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We are getting married in May 2019. The day will be intimate, approx 40 guests. Immediate family & very close friends invited. I have recently discovered that my brother & his partner are...

HI there, My husband and I are renewing our vows on our 15th wedding anniversary in 2020. When we got married in 2005, we had 150 people, we invited everyone who we thought we should, and we did the...

Hello everyone, I'm having some trouble with my hen party and just want to vent and get some advice really! So I'm getting married in november this year, and i'd originally asked for 2 nights away in...

First I found this couples wedding website by searching their name on google and the link gave me a password protected wedding website and I was able to click cache on the page, then a month later a...

Hi everyone! This is my first post so be kind I've been searching for a dress for the past few weeks, and have fallen in love with a Pronovias dress. Full price, it's within my budget, but the sample...

Hi there! I have always had my heart set on a festival style wedding but can not find a venue/package that would suit our budget. Unfortunately we are having to fund our wedding by ourselves and are...

Me and my partner have been together for 6 years have a house, 2 children and we both don’t want a big wedding. We want to get married in the registry office around 4pm and then after pictures etc go...

Hi I'm new here and hope you ladies might be able to help. I bought a sample dress that is a a size 14 as the lady in the dress shop assured me that it could be altered to a size 8 to fit me. Since...

I have a venue decorator booked for table cloths & runners, chair swags, candy cart, table centres and their flowers, and the top table flowers. I haven’t really been 100% from the start but I had...

Hi! I'm new to Hitched, and I've seen that there are posts on this subject, but this is a little more specific. For a venue that my partner and I love, it is substantially much cheaper to get married...

I've got a predicament on choosing a best man. It's basically between my brother and my wife-to-be 's brother. That might seem like a no brainer but I've had a lot more to do with my future brother in...

Hi everyone, I'm considering opening my own bridal shop selling ex sample gowns and second hand wedding and prom dresses. Would this be something you would be interested in? I could also have a...

I am feeling deflated and torn about my hen party. For various reasons, i have found myself in a situation where I am organising it myself but the only way to actually get it to work is for me and h2b...

Hello I would really like to hire an Aston Martin for My H2B to have on the morning of the wedding and to arrive to the venue in, however I have been looking through websites and they are just sooooo...

Hi, is anyone building their own wedding cheese cake? It seems that if I buy my cheeses from the cheese counter at the supermarket I can do it for about £80 instead of well over £100 for a ready made...

Hi All, I am trying to find a reasonably priced seamstress who can do good quality alterations to a wedding dress. I have searched google, but not much help. I think recommendations are the best way...

Hi everyone! So my fiance and I have just started planning our wedding and are having some trouble as our families are spread out everywhere! We have family coming from Scotland, Newcastle upon Tyne,...

Is it ok not to invite the best mans wife to a very small wedding?

Hi all, I’m looking for some advice. Me and my H2B have decided to have a bit of a last minute wedding and get married this September. We’ve found a beautiful venue at a considerable discount so I’m...

Hi all, we are looking at getting married next summer, and we are having the ceremony in our vilage church, and then we are putting a marquee on the front field at my grandmas (farm-sized) house. we...

Hi All, I am getting married in July 2019! Does anybody have any advice on good timescales to start looking for cakes, flowers, photo booths etc? I have booked the venues and I have found my...

Hello Everyone! I know the topic of covering tattoos up for weddings has been mentioned a lot on here, but after looking at tonnes of cover up make up products I don't any of them will be suitable for...

I have fallen out with my sister over this! Our venue requires us to take for the night 8 rooms (one is complimentary for bride and groom) so we basically have to pay for 7. We have allocated so far a...

Morning, I have been looking at wedding rings lately and everyone has said I should get the same material wedding ring as engagement ring, otherwise they will rub and damage each other. For example my...

Hi I'm in need of some advice regarding making your own wedding cake. I really enjoy baking and sugar craft and have made birthday cakes for friends and families over the years, so i am keen to make...

Hello fellow brides-to-be! If you could spare some time to complete this survey for my data collection that goes towards my dissertation discussion it would be most appreciated. (Copy and paste link...

Is anyone able to suggest any places I’d just be able to turn up to, no appointment needed and try on dresses? I’m not a shopping or dressy type and the odds are I’ll make an appointment, look...

Hi all, does anybody know of a good template on the web for a catholic wedding order of service please? We're having the full mass. I think it's a long time since a lot of the guests will have been to...

So my sister, cousin and my best friend are to be my three bridesmaids. My friend and cousin are both very feminine - they're both about a size 6, dancers, love having their hair done etc... you know...

Does anyone know any good UK based Groom's advice websites? I have found one good one called the Groom List - www.groomlist.co.uk - but was wondering if anyone had come across any others? My B2B has...