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Friends & Family Advice

Whether it’s your mom pressuring you to lose weight or not inviting family to your wedding or how to fire a bridesmaid… this is our archive of how to handle wedding planning drama with friends and family. Be sure to check out our archive of copy ‘n’ paste conflict resolution posts, too!

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Copy ‘n’ paste these wedding thank you card wording examples

You want thank you cards to be personal, but how many time can you write “thank you, we love it” without feeling like a broken record? Coming up with thank you phrases each and every time can be rough, so this post is full of copy ‘n’ paste thank you templates.

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Bridesmaids: honored friends or henchwomen?

“If they aren’t even going to be able to help me, should I just avoid having them at all?”

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Bitch, ditch or fix? The wedding attendant-saving flow chart

Sometimes bridal party issues just happen. What are your options? Demote them? Ditch them? Sit them down and have a talk?

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How to tell your guests they don’t get a +1

So you’re trying to keep your wedding small. How do you tell your friends that they don’t get to bring a guest?

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Yes, there will be children at the wedding

Tamu wrote a wedding update about her experience with having a child-friendly wedding. Her first-hand experience with a wedding full of kids could help others to be prepared for what to expect when you invite kids to your wedding.

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What to do with a groomsman with facial tattoos

“Most of our wedding party, including the groom and I, have multiple tattoos and piercings. My family can handle that for the most part. But the best man just got a 1/2″ hole punched into his nose and has several facial tattoos. While this couldn’t bother me in the slightest (he is a dear friend of ours), I can already see the problems it will inevitably cause with some of the older and more religious family members…”