Open thread: how do you deal with wedding body-shaming?
I just got engaged, and I went on my first dress shopping outing with my sister and my mom last weekend. I was hoping it would be a fun bonding experience, but instead I felt criticized and harassed by both of them. I’m a plus-size bride, and both of them kept making comments about how dresses would fit once a lost a few pounds, how certain dress styles would look good after my wedding diet (…that I’ve never once said I was doing!), how this dress covered up my arms and looked better than that dress that didn’t.
What was supposed to be a good day, turned into a day where I went home feeling like I’d been a victim of wedding body-shaming. How do other plus-size brides stay body positive in the face of constant criticism?
Open thread: What were your favorite wedding gifts?
We know a lot of y’all just got married. (Congrats, and thanks for still hanging out with us!) So here’s a fun post-wedding related question, one of our readers recently asked… “Totally materialistic post: What was your favorite wedding gift? Most unique? Most creative?” Ooh ooh, I’ll start…
Open thread: Are you hiding or showing your scars on your wedding day?
Offbeat Bride has published numerous insightful and encouraging posts about “controversial” body markings such as tattoos, piercings, and out-there hairstyles — but what about scars? Especially those that have a story you DON’T want to tell, like scars from self-harming?
Open thread: How do you have a no-kids wedding ceremony but kid-friendly reception?
With 5,000+ posts in our archives, it’s rare that we get a reader question that we don’t have an answer to, but here’s one: “Any tips on letting family and guests know that couple prefers no children at the ceremony but all are welcome at the reception?” We posted this question to our Facebook page, and y’all supplied some great tips…