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Our friends have been engaged for 2 years and booked their wedding September 18. We got engaged last year and this week booked our wedding march 18 - happy times or what's that I thought. A week...

Hi. I'm getting married in May, and we've just been discussing the music we want playing as we sign the register. We're getting married in Church and the vicar has told us to choose four songs if we...

I'm the bride and I have known my best friend for 6 years and suddenly she has became unreliable. She was my maid of honour but I asked her to step down as a bridesmaid as she was deciding who was...

I get married in 10 weeks, sadly this is a rush wedding due to my mum taking ill so we are flapping about everything but thankfully it's coming together.... .....Until today, when we realised we have...

I recently posted about my other half and myself having to attend a premarital class. well we had our second one today and they are actually quite interesting, they've made us appreciate everything in...

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

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...

Hi, does anyone have advice on a decent wedding day antiperspirant? I want to find something which can carry me through from nerves at the ceremony to an evening of dancing and doesn't mark my dress....

Hi all, I really don't want to have a photobooth at my wedding as every wedding recently has the photobooth, the led dance floor, the led letters and the fairylight backdrop. I'm not having any of...

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...

Very excited to have received a phone call this week to say my dress is in store.... I bought it in July, and believe me this has been a horribly long wait for it to come in. But I wasn't expecting it...

What is the norm when it comes to the groom seeing what the bridesmaids are wearing before the big day? My sister is my bridesmaid and wants to keep her dress a secret to surprise her own husband (my...

Hi everyone, Please bear with me as I'm very newly engaged (November 2016) and am just starting out with my Wedding Planning, eeeekkkk! Ideally we'd like to hire a barn in Essex where we can do...

Hi, Is it ok to have prosecco instead of champagne for the toasts and speeches? I don't really like champagne and prosecco is much cheaper. Just wondered if anyone else had done this? Thanks, Nic ...

I'm sure there are lots of posts about this but the search function won't work for me. I start dress shopping this Saturday. Any tips? Dos and Donts? In my true indecisive fashion I have no clue what...

I know there are a few of us getting married in April which means we have about 6 months to go!! Ahhh that's such a scary thought! What have we all got left to do? My list is: - Menu tasting/choice -...

I thought I'd share this with other brides as it worked great. I didn't want to sell my dress and it wasn't the sort that I could wear again but I still wanted to keep it. It was filthy on the train...

UPDATE: More pics at the bottom of the thread! We had our day last Friday. Everything was absolutely perfect in every way!! Just about to head off on honeymoon so thought I'd share a few flashes from...

Hi Everyone! I'm just getting started and am wondering what the deal with wedding insurance is? IS it worth getting and if so what kind of coverage should I be looking for? Any advice would be great!...

I got engaged whilst on holiday, I immediately text and called all close family and friends to let them know. The day after I called my sister who was asking who was the bridesmaids – at which point I...

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! My OH and I have just started thinking about catering options for our wedding next summer. What we're planning is for our venue to provide the catering for a BBQ buffet which people can just help...

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...

Hello, I'm hoping some of you can help! My OH and I have been talking about engagement rings for a while now. We've found a gorgeous 0.66 carat platinum ring from a high street shop, currently on...

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...

Oh my word why is it so difficult to plan with the OH?! This is first time I've managed to get him to sit down for long enough to make any real decisions on things like music and readings but it's...

Hi girls We are having a very small mid week wedding and only inviting close family and friends. We are planning a post wedding celebration a couple of weeks after the wedding but I need some help...

Hey, So i'm having issues with my mother and unsure of how to deal with them. She keeps saying how the wedding is a massive 'Piss Up' when to me its a very special day. The venue have said that they...

Our ceremony is going to be quite small and my fiance & I will be inviting just 20 guests each. I am inviting one aunt & uncle and my three cousins. However my cousins come with a lot of...