. We just had an irreversible fight with my parents who don’t want to converse with us “for now”. They...
*TW abuse of all forms, miscarriage, self harm/suicide* So since my teenage years, I haven't had a good relationship with my mother, to the point of refering to her has my bio-mom, and calling my step...
Sooooo............. Wedding is Friday and it looks as if I’m pregnant. super confused taken birth control every day at the same time...
My sister in law (to be) who also happens to be one of my closest friends, is saying she won’t attend our destination wedding because she will be giving birth (first time mom) in December/January, our...
We talk a lot about our wedding plans, but what about the person you plan on marrying?? This week it's all about your fiancé(e), and how well you really know them! It's time to put your relationship...
TW: Abuse I've lived in California for about 7 years, my family lives in the midwest. Long story short, my parents and I don't have a good relationship. I was abused by my brothers and my parents were...
So here's the story - I'm super proud of my oldest little brother (let's call him M) he just graduated from high school and thinks he wants to be a priest and is super chill and calm and just...
So because of a huge misunderstanding and cultural differences (let’s call it what it is —> racial), my mother in law doesn’t like me. Do I care, heck no! But I still show her respect because, hey,...