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Hi! both myself and OH have large families and everyone is assuming there kids are invited and its getting out of hand!! My 2 daughters (8 and 4) are my flowergirls and obv going to be there but there...

Really struggling with my shopping list this week and feel I need to get into a routine sharp-ish. What does everyone do for their evening meals when your child is at school. My little one started...

Hello again - need to pick some creative brains! Instead of traditional place settings, I want to use name badges, tied to card with ribbon (to match our colour scheme). The badges would have...

Hi, We are having our ceremony at 12. We are not having our sit down meal until 3. As a guest would you have a big breakfast if going to wedding at 12 so that you wouldn't get hungry, or do you think...

Following a 1.5 - 2 hour drinks reception where everyone will be free to mingle as they wish, we've decided to mix people up a bit for the meal. It's not a formal do (hot buffet in village hall) and...

hi everyone im struggling with getting good value for money my wedding isny until next sepyember but i need to cut back its sooo expensive where would be a good idea to start?

Is it okay to ask parents with babies, even family, to sit near the back of the chapel during a wedding ceremony? We are having a ceremony in a chapel with an very long aisle, and the only way to exit...

Wierd title I know, I don't know how to word it really lol! I joined hitched when we set a date and have seen so many things that I'd never have thought of. Examples are things such as: cupcake...

Hi, Between H2B and I, we just have one nephew (no nieces) - my brother's son, who will be nearly 3 at the time of the wedding. I feel like if he was a girl he would be a little flower girl with a...

Hi girls, Just a self indulgent one really to let me know I'm not in this boat by myself! I've had the normal budget, weight, bridesmaid and MIL problems but have come across something this weekend I...

A (H2B) has a niece who is 4 years younger than me and is making my life hell. We were meant to be getting married this year, but put it off for another couple of years due to his mum's health, him...

We are at the stage of talking through date options for our 2014 wedding...i like the sound of 2nd August 2014...there are no special date for us in the summer months so we can't go off that and it's...

Hi. Having waited over 19 years to tie the knot (in September 2012), we have two children (aged 7 and 9 years) and most of our friends have kids too. We would like children to come to the ceremony and...

I'm gettin married 7.7.12 n I have a 2 yr old little boy he is walking Dow the isle but he will just run off lol he won't sit and be quiet during the ceremony what can I do I'm worried he will want...

Hello all. I'm hoping that those of you know have/work with/having any vague idea about children can help me out. I have a number of children coming to our special day. I've made a camera 'i spy'...

Hi everyone! I am in a major panic. We got our invitations printed and included information concerning gifts and registries -- but I've now just read on several websites that it's very inappropriate...

So my poor hubby-to-be has had two friends cancel with a week to go - and for really rubbish reasons! First, last night one friend texted to say his wife has a meeting she can't miss so they aren't...

Is anyone going on their honeymoon the day after the wedding? We get married on a Saturday and we were originally going to travel on the Monday. But as we are going down to Newquay , h2b said, why...

Hi, We aren't having a wedding breakfast, as we need to keep the costs down. OH likes the idea of having a hog roast, our venue have suggested veggie burgers as an alternative to this for those who...

To do at eating table? What are people doing for the younger ones while you are eating, I'm looking at doing little activity packs but what do I put in to them, So far I have a pencil, a sharpener a...

With 6 weeks to go (exactly..!), I'm starting to write a list of things that I need to take with me and gathering it all together. We're getting married 4 hours away from home and going up a few days...

So, i'm getting ready to send my invites out - they're simple centrefold square invites, with a pink insert with the additional information within them. RSVP is via acceptance card, email, call or...

I'm a new poster to this forum, but have had lots of good advice from reading the forums so far, thanks everybody! I was hoping you (especially parents on here!) could give me some advice. We are...

WWYD? or WdidYD for OMs? We have only 2 couples we want to invite to the day who have kids, possibly another one who has been hinting about being preggers but nothing announced as yet. We want to have...

Good afternoon! Thank crunchie it's Friday heh? My plan at the mo is to make and decorate my own wedding cake and wondered if any other up and coming brides were thinking of doing the same and...

Our wedding co-ordinator has suggested having a kids table (round) in the centre of 5 other tables and have colouring, sweets etc on it and it's in the middle so everyone can keep an eye on them, is...

Can anyone tell me where you got some from and show me pictures of their flowergirls satin pumps. I am looking for rose, peach or champagne coloured. I have tried googling but can't seem to find...

Some perspective on our current dilemma would be appreciated... A really good friend of ours is just in the process of separating from his wife and they have a 5 year old together. We knew for a while...

We're having a rather small and relatively, ahem, budgeted(!) wedding in August. Because there are nearly ten kids coming, I'm going to make little lunch boxes up for them instead of paying £15 for...

Hello All, A few weeks ago now, I posted to say i'd lost my engagement ring. Well, fast forward and the insurance gave us the money we'd paid for the ring and fortunately, I now have another which is...

Now we're already in the dog house having not yet gotten round to sending thank you cards to half a dozen people after our wedding in May ( ? ) so we decided to write lovely long letters to those...