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My sister is in charge of my hen, spa in the day and then a meal and out on the town. I really don't mind paying the £35 for the spa then about £50 for a meal and town. But a few of my other hens are...

Hi all, I will be getting married later this year after putting my long-suffering bride-to-be off for more years than I care to remember. I have been avoiding getting wed as I have an embarrassing...

Hi Everyone, has anyone had a wedding and not had any evening guests? If so how many people did u have all day? Was there a lull early evening as if you were waiting for people to arrive? Similarly...

I am in desperate need of a wedding venue for the reception and I can't find "the one" My favourite for a while was the Saddleworth Hotel but I have heard awful things about the owner from reviews and...

OH and I are planning to get married in July 2015, but we're not sure if we'll be able to get a flat, as we'll need to do that in January 2015, and I'll still be a student and he won't know about jobs...

Not exactly 2 weeks all inclusive in the Maldives but 5 nights in the Lake District will, I'm sure, be equally as good....if not better! We're going to New York in Aug to coincide with my 30th so that...

My mother and me are at a bit of lock heads with my sisters boyfriend. I need your advice and all opinions welcome :p my sister is my MOH and at the moment i have not met her boyfriend - well call him...

We had a long list of 15 venues which we've whittled down to 11 (which is apparently the short list) Anyway at the weekend we saw three of the venues on the short list and to be honest none of them...

This isn't meant to be a maudlin post - I thought it might help some brides to be to see what us OMs wish they'd done a bit differently. Mine would be that I wish I'd provided a flip flop basket. I...

I have been at my workplace for just under a year and my wedding is this May. I work in a fairly small team and get on with my manager and one of my other work colleagues well but I don't see them...

Hello, I'm Sophie. I think I need to vent everything really so apologies. I've been with my partner for nearly 8 years and the marriage thing (and babies) has been an issue with us for the last few...

Hi ladies Just a quick to say hi.... I've been on herr before as a chief bridesmaid but now im the bride to be after 14 years of being with my h2b So excited about all the planning and getting to know...

Inspired by the dates list and wondering if I have a Venue twin to congratulate on their excellent taste. Let me know if you want to be added and I'll attempt to keep up to date with it all! Avon...

Hi everyone, Is anyone else with children getting married on a week day during term time? To cut a long story short we're getting married on a Thursday and we have a 4 year old son in reception year...

What is/has everyone done for engagement parties? Ive planned my own because: A) no one knows yet B) if I held my breath for it I would suffocate (my mam has a hatred of throwing parties for others...

Hiya! What theme did you have for your hen night? Also what did you get upto on it? Looking for ideas............x

I'm more a lurker than a poster but I came on here to share my experience with ladies who might understand more than my unmarried friends seem to :/ We get married 5 weeks today in Church then on to a...

Shock horror!! I am wearing my wedding ring (we both are) even though we don't get married until next month. We just wanted to wear them as we already call each other husband and wife and I couldn't...

In the last couple of days my OH and I have booked a lovely venue in Milton Keynes, scraping in on a Saturday in May - the only Saturday they have we can do. We really don't want to change the date....

Hi All, After being engaged for coming upto 12 years we have finally decided to go ahead and book our wedding for April 2014 (will be booking in January hopefully to get a late availability booking in...

Oh my god. ? I cannot concentrate on ANYTHING! I'm useless!

Well, I've just emailed our honeymoon hotel and asked for an upgrade for our special stay with them... As my dear old Dad always told me, you don't ask, you don't get! Here's hoping!

I thought so but looking through this site am starting to panic! I have booked venue and registrar for ceremony and we have our 40 guests confirmed. But that's it! And now I really am not sure where...

Ok, I obviously have too much time on my hands this near to the wedding to be worrying about something minor. However, I really want to make the seet table a little more special than it could be. Our...

I'm sure this topic has been done to death but, what was the worst speech you've ever heard? (In a nutshell, that is!) Speaker: Best Man What was so awful: He mentioned the groom's ex girlfriend, in a...

We don't want to sound needy in the gift department. So how do you go about including it in your invitations? Do you put a separate card in there? Ideally we'd like money towards a honey moon as we...

Hi all, Just a light-hearted post - how many of you are planning on trying for a baby IMMEDIATELY after your wedding (no pressure to answer if you don't feel comfortable!)? I only ask because I know a...

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum so a little introduction first. I'm 27, soon to be 28, my fiancé proposed on 1 August 2012 and we have just booked the venue and ceremony at a lovely little hotel in...

Due to one thing and another I'm getting very close to my wedding and still haven't got a make up artist. I need help, have contacted so many now and they are all booked up! Help! Any ideas?

Hi guys, i am planning on getting married in 2015 and ave begun looking at venues. i have absolutely fallen in love with a venue however there is one issue - and a big one. the guestlist is looking to...

**more added** List of wedding reports - ask if want to be added or removed!! (Or if I have any details wrong!)...