29-year-old bride demands her cousin let her host her wedding in her pottery studio, badmouths her to her family when she refuses: ‘My studio isn’t licensed for events like that and the cleanup would be a total nightmare’

It’s easy to sit around and contemplate your dream wedding venue. Wouldn’t it be swell to get married in the Metropolitan Museum of Art or at Notre-Dame de Paris? Of course, we know as mere civilians we can’t afford to have a wedding at these places, and the risk of being around such precious artifacts …
Seguir leyendo 29-year-old bride demands her cousin let her host her wedding in her pottery studio, badmouths her to her family when she refuses: ‘My studio isn’t licensed for events like that and the cleanup would be a total nightmare’

Parents ask 31-year-old daughter to contribute $5K to her younger sister’s wedding fund after they refused to spend a dime on her wedding 2 years earlier: ‘You and your husband were more established financially. Your sister’s still figuring things out.’

Many people’s parents cover at least part of their wedding costs. I’d say weddings and down payments for houses are the most common large-scale financial gifts aging parents are willing to give their adult children, because they’re setting the foundation for a productive adult life. I know that wealthy parents paying for their kids’ dream …
Seguir leyendo Parents ask 31-year-old daughter to contribute $5K to her younger sister’s wedding fund after they refused to spend a dime on her wedding 2 years earlier: ‘You and your husband were more established financially. Your sister’s still figuring things out.’

Entitled bride demands wedding guests only wear beige or gray, best friend refuses to attend because she looks bad in those colors: ‘I look like a ghost in a burlap sack.’

It’s expected that you make some sacrifices for the weddings of those close to you. You’d probably rather use your precious PTO to go on a vacation for yourself instead of spending it traveling to Piedmont, South Dakota, to watch your cousin get hitched, but you use your PTO anyway because you love her.  We’ve …
Seguir leyendo Entitled bride demands wedding guests only wear beige or gray, best friend refuses to attend because she looks bad in those colors: ‘I look like a ghost in a burlap sack.’

Groom refuses to let his best friend bring his wife as a plus 1 to his wedding because his best friend refused to let him bring his girlfriend as a plus 1 to his wedding: ‘Josh told me I still had a plus 1, but it just can’t be Stacey.’

Deciding who gets a plus one and who doesn’t is a dangerous game. It’s pretty common to roll your eyes at a buddy who wants to bring the girl he’s been dating for 3 weeks to your wedding that you’ve been planning for two years. If they break up a month later, then your friend …
Seguir leyendo Groom refuses to let his best friend bring his wife as a plus 1 to his wedding because his best friend refused to let him bring his girlfriend as a plus 1 to his wedding: ‘Josh told me I still had a plus 1, but it just can’t be Stacey.’

‘My parents think I should go through with it since the engagement has already been announced to family’: Bride-to-be cancels wedding after her 32-year-old lawyer fiancé lied about being able to pay for 70% of the wedding

Many people feel incredibly pressured to proceed with an engagement, even if it’s clear that the marriage is doomed. The sunk cost fallacy, the phenomenon whereby a person is reluctant to abandon a strategy or course of action because they have invested heavily in it, even when it is clear that abandonment would be more …
Seguir leyendo ‘My parents think I should go through with it since the engagement has already been announced to family’: Bride-to-be cancels wedding after her 32-year-old lawyer fiancé lied about being able to pay for 70% of the wedding

29-year-old refuses to let her fiancé lend his sister $10K from their wedding fund for her wedding fund: ‘You guys are already paying for your own wedding, what’s the difference?’

It is extremely frustrating when you spend years saving up for something, pinching pennies, and biding your time, just for someone else to be given the money flat out. You could be saving for a house, hoping to be able to afford something in the $ 300-$400K range, and your best friend from high school, …
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Bride refuses to allow influencer sister to livestream her wedding, sister accuses her of being ‘»unsupportive»’

Some folks opt for a grandiose wedding filled with 500 of their closest friends, and others prefer to keep their ceremonies more private, intimate, and close-knit. There’s nothing wrong with either of those options because, at the end of the day, it’s up to the bride and groom’s preferences and what works for their family …
Seguir leyendo Bride refuses to allow influencer sister to livestream her wedding, sister accuses her of being ‘»unsupportive»’

‘You are signing up for a lifetime of being babysat by a jealous manchild’: 27-year-old tells her best friend that she shouldn’t marry her fiancé during her bachelorette trip, gets blamed for the wedding getting called off

Have you ever have to bite your tongue about your friend’s horrible romantic partner? We’ve all been in that situation where your bestie is dating someone that you can’t help but dislike, but how you deal with that dislike says a lot about who you are as a person. For most of us, we will …
Seguir leyendo ‘You are signing up for a lifetime of being babysat by a jealous manchild’: 27-year-old tells her best friend that she shouldn’t marry her fiancé during her bachelorette trip, gets blamed for the wedding getting called off

28-year-old refuses to be older sister’s maid of honor after she bailed 2 days before her wedding because her 14-year-old dog passed: ‘She missed one of the biggest days of my life’

Anyone who is an animal person can sympathize with how much having a pet can take over somebody’s life. Heck, when you spend so much time with some silly little creature in your house who depends on you for their every need, it’s easy to get attached even when you were initially skeptical about the …
Seguir leyendo 28-year-old refuses to be older sister’s maid of honor after she bailed 2 days before her wedding because her 14-year-old dog passed: ‘She missed one of the biggest days of my life’

Bridesmaid tries to kick out wedding guest because her yellow dress looked white under the blacklights at the reception, bride and groom couldn’t care less: ‘[You] should have left when asked because it made people uncomfortable’

Every non-bride who shows up to a wedding wearing a white ballgown knows they’re in the wrong. No matter what they say, they are fully aware that this action is a surefire way to get attention, and they care more about that than the feelings of the bride.  Most of us have enough common sense …
Seguir leyendo Bridesmaid tries to kick out wedding guest because her yellow dress looked white under the blacklights at the reception, bride and groom couldn’t care less: ‘[You] should have left when asked because it made people uncomfortable’