During the wedding planning, I was complaining about the theme question somewhere on Jezebel/I Thee Dread, and another commenter and I started joking about founding a company that fully themed your wedding. My favorites were “Reality Show Wedding” (guarantees: no discreet photographers, but paparazzi all up in your…

I had a wedding. I really, REALLY enjoyed my wedding. I will defend my choice to have a wedding until the end of time, because it was really fucking fun, and I got to see so many people I hadn’t seen in years, and one of my friends hooked up with one of my now-husband’s friends, which was hilarious and phenomenal and…

The same thing happened to me. I was all about the maybe-we-don’t-even-have-a-wedding-but-if-we-do-it’s-small-and-nontraditional idea (that was too many hyphens, but I started and couldn’t stop), and he wanted to get married in a church with ALL the traditions. I was totally fine with it, but really uncomfortable with…

I feel like I would have gotten a giant, light-up ring from those machines in the grocery store, put it around my neck, and busted it out every time someone argued that I needed one. Then, if they persisted, I would turn it on. Maintaining eye contact the whole time.

I’ve been to Stockholm once (for a conference nearby, and then I couldn’t resist extending my stay a couple of days!), and I really liked it. My only major concerns are cost (I live in a fairly cheap city right now) and building a new social network, which isn’t specific to Sweden. We lucked out like crazy in the…

Yeah, it didn’t do as much for my figure for the front as other dresses I tried on, because it is very low-backed and doesn’t allow for any shaping at the waist, but it had an amazing profile and back - plus I love those lace overlays!

Again, it is absolutely fine for that to be your desire! Rock on with your romantic future house! But also, you know, acknowledge that you spend your money on frivolous shit all the time, and don’t hate on people who think that a huge party with all their friends and family is super fun and something worth spending…

Every time I see this photo I think about what a disaster I would be in this shot. I have a terrible serious face, and I look ridiculous when I try to stand straight and strong like that.

Oh God, our photographer kept dragging everyone over for these large group pictures, and I wanted to KILL him. Fortunately we had nice enough weather that the wedding was sort of spilling outside anyway, so everyone still had full drinks and could chat. But I finally had to tell him to just let people drink and dance…

There are so few of my people here! Hello, fellow cynic!

Kinja is struggling to insert gifs, so please imagine an over-the-top eyeroll right here.

I just started doing everything before we were officially “engaged.” The vendors weren’t going to tell my friends and family, and I was only waiting on him to do the ring proposal he’d always dreamed of or whatever, so it wasn’t a big deal.

It was really weird wearing a white dress specifically because it clearly designated me as A Bride. I’ve never had that before, in any capacity - even uniforms aren’t as widely recognized as The Wedding Dress. When I walked out of my hotel to go to the ceremony, people outside applauded and wished me luck. It was…

My sister’s dress had a really quick turnaround, and then it hung in my parents house for months. That was fine, but the idea of having my white wedding dress in MY house (because I live and was married in a different country from them), with its small rooms and dark gray cat and spilling tendencies was so fucking…

I was thinking that looked a lot like mine! I had the Maggie Sottero “Francesca” - similar lace overlay, but a different cut. Maggie Sottero dresses are gorgeous and comfortable and everything that is great.

If it helps, my siblings and I always had a good relationship with my parents (except one sister who had a couple rocky years from 16-18, but that was actually due to medication). They weren’t our “friends,” I guess, but we always loved them and spent happy time together as a family. And we’re mostly doing fine as…

I got married a week ago, and I have a friend who is getting married next April. My wedding-planning experience was lovely, because I live in a different country than where I grew up, so no one was butting in about anything - plus my parents are super chill about that kind of thing. Her wedding-planning experience has…

I was so fucking pissed that I didn’t get the appetizers. We did pictures after the ceremony (MISTAKE! This is a huge mistake! I knew it was, but I gave in because my husband wanted to see me for the first time at the ceremony and love and romance and blah blah blah), so by the time we got there, the…

Oh my god I am so angry at your roommate what the fuck

Well thank goodness that you, a 24-year-old male graduate student, have all the life experience needed to let everyone else know what love is and how to celebrate it.