The five rules of drama-free wedding planning
I’ve noticed in planning my wedding that people are questioning my decisions a lot more than they usually do. People, especially families, don’t tend to question other life decisions as much as they do weddings. With that in mind, here are five rules for wedding planning that are incredibly sensible.
The art of the Low-Drama No: developing your bridal boundaries
How can you make your needs clear without steamrolling other people’s concerns and comfort levels? How can you say no without stomping a high-rise?
Bridesmaids: honored friends or henchwomen?
“If they aren’t even going to be able to help me, should I just avoid having them at all?”
My fiance won’t help me with wedding planning: Learning from partnership imbalances
Ariel answers the perennial question: “Why does it seem like all the wedding planning falls to me?”
9 ways to get your groom involved
Are you having trouble getting your groom to buck up and help with the wedding planning? Or getting him to say anything other than “Sure, whatever…” when you ask him wedding-related questions? These 9 suggestions just might change his attitude from “meh” you “yeah!”
How to tell dad that another man is walking you down the aisle
“How do I tell my biological father that another man is going to walk me down the aisle?”