Category Archive

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?”

Wedding Party Flowchart alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

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?