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My partner and I are getting married in May and for a variety of reasons, I'm not intending to change my surname. I'm just wondering what other people who've chosen not to change their name have...

Hi everyone. What's your thoughts on a sweetie table? At the beginning of planning I was all for it and bought the jars and bags and made a little sign etc but the closer we get to our wedding the...

We gave our invitations out at Christmas with a last day of February RSVP date. I chased the following week and everyone i chased replied. Except one person. They got the chase message, i spoke to...

My fiance keeps asking me what i want, i have no idea. I'd like a set of expensive jewellery to wear on the day, but dont know if i would every wear it again so is it worth it? i'd love a digital...

Hi everyone We are having a BBQ as our wedding breakfast and decided against dessert as we are having an ice cream van, sweetie cart and wedding cake (3 tiers, all different flavours). I was pretty...

Hello, pretty much what the question above asks Heres some background- I was bridesmaid along with my other good friends to my best friend's wedding last year, I organised the hen party, I paid for my...

I've just done a final headcount of guests for our evening party and am now having a bit of a freak-out about how literally half of the whole list will be complete and utter strangers to me! They're...

I have four months to go, and apart from my amazing bridesmaid we don't have anyone standing by to help on the day or in the run-up. It just seems like everyone has more important things going on in...

Hello lovely ladies/gents. I was wondering if I could ask for some opinions or advice? Right, for my hen do and night before the big day I invited my brother in-law to be's then girlfriend to both...

Me and my h2b can't decide on a song so thought i would see if you ladies had any ideas..

We get married at 12pm and our guests will be seated for the wedding breakfast at 2pm. I can't decide if we need to provide food in this gap for guests. I keep thinking that if I was a guest I'd be...

Hello Does anyone have any experience in using artificial flowers for the wedding or just buying buncheds from a wholesaler and making them yourself? I am looking at options for our flowers and saw a...

I'm sure this has been discussed countless times, but I have had an ongoing battle with my folks (since before I even met H2B) about gift requests in wedding invitations. I see their point that people...

Hi all. I got engaged at the end of December and we have set a date of 29th August. How long should I leave to order a dress? I've just seen somewhere that dresses can take 6 months to arrive and my...

I am trying to finalise my budget and was wondering do we need to buy thank you gifts for people such as bridesmaids, groomsmen etc? Are you going to and what sort of thing do you get? Thanks in...

Hi everyone, I'm new to the boards and just starting to plan a 2018 wedding. I was hoping to have a small Ceremony with just close family, maybe 20 people with a pub type meal after and then onto a...

I'm sure this has been asked before, but I can't seem to find a post about it right now...so sorry if this has recently come up! How many weeks before the wedding are you planning on sending/did you...

Out of interest, at what point in planning your wedding have you found that it gets stressful? I have really enjoyed each stage so far, but I do find that the parents and inlaws are all very set on...

Hi all, I'm getting myself in a bit of a state trying to decide on our photographer! There's so much choice and different packages and I think because we also want a videographer I'm finding that I'm...

Hi, where did you find your music for your party. Did you google or were you recommended. Anyone found a band/DJ on a tighter budget. Thanks

Hi all! This is my first post here, got engaged on September 17th and going straight into planning as I really want to get married in October/November next year. On Sunday we are going to see a venue...

Hi All, We've been super patient with our photographer, but other than the preview collage I posted (which took 3 weeks!) we haven't seen any photos yet. Wedding was 6 weeks ago now, and I'm beginning...

7 weeks tomorrow I will be getting married and I'm just so unhappy with myself. I've battled with my weight all my life so I've never been thin and in fact after losing 2 stone since getting engaged...

Hello you lovely lot! So I have a bit of a dilemma about what to do when it comes to inviting people from work. The people I would invite are on the maybe list at the moment because I'm very backwards...

I hope this is the right place to post! Sorry if it’s been asked before, I couldn’t find anything and would really appreciate some help. Getting married in July next year and sending out Save the...

Hi everyone hope all planning going well. Have tried to find a search to see if this topic has come up before but not results came back. Looking for some help/info from anyone who has done this or is...

Today my dad told my 89-year-old uncle that I'm getting married (I sent him a StD months ago, but it must have got lost, or he just forgot!). His reaction: "She's left it a bit late!" I'm 31!! In a...

Hi there! I've had an idea for my bridesmaids and thought i'd run in through the forum for opinions. I'm Indian and my H2B is English. We have decided to to neither of us being religious we would just...

Im arranging my dress searching over the next few weeks. my budget is 500 to buy a dress (not inc alterations if needed) but if I can find the right dress, I might be able to put some more towards...

We've had some old friends of OH's basically invite themselves to the wedding! He's known them for ages, but he last saw them about two years ago and has barely spoken to them in the meantime. They've...