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Rima
Hitched Panel & £50 Voucher for You! 💜
Rima, 5 May, 2026 at 09:23

We’re looking for couples currently planning their wedding to take part in a short, friendly online panel taking place this week 💜 We’d love to hear about your experience planning your wedding, how...

Cynthia, friday 9-Oct-26 68 1,092 11
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Getting ready morning food?
Senel, 23 January, 2024 at 20:01

Hello everyone, I have quite a large bridal party and I’d like to have food for us whilst we are getting ready the morning of. Our caterers aren’t able to accommodate but they said we could use their...

Premio, 11 minutes ago 117 1,737
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Games to play at a Hen Party Weekend??
BrogstarBride, 22 February, 2013 at 12:55

We are going to a Spa for the weekend and I want to play some fun games in the evening and ideas? x

Bell, 19 minutes ago 241 9,309
Blackkat
Movie theme favours
Blackkat, 20 December, 2009 at 15:08

My OH have decided that our wedding is gonna have a movie theme to it. We're aiming to recreate famous movie posters to name our tables after, we've also decided to write our invitations in the style...

Moviebox, 23 minutes ago 36 5,000
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Entertainment between ceremony/breakfast and breakfast/reception?
, 22 October, 2012 at 15:39

Good afternoon everyone! A topic of conversation that has been coming up with me and my H2B is what to do between the ceremony and the breakfast and between the breakfast and the reception. As we...

Ethney, 2 hours ago 23 15,094
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Order of table plan
LEN11212, 17 November, 2012 at 20:24

Hi everyone, I'm just doing my table plan for the printer. I'm fine with where everyone is sat, but what order should the names be on each table? The order as you go round the table or something else?...

Isabella, 2 hours ago 4 4,524
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TV show - Battle of the Brides
, 10 May, 2012 at 22:40

A new show is being advertised on Sky called Battle of the Brides, the blurb for it is that it will be two brides, same dress (even though the ones shown evidently are wearing different dresses) same...

XuperHydra, 3 hours ago 89 5,632
Vanilla Pod
Good "wedding" movies for first night of hen do?
Vanilla Pod, 7 April, 2011 at 20:04

Hi Everyone, Im going on my first hen weekend tommorow (3 of my girls cant make my big one in the summer as they are away, so as they are all off for easter hols them being teachers we are doing a...

Webster, 3 hours ago 62 6,481
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Mp3 player for pa system suggestions
Claire, 8 August, 2024 at 11:32

Hi all, as we're only having a small wedding we haven't hired a DJ and are using a PA Sytem instead (PANIC) rather than having to take my laptop to the venue, does anyone have any suggestions for an...

Kimwexler, 3 hours ago 24 347 2
moomin8804
Soap and glory products? which ones would you recomend??
moomin8804, 2 March, 2009 at 16:42

Hi Girls! I've been hearing lots of good stuff about the soap and glory range lately! With my wedding in 4 months-ish i want to start a serious beauty regime, as my skin can be very tempremental (sp?)...

Carson, 4 hours ago 10 3,727
Courtney
Tuscany weddings?
Courtney, 5 October, 2025 at 07:09

Hi guys! I’ve just started wedding planning and we are thinking about Tuscany, but I have no clue where to start? Is anyone else getting married in Tuscany?

Pak, 6 hours ago 33 340
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Best wedding website?
, 30 September, 2015 at 14:28

Hi, I've registered for a free website with Wedding Window but I'm not sure it's the best option. What other sites have people used? Just tryign to get ahead and sort something that I can sort...

Brenda, 7 hours ago 14 6,319 1
Happybluebridesmaid4886
Twilight weddings
Happybluebridesmaid4886, 5 November, 2024 at 13:44

Hi, can anyone reccomend anywhere for a twilight wedding please? Struggling to find many places that do them. Thanks so much in advance

Yh Y, 8 hours ago 30 454 1
Skeptical78
Menu choices on invitations...HOW?!
Skeptical78, 9 January, 2013 at 10:03

Hi everyone, We've changed our mind and are now having a proper sit-down meal at the reception. Each guest gets a choice between 3 starters, 3 mains and 3 desserts. We need to get the choices to the...

Seiko, yesterday at 22:20 14 1,470
Bethan
Flower Girl - reception only?
Bethan, 17 April, 2024 at 12:19

Hi all, Kind of a strange one. Me and my partner are having an intimate ceremony of only closest family but a larger reception. I would love a young family member to be a flower girl and I know she...

Tony, yesterday at 20:30 2 59
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Food choices
Lauren, 12 April, 2024 at 10:50

Hi, can anyone offer some help? I’m trying to gather people’s responses for our menu options, I tried to do it under the questions section however it was telling me what people had chosen but not...

Bessie, yesterday at 19:59 2 34
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Furniture hire for diy reception
glaelia, 27 September, 2010 at 22:49

Hi there, looking for some advice re hiring chairs, tables, linens and crockery/cutlery etc for my wedding on 01/10/11. We're doing a DIY reception at a lovely village hall, and looking to be able to...

Ahmed, yesterday at 18:48 254 2,408
Dani
Your top tip for a happy relationship?
Dani, 14 February, 2025 at 11:34

Last (& most important) question about your love story... What do you think is the real secret to a happy relationship / marriage? Vote and tell us why in the comments! *** We hope you enjoyed...

Trust

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Respect

13%

8 votes

Communication

37%

23 votes

Love

5%

3 votes

Intimacy

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Patience

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reply slips/wedding food choices wording help wanted!
beckyakabetty, 13 September, 2008 at 14:48

I have a menu for the reception and need to tell guests the choices of food available also want to incorporate music requests, reply slip (eg if they are coming or not). Has anyone got any examples...

Project, yesterday at 17:37 45 3,613
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Wine 🍷
Shay, 14 January, 2024 at 18:45

Happy new year everyone and happy wedding year to all the 2024 brides and grooms! We are starting to buy all of our alcohol in! Anyone who has done this how did you do it? We are Ofcourse offering...

Bilal_2027, yesterday at 16:55 1 65 1
Elle
Venue issues
Elle, 13 July, 2026 at 11:36

I’m really struggling with a venue. I found the venue of my dreams and they have out date available. I can not get ahold of them to put down our deposit. I’m worried they have gone cold on me! Any...

Scott, yesterday at 16:52 48 712 5
itgirlno1
Hen night games - non-rude (ish!)
itgirlno1, 12 November, 2010 at 16:11

Hello! I've not been on here since before I got married, so firstly apologies for being a part timer... it's my friend's hen night tonight and I've just been told we're supposed to bring games for the...

Javairia, yesterday at 15:41 55 5,835
rainbowbride
wedding venue - Leez Priory
rainbowbride, 18 August, 2012 at 10:43

Hi everyone, I'm new to the site and to the whole wedding planning. we have recently viewed Leez Priory and thought it was amazing, i could see myself getting married there and having a perfect day,...

Mohsin, yesterday at 14:34 36 8,943
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Button Holes
LauraGraham86, 16 July, 2014 at 21:15

This might seem daft, but what is everyone doing about button holes? Are you having them? Who are you having them for? I've not bought or ordered any. I'm having paper flowers and I've ordered my...

Renal Care Foundatio, yesterday at 14:33 11 2,595
Katie
Twilight Wedding
Katie, 4 December, 2025 at 15:50

Hi all, I am currently looking at twilight wedding options. Does anyone have any experience of this? Did it feel rushed? Were children ok with the later time? Did you still get to for speeches/food in...

Gabe, yesterday at 13:25 5 53
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Planning a Wedding When Family Member Diagnosed Terminally Ill
CristaMB, 16 May, 2014 at 17:49

Hello, I wonder if anyone can relate or offer advice. My father-in-law2B who lives abroad was diagnosed with a brain tumour 6 months ago. My fiance had proposed and in our minds we'd planned a short...

Dave, yesterday at 12:52 25 18,570
Mike
Delete/ change web attendees menu
Mike, 19 September, 2024 at 18:18

Hi all, Is there way to change or even set the menu for you invitees? When testing, I go to the attendance page, search a person and when choosing if I am coming or not, there is a menu list with...

smith, yesterday at 12:30 15 129
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Flowers for mothers
Jane, 26 April, 2024 at 14:20

Confused - my mum mentioned it's expected we present her, MIL and step MIL with flowers at the speeches. Whilst I'm happy to do this for my mum, I'm not comfortable doing this for MIL and step MIL. 1)...

NuM, yesterday at 10:51 19 1,123
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Do registrars count people?!
HappyGoldStationery16326, 21 May, 2019 at 19:29

So first off, we're idiots, but no judgement, please! Slightly stressed.... When we booked our venue (not a registry office), they said that we could have 70 guests at the ceremony, no problem. Sent...

Amelia854taylor, yesterday at 10:35 5 1,367
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Do we need 2 photographers?
Anna, 23 January, 2026 at 13:00

We are at the stage of wedding prep where we are talking to photographers. We really liked one but felt there was some pressure to add a second photographer. Our budget allows for 1 photographer &...

Saqlain, yesterday at 10:10 13 162
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Charity donation instead of wedding favours
Vicki2015, 6 September, 2015 at 14:28

I never thought this would be so controversial! Instead of buying wedding favours we donated the money we would of spent to an charity appeal that is very important to us. We weren't going to bother...

HopeWell, yesterday at 10:01 16 5,526
laineywhu
Confetti
laineywhu, 5 July, 2010 at 21:55

Is anyone else not having confetti at their weddings? basically we can have confetti at the registry office but we decided against it, basically the way i see it is im gonna spend all day trying to...

ANNU, yesterday at 09:39 65 2,427

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