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Wedding advice and etiquette can be a weird thing, especially when you’re talking about alternative and offbeat weddings. We pride ourselves on our compassionate focus on constructive, respectful communication and focus on conflict resolution.

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How Lady Gaga can help you save up money for your wedding

Wanna save up a ton of money, super fast? Offbeat reader Dora and her fiance have unlocked the secret. Would you believe it involves Lady Gaga, Lil Wayne, and neighbors wearing camouflage? It does, and it works!

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I feel left behind by my engaged friends

A bunch of my friends got just got engaged, and now they’re all planning weddings. As a happily un-partnered woman, of course I’m excited for them, but I can’t help it … I feel left behind.

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15 surprising alternative wedding venues

We know that you know about wedding venues like churches, hotels, restaurants, gardens and beaches. But have you considered having your wedding in one of these alternative wedding venues?…

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Ekateryna & Marshall’s shoestring pre-honeymoon in Jamaica!

We thought we’d end our beach wedding week with a honeymoon in Jamaica. Ekateryna and Marshall took a pre-honeymoon in Jamaica. You’ll also learn what exactly a “pre-honeymoon” is and how to take a tropical Jamaican holiday without blowing your budget.

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Sueños Tulum: the venue that made me wish I’d had a destination wedding (or at least a tropical honeymoon)

So, there I was in Tulum, about an hour and a half south of Cancun on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. I was not working.

…And yet I couldn’t stop thinking about weddings.

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Do you need a seating chart?

Do you need a seating chart? For the answer to that, we turned to offbeat bride and frequent guest poster, Channamasala. The answer isn’t as simple as you might think…