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From the processional to the recessional - and everything in between - this is your space to get answers to everything you’ve ever wondered about vows, unity ceremonies, officiants, traditions, and more. After all, the wedding ceremony is what this whole shebang is about, right?!

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Ceremony seating- blankets?
Kristi, on June 24, 2018 at 3:26 PM

Sorry its soo long!! 1 week till my wedding!! Soooo i have got mostly positive feedback on my ceremony seating untill yesterday. So i really want some honest opnions on how you would feel if you...

Shaunte, Jun 25, 2018 31 909
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Handheld chuppah and breaking the glass.
Adelhaide, on June 21, 2018 at 9:43 AM

Wondering how to encorporate these two traditions from FH’s background, (I was raised Catholic he is currently not religious but was raised Jewish) This is also a super last minute addition (wedding...

Adelhaide, Jun 25, 2018 2 168
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Bride/bridesmaids on the right side - thoughts?
Casey, on June 24, 2018 at 8:47 AM

I’m getting married in November, and I really would like to stand on the right side. I have a terrible cowlick on my right side that looks like a bald spot and I know I will be so unhappy with my...

thyia, Jun 24, 2018 7 275
Mrs. Cohen
Courthouse Elopement Before the Wedding
Mrs. Cohen, on June 22, 2018 at 1:31 PM

If anyone's been following my discussion posts, then you'll know I've been having a rough time with wedding planning. It's been incredibly overwhelming for me and as someone who already suffers from...

Jaclyn, Jun 23, 2018 34 3,553
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How many doughnuts?
Dani, on June 22, 2018 at 3:09 PM

We are inviting 200 guest to our wedding. We have enough cake for 150 people, but are also doing doughnuts. I wouldn't think each person would have a piece of cake and a doughnut. Anyone else done...

Lena, Jun 22, 2018 10 1,706
McKayla
Bench seating
McKayla, on June 22, 2018 at 10:54 AM

I don't know why but the idea of wooden benches at the ceremony for seating worries me. Anyone have any issues?

MaryEllen, Jun 22, 2018 8 1,106
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Music on an organ
Colleen, on June 22, 2018 at 11:12 AM

I need help coming up with what music I want at the ceremony. It will be played on an organ at the church. Please please please help!!!

Maren, Jun 22, 2018 3 599
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Gift for my new stepson
Stacy, on May 6, 2018 at 10:50 AM

I love my fiancé’s son. I actually fell in love with my fiancé after I saw how much he loved his son and took care of him. During our ceremony I’m going to ask to marry alistair too. He’s five and I...

Neffe, Jun 22, 2018 5 673
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Church vs outside wedding
Maggie , on June 20, 2018 at 1:42 PM

I have had my heart set on an outside wedding, but the more I think about getting married in my church the more I like it (my parents and all my siblings were married there). I’m also getting married...

MIWM, Jun 22, 2018 12 220
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Divorced parents & ceremony procession
Christine, on May 2, 2018 at 4:05 PM

Hi all, I’m very close with both of my parents, however they are divorced and hostile with each other (even 15 years later). My mom had asked me about 3 months ago if I might consider including her in...

Neffe, Jun 22, 2018 13 1,781
Monica
Branding Unity
Monica, on June 20, 2018 at 9:23 PM

Hello brides .. I’m wondering if anyone has done the branding unity. I’m having an out door country wedding and I really like this idea. I’ve never seen it done and would love input on it.

Monica, Jun 21, 2018 5 1,317 1
Tracy
Backup Officiant?
Tracy, on May 29, 2018 at 4:54 PM

So we've asked a family friend to marry us. She recently told us that she won a vacation at work and will arrive back in town the day before our ceremony. She's going to the Bahamas in October (height...

Tracy, Jun 21, 2018 16 727
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Flower girls that can’t throw flowers
Melissa, on June 20, 2018 at 2:43 PM

Our church won’t allow us to have the flower girls scatter flowers as they walk down the aisle. Any suggestions on what they should do?

Jillian, Jun 20, 2018 9 329
Cheryl&rock
Jump The Broom
Cheryl&rock, on June 18, 2018 at 8:09 AM

Is anyone else jumping the broom?

Cheryl&rock, Jun 19, 2018 15 327
Aria
Personal vows and "repeat after me"
Aria, on June 16, 2018 at 3:24 AM

So FH's father is officiating the ceremony which means that we get to write our own ceremony! We want to have the time to say some personal vows, but also the "repeat after me" kind while we exchange...

Casey, Jun 19, 2018 22 1,719
Elaine
Logistics - both parents walking down aisle
Elaine, on June 19, 2018 at 3:31 PM

Both of my parents are walking me down the aisle, which I’m really excited about, but I’m trying to sort out the logistics. Do I hold either of their arms or do they hold mine? How do I hold my...

Cassidy, Jun 19, 2018 14 3,928 1
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Baby flower girl/ring bearer
Future Mrs. Glass, on June 14, 2018 at 3:19 AM

Hey y’all, I’m getting married in a few months and I need some suggestions on how to get a year and 2 month old ring bearer and a 7 month old flower girl down the aisle in my wedding? I really want to...

Neffe, Jun 18, 2018 10 1,998
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Ceremony vows? Letters to each other? i do's?
Tara, on June 11, 2018 at 3:11 PM

Hi Everyone! I'm getting married in 2 months and trying to figure out how a ceremony really works. Somehow I've only been to really informal weddings so I'm not sure how everything goes together. What...

Neffe, Jun 18, 2018 9 5,636 2
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Programs to include deceased father and step parents
Miranda, on June 11, 2018 at 11:38 PM

I'm struggling on how to put my parents on our wedding ceremony programs. My parents are divorced and remarried. Also, my dad passed away 6 years ago and I want to have him listed but I'm not sure...

Selia, Jun 18, 2018 4 652
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Catholic cohabitation struggles
Sara, on June 15, 2018 at 1:31 PM

I’ve already made a post about this but im hoping to have a catholic wedding and I meet with the priest soon. We don’t live together yet but he’ll be moving to the same city as me in September and our...

Eamsee, Jun 16, 2018 17 2,859
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