‘She can’t trust you or the friendship’: Duplicitous woman hides 4-year marriage from best friend, casually slips it into conversation

I understand the desire to elope. Weddings are massively expensive and time-consuming, and if you’re a person who doesn’t thrive on attention and white dresses, it might not be for you. I feel like the public perception of elopements is that they only happen for illicit reasons… like if a couple is running from something, …
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Teen refuses to wear a dress or a suit to her sister’s wedding, mom takes her side: ‘She wanted to wear her day to day clothes’

There was never a time in my life when I had to dress up formally more than when I was in high school. Maybe this was more of a Southern thing, but it felt like every weekend of every spring, there was a gala, a banquet, or a dance where I had to wear a …
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16-year-old refuses to wear a dress or a suit to her sister’s wedding, mom takes her side: ‘She wanted to wear her day to day clothes’

There was never a time in my life when I had to dress up formally more than when I was in high school. Maybe this was more of a Southern thing, but it felt like every weekend of every spring, there was a gala, a banquet, or a dance where I had to wear a …
Seguir leyendo 16-year-old refuses to wear a dress or a suit to her sister’s wedding, mom takes her side: ‘She wanted to wear her day to day clothes’

‘You saved my wedding…’: Hotel clerk turns into therapist when approached by bride with cold feet the night before her wedding

Not all heroes wear capes, some work as front desk clerks in random hotels.  I got married when I was pretty young, and even though I didn’t actually have a case of cold feet the night before my wedding, I did have my doubts. Call me dramatic, but getting married is a huge decision, and …
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Entitled sister is banned from family beach holiday after demanding care for her children: ‘She asked if they could go and I said no’

It’s all good to help someone out when they’re in need; this is an essential part of being a family, friend, or even part of a community. However, there’s a distinct difference between offering your assistance to someone who is beyond grateful for a helping hand and being forced to help out someone who feels …
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‘The bride burst into tears’: 20+ Hilarious moments when wedding guests didn’t ‘hold their peace’

I haven’t been to many weddings in my day, which I kind of regret because I love spectacle. Any time that a group of people gets together in the hopes of things going well, there’s always potential for things to go wrong. There’s too much comedic tension. Like funerals, when something is funny at a …
Seguir leyendo ‘The bride burst into tears’: 20+ Hilarious moments when wedding guests didn’t ‘hold their peace’

Controlling girlfriend forbids boyfriend from wearing a kilt to a wedding: ‘She needs to get over herself’

Kilts are rad. They have a long and storied history and culture, look fashionable, and let the legs breathe. What’s wrong with that? To some killjoys out there, though, kilts are apparently embarrassing for your boyfriend to wear. What are you afraid of? That he will outshine you and no one will notice your off-the-rack …
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Lame son storms out of his mom’s Renaissance fair-themed birthday party because she didn’t like his fiancée’s Disney bachelorette party: ‘I just could not stop thinking ‘hypocrite»

I am a woman who finds much pleasure in lame things. I will go to a theme park or local carnival with the same joy in my heart as I did when I was a child living it up at Six Flags Over Texas. I invite kitschy, low-culture things into my life because they’re just …
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‘They acted like middle school bullies’: Vengeful bride and friends spoil difficult mother-in-law’s wedding make up, get reprimanded by husband

The only thing that’s harder than navigating the intricacies of marriage is doing that while also managing your in-laws. While you might not spend as much time with your partner’s parents as you do with your partner, a difficult mom or dad can put major pressure on an otherwise acceptable relationship. If they don’t treat …
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‘Charging $2 for a piece of the wedding cake’: 35 Wedding goers confess the worst thing they ever witnessed during nuptials

Weddings are utter chaos. No matter which way you slice this vanilla cream frosted, $1,000 cake, wedding celebrations always bring out the crazies in everyone. Your cuckoo family members are all gathered together with your meek childhood friends, your wild college hippie friends, and your professional work acquaintances and now you’ve got to confess your …
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