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Relationship Advice

Relationship advice for engaged couples and newlyweds, because ultimately a wedding is all about your relationship with your partner. If you’re looking for more relationship advice, be sure to check out our sister site Offbeat Home & Life. (It’s like us but for the rest of life — including post-wedding relationship advice!)

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It’s not about the mayonnaise: stop using tired tropes when complaining about your partner

Have you ever bitched about your partner being stupid? It’s time to flip the script on complaint cliches.

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So, people think you’re too young to get married

I am 19 years old and I’ve been with my boyfriend for 4 years. We are very much in love and have eventual plans for marriage, but nothing set in stone. An old friend recently commented that we were “too young” to be engaged. How can I diffuse future situations where others judge our love to be “too young” for anything serious?

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Why you should consider boudoir photos. Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love my body

This past Saturday I had a boudoir shoot, and it was honestly the most liberating experience of my life. I was nervous and apprehensive going into it. I’ve never been completely comfortable with my body, and even less so now that I am in my 30s…

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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.