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I got my invites off of ebay - and had expected them to be with me by now for a May 16 wedding. They have only just dispatched them today! I have all my other info ready and was going to ask for RSVPs...

Deleted, not allowed to post pics of my dress?! thanks everyone for the feedback.

I've never really thought about this before now but a colleague is moving from a 'research and teaching' post to a 'administrative and professional management' post and asked me whether her annual...

As you all know I'm new to this wedding ring lark, so I thought I'd ask the more experienced people a question! My ER and WR are both 9ct white gold, and sit together nice and flush on my finger. I...

I'm so over the 'wedding thing' the whole day in me eyes was terrible, my photos weren't great, he missed off photos of guests (including ohs family which will cause issues when they see them), I'm...

Are any of you planning on removing your veil part way through the day? I have no id a how long to wear mine...I guess I will just wear it until my head hurts???

Hi All Really sorry if this is a dumb question but when you are doing your table plan and name place cards what do you call yourself? Will you be putting Bride and Groom on the table plan and name...

I have moaned about this before but I am going to do it again. We get married one week today (I am so excited!) On our invites, sent out in July, we asked people to respond by 30th Sept. I spent the...

Hi, Does anyone have any venues to recommend. We are looking ideally for a beachside venue that can hold 100-120 sit down. We'd prefer something with character and more informal - not a standard...

Hi ladies I just wanted to get your thoughts on evening food for a barn wedding. We're planning to feed our day guests between 3.30-4pm with a sit-down hog roast. We were then originally planning to...

Who has a party on a Monday night? Who, despite the neighbours asking politely, blasts music at top volume until 2.30am? who, despite said neighbours banging on the wall, carries on until 6am? Result?...

Been trying (not very hard) to lose a few lbs for my brother's wedding in a few weeks. As part of my pitiful attempt to lose weight I decided to cut out mid-week drinking. Don't get me wrong, I don't...

Hi ladies, I'm having a 3pm church ceremony and then my reception venue is literally 10mins from the church. i have a hot buffet with selection of curry/pasta/chicken/rice dishes etc to serve to my...

This has been debated many a time but here goes. In the interests of promoting equality and seeing an end to one of the misogynistic and old fashioned traditions that marriage entertains, my OH and I...

Hi We are just in the process of booking our wedding for next year. We would like to get married at the venue, but the cost of getting the registrar out is £450. I wouldnt have minded but after seeing...

I've been a brides maid 7 times (last time was 15 years ago though) and every time the brose has gone first and us bridesmaids have followed her down the aisle. but lately it seems that the bridesmaid...

Hi I'm going to a wedding next month and I've bought this dress. I really like it but I'm a bit worried that it looks like a bridesmaids dress. Of course I don't want to offend anyone by wearing this...

Sorry for being a dunce but how do I pronounce this bit in bold below: corinthians 12:31 - 13:8 I'm doing a reading (confirmed now!) at my friend's wedding and I forgot to ask when we were at the...

I was planning 40 for day and 80 for evening to keep costs down but I've Just done a rough list of guests, some are non negotiable (family members) and including children it comes in at 40, that...

So. For my wedding I am going for an early 60s vibe and I'd like to wear a typical 60s style shift dress. Here is a perfect example of the shape I'm looking for: However, can I find the sort of thing...

Why do people feel the need to wait till the deadline date to bother about ur RSVP I sent them a month ago and if that was me, as soon as I knew I could go iI would send it back not wait for a month....

Hi everyone, I've been AWOL for a little while trying to get my head round a few things but needed to come back and have a bit of a rant. Me and OH have been sorting the wedding on our own. We get...

Ok so we got married 5 weeks ago yesterday and we're not happy with husbands wedding ring. We feel we've been totally mis-sold it from independent shop in Bluewater, Kent. They told us palladium was...

Hi all Am looking for a special venue. What I had in mind was a butterfly house that's registered for the ceremony. Be nice to have the reception inside too! Think Victorian glass conservatory/small...

Hi I'm in the process of getting my invites done and my partner is adamant he does not want to include anything about presents or money etc. He doesn't like it when people put a poem in asking for...

As some of you may know OH has real problems with his family so they're not coming to the wedding. He found out something yesterday that's making him want to give up his family completely, meaning he...

Help Otters!! We bought our house in October last year. In the May the previous owners had 7 new windows installed, for which we have the FENSA certificates. One of the windows is loose (and to be...

I've just purchased it for after Christmas (£5 on Amazon if anyone is interested?). I've not done any serious exercise for about 2 years. I'm just concerned about when I'll fit it into my day so I...

Should I be worried that I havent had my car tax renewal form thing through the post yet? It runs out the end of December and I want to renew before as I am selling it.

I am really stuck with my invites atm! A few people have put me off asking for money, yet others are saying its absolutely fine! We have a house together and so a gift list isn't really relevant. But...

I am having pocketfold invites and they have 3 inserts. 1 is the RSVP 2 is the Menu and I was planning to have a money poem. I know this is a controversial subject but would like some inspiration ? I...