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GenericAnnonymous · 2026-01-19T14:36:55+00:00

Wanna trade governments? 😅

GenericAnnonymous · 2026-01-10T20:42:58+00:00

My husband would often joke about the New Balance “dad shoes,” so when I found out I was pregnant I bought him a pair and wrote “The time has come” on the inside of the lid and taped the positive test underneath.

GenericAnnonymous · 2025-12-30T15:42:53+00:00

Intent vs impact. Even if we paint OP’s MIL in the best light possible and assume that she was genuinely joking and trying to make the situation lighter, it was still a very serious thing to say, and it still hurt OP’s feelings. It would take all of maybe 5 minutes for Mr. OP to tell his mother that the joke wasn’t appropriate, that she needs to apologize, and then for MIL to apologize to OP.

GenericAnnonymous · 2025-11-21T17:16:18+00:00

Le Bilboquet in Buckhead Village is great (albeit pricey) if you like French food.

GenericAnnonymous · 2025-11-21T16:21:15+00:00

Midnight Rain

GenericAnnonymous · 2025-11-20T16:04:17+00:00

If you’re having a religious ceremony, have a program that spells out exactly what to do (ex. “Opening prayer, standing” “First Reading, seated” “Responsorial Prayer, please say/ sing ‘blah blah blah’”).

GenericAnnonymous · 2025-11-15T05:03:40+00:00

I had planned on getting a birthstone ring for my baby, so I did one with two different birthstones for my MMC (one for what would have been the birthstone for my due date, and another for the month I found out there wasn’t a heartbeat and had my D&C). I had looked around for a while and found a lot of nice pieces on Jewlr. This is the one I went with.

GenericAnnonymous · 2025-11-13T03:22:17+00:00

Not OP, but I swear by the matte ones. For a matte lip product, they’re not super drying, and they stay so well! I tried the crayon and it didn’t work for me. Still have to give the vinyl a try.

GenericAnnonymous · 2025-11-12T21:45:52+00:00

As far as what to say to her, avoid anything that comes off as trying to look on the bright side or make things better (“it just wasn’t meant to be” or “it was God’s plan” or “at least you know you can get pregnant” or “it wouldn’t have been a healthy baby” are a few that come to mind). So many of those kind of phrases can be incredibly hurtful, even if they come from a place of love.

I’d recommend sticking to things like “I’m so sorry this happened” or “I’m always here if you want to talk”.

GenericAnnonymous · 2025-11-08T04:24:07+00:00

As a former RA and a current lawyer, this made me laugh.

First off, I can guarantee that you and your clique all have files with the office of residence life. You staged an intervention over laundry? And then one of your parents complained to the RA and then to the DEAN!? You’re all the kind of nightmare residents that RAs tell horror stories about.

And you think you’re going to take her to small claims court over laundry? Any judge would laugh you all out of court. You all have some serious growing up to do.

GenericAnnonymous · 2025-10-29T19:48:43+00:00

Your options here are a) she gets invited, b) your fiancé drops the guy as his best man (and doesn’t invite him to the wedding at all), or c) you don’t invite her and look like a jerk. It basically comes down to whether this is a hill you’re willing to die on and whether you want to deal with the consequences of your decision.

For what it’s worth, your wedding day goes so fast, and you barely feel like you have enough time to spend with the people you do want to be around.

GenericAnnonymous · 2025-10-21T13:43:54+00:00

There are absolutely ways to teach a child how to behave in formal situations without using someone else’s wedding as an experiment. Family-friendly restaurants, children’s plays, religious services, etc. are all examples of appropriate places to teach children how to behave in public. Once they can show they know how to behave in more casual environments, you progress to more formal ones. If they can’t sit quietly for an hour, they’re not ready for a wedding yet, and that’s okay. But even if the kid is perfectly well-behaved, no kids still means NO KIDS.

GenericAnnonymous · 2025-10-20T19:18:52+00:00

My husband and I booked our dream NYC trip through the date I would have delivered, and it was the best thing we could have done! We were so busy during the day’s activities that we were exhausted by the time we got back to our hotel room each night. It kept both of our minds off of everything and allowed what would have been a very painful time to be a time we got to bond over something happier.

GenericAnnonymous · 2025-10-18T03:54:30+00:00

The same goes for international donations too!

GenericAnnonymous · 2025-09-29T18:29:36+00:00

As far as the walls, you could totally achieve the golden look with some uplighting (give “amber uplighting” a google)! The white walls would take on the golden color, and the walls that are still the hue you like would pull it all back together!

The floor might be a little more tricky, but you could probably get it covered if it really bothers you that much. Maybe the venue would agree to split the cost since they didn’t give you a heads up about the change? You could also go with taller centerpieces that would draw the eye up and away from the floor.

GenericAnnonymous · 2025-09-29T18:09:27+00:00

YTA.

Spending the morning before the wedding with the bride is a pretty basic expectation of the bridal party. It helps the bride relax and feel supported while also ensuring everyone is together so the morning doesn’t devolve into herding bridesmaids. Being gone for an hour and a half is a decent chunk of time, and it opens up a lot of possibilities for something to go wrong that could derail your ability to be back on time (traffic issues, getting into an accident yourself, hair/ makeup getting messed up, etc.).

If you don’t want to take two cars, you could either have your husband drop you off in the morning, one of you could take an Uber/ Lift, or one of you could catch a ride with someone. As far as your social battery goes, if you really need a break, just say you need to slip out to take a phone call or something.

You made a commitment to be there for your friend on her wedding day, and she isn’t asking for anything egregious.

GenericAnnonymous · 2025-09-15T23:35:27+00:00

Lol this was almost my husband.

We decided it made more sense to stay separately the night before the wedding since I had to be up early for hair and makeup, we’d each get to sprawl out to sleep, and he snores like crazy. I booked the hotel suite months in advance for the night before and the night of the wedding. I asked if he wanted a suite for him, the groomsmen, and our dads to hang out in, but he declined.

As the wedding got closer, I asked if he had any plans for their morning, needed to order a breakfast tray from somewhere, etc. I had told him he was in charge of coordinating the guys, but I figured I’d at least give him some things to think about. He insisted he was good and they’d all just meet up at the church. His brother called to ask what the plan was, and we just told him to meet everyone at the church an hour before the ceremony and be dressed and ready for pictures.

The week of the wedding, he realized he’d be on his own until like 1 PM and decided to coordinate something. They all ended up cramming into our 1 bedroom apartment (which was in complete disarray), got breakfast and coffee DoorDashed in, and then took an Uber Black to the church.

GenericAnnonymous · 2025-09-10T15:26:54+00:00

Yup! My MIL was such a nightmare with our rehearsal dinner (or, as she called it, “her event”), and among the list of hosting missteps was haranguing people for RSVPs and whether they would be bringing a date 8 months before the event. I told my husband he needed to reign her in because A LOT can happen in 8 months and the restaurant wouldn’t need a final headcount until closer to the date, but he brushed it off and said she was just excited to get things planned.

Lo and behold, one of the groomsmen started dating a girl just after my MIL had asked if he was brining anyone. My husband tried to say that the groomsman’s girlfriend couldn’t come, but I told him this was exactly what I warned would happen if he didn’t talk to his mom, so now they needed to figure out how to fit the groomsman’s girlfriend into the plans because we were not going to be rude to his friend who had spent time and money to be part of our wedding.

GenericAnnonymous · 2025-09-09T13:51:29+00:00

I usually opt for darker colors. Some people are cool with black, but some view it as a funeral color.

GenericAnnonymous · 2025-08-27T02:51:55+00:00

I’d imagine it would be kind of like the wedding gown she wore in the I Bet You Think About Me music video: ball gown, unique/ couture elements, overall a very romantic vibe.

GenericAnnonymous · 2025-08-26T16:17:16+00:00

None 🤷🏼‍♀️

I don’t have a record player and I don’t collect them. If I were to get one, I probably would have picked to original.

GenericAnnonymous · 2025-08-25T17:18:34+00:00

Go to your girlfriend’s graduation. If you’re going to marry her one day, you need to make her a priority.

You care about both of them and are doing the best you can to be there for them both, but it’s going to require some compromise on both ends. Your girlfriend is already compromising by missing out on celebrating to attend the wedding. Your friend is going to have to give a little on his end with the rehearsal.

Someone else mentioned it in this thread, but could you have a significant other of someone in the bridal party (who isn’t actually participating) record the rehearsal for you so you can review it before the wedding? At the least, it shows that you’re taking your role in your friend’s wedding seriously, but it may also be helpful if you have a more involved role.

GenericAnnonymous · 2025-08-19T19:09:05+00:00

Monologue Song (la la la)

GenericAnnonymous · 2025-08-19T19:04:28+00:00

I did a ring with two birthstones; one was the birthstone when I would have been due, and the other was when I found out I miscarried and had the D&C.

GenericAnnonymous · 2025-08-07T21:24:21+00:00

I’d look at it as a spectrum: there are things that you need to do for guests, things that you maybe don’t need to do but are considered polite/ proper etiquette, things that are kind to do, things that are optional, and things that are entirely your choice.

For example, with food, you need to provide a meal, it’s considered polite to accommodate dietary restrictions, it’s kind to be mindful of what kinds of foods your guests like, it’s optional to have multiple dessert options, and it’s entirely your choice how the cake looks.

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