Fights about weddings will happen, here’s how to work your politics into the compromise
I wish I read this post about consensual bridal showers when I first got engaged. I wouldn’t have felt so “wrong” when I came across the same scenario… I tried to be polite. I tried to kindly turn it down. That didn’t work. Then things got ugly. This is when I had a big realization… These fights about weddings will exist no matter how hard I try. But there are ways to work your politics into the compromise.
Magic wedding math: how to estimate guest list numbers using a simple equation
You’ve got to get that guest list number to your caterer, your venue, your uncle, your cat… everyone needs this number, right? How are you supposed to figure it out when you know your guests are slacking with their RSVPs? The best way to guesstimate this number is to sit down with your list and figure out the likelihood of each person, but if you’re needing the number NAONAONAO, we’ve got some math that may help. Here’s our advice for how to estimate guest list numbers.
What happened when we put OUR wedding needs first…
Somehow, it is portrayed as perfectly normal to make huge exceptions for your wedding day, from going into debt to inviting too many people, to having melt-downs over canapés. Of the traditional wedding “must-haves,” we didn’t want most, don’t need many, and can’t have some. We said “no” over and over — feeling like rather fussy inconsiderate people. But here’s what’s happened since we’ve put our wedding planning needs first…
18 things I wish I could have told my wedding-planning self a year ago (Part 2)
With the benefit of a year of hindsight, I thought I might give some advice to my younger self. Or, failing that — why do we not have time-travel yet?! — I figured I could give some advice to those of you who are still deep in the trenches of planning. The number 18 has great significance in Judaism, so without further ado, here is part two of the 18 things I wish I could tell my wedding-planning self…