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Advice

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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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…”

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Advice for a newlywed on her wedding night

What’s my advice to a virgin who describes herself as “Scaredy Pants” about having sex on her wedding night? Well, it comes to down to one thing: having sex with herself first.

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What if my wedding sucks?

I recently got an email from a reader looking for help dealing with “mind-numbing paranoia and fear” about her wedding. Here’s my advice…

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What to wear when I don’t want a dress or a suit?

You want to look good at your wedding, but you also want to look like YOU, instead of someone wearing a costume. So WTF do you wear if you’re not girly, but you’re also not into butch formalwear?