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.’

Freeloader belittles a friend’s 5-year profession as a photographer, demanding they work their wedding for free to «build their portfolio,» they challenge their cheap attitude with facts: ‘I charge $1,000+ per wedding’

There’s one thing you learn immediately when you start working in a service-based trade: Never work for free. For some reason, clients seem to think that providing a service is less important than buying goods. While a physical purchase may be unthinkable to attempt to haggle the price, entitled customers will almost always try to …
Seguir leyendo Freeloader belittles a friend’s 5-year profession as a photographer, demanding they work their wedding for free to «build their portfolio,» they challenge their cheap attitude with facts: ‘I charge $1,000+ per wedding’

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 …
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34-year-old bride asks her younger sister to help plan her wedding after snubbing her from an invitation: ‘She said that her wedding was small and for a close circle.’

If there’s one person who has to be at my future wedding and vice versa, it’s my younger sister. We have discussed many times whether it is best practice to choose your sister as your Maid of Honor because it is more diplomatic than picking a favorite from your other friends. At this point (I …
Seguir leyendo 34-year-old bride asks her younger sister to help plan her wedding after snubbing her from an invitation: ‘She said that her wedding was small and for a close circle.’

‘It is our day!’: Monster-in-law wedding-shames the bride and groom for booking vegetarian meals with catering, claiming guests ‘expect luxury food’

Planning a wedding is like doing a group project with your parents. You’re reminded of the pitfalls, the hierarchal shifts, and the shortcomings of every member involved in the group project and each person’s role starts to get jumbled as various members either relinquish responsibility or dig their heels in. For most of us, we …
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‘Just elope’: Husband-to-be bemoans ‘group project’ of wedding planning with parents

I’ve never understood the appeal of having a big wedding. Attending one can be a lot of fun, but actually planning it all, and spending all that money on a singular day? I don’t think so.  At the same time, I realize that not everybody feels that way. For many people, the day they get …
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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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Hand-Picked Bouquet of 25 Wedding Planning Memes for Brides Who Are This Close to Eloping

Let’s be real, wedding planning is no walk in the park. Sure, they may have romanticized this entire process in the movies but when it comes down to it – it’s nowhere near as magical as they made it out to be. Don’t get us wrong, it’s definitely exciting and stimulating but at one point …
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