21k 18 Comments Feb. 21, 2014 Let your guests decide if they should bring a "plus one" I am in the midst of planning my wedding, and have had many friends ask me if we will or will not be allowing guests to bring "plus ones." I recently sent out an email to clarify what we are thinking. This is how I'm dealing with my "plus one" situation… Read More 25k 191 Comments Nov. 11, 2013 The drama-minimizing guide to not inviting family members to your wedding Ug. This is a post no one wants to write, but that definitely needs to be written. Unfortunately, for a whole bunch of legitimate reasons ranging from addiction to abuse, crime to communication problems, some of you are going to face the challenge of not inviting certain family members (or ANY family members) to your wedding. Read More 8.2k 19 Comments Sep. 19, 2013 Use Facebook to "shame" your guests into RSVPing Okay okay, we don't really advocate Facebook shaming. And we totally think Facebook sucks, especially when you're getting married. BUT(!) Tribesmaid stephanienjer did you use Facebook to get a leg up on her lazy RSVPs… Read More 19k 46 Comments Jul. 17, 2013 Wedding tit for wedding tat: Am I obligated to invite someone to my wedding if they invited me to theirs? I'm getting married this fall, and we've done our best to keep the guestlist under 100 people. Of course a smaller guestlist has meant making a lot of tough decisions about who not to invite, but them's the breaks. …Except for now I just got an invitation to an acquaintance inviting me to HER wedding! Needless to say, this is an acquaintance who I'm NOT inviting to our wedding… what do I do? Read More 26k 61 Comments Apr. 17, 2013 Half our guests said no: Seeing the positives to an itty bitty guest list More than half our guest list is unable to attend our wedding. As a result, we've gone from having a small wedding to having a microscopic one. I keep waffling between thoughts of, "This is awesome!" and, "Ohfuckohfuck, what will people think?!" I want to kick these negative thoughts about our compact wedding to the curb. They're untrue, and they only serve to make me feel bad. I don't deserve to feel bad. I'm a fantastic person hosting a fantastic wedding. In the name of positivity, here's a list of everything that can be awesome about itty bitty weddings: Read More 16k 28 Comments Apr. 3, 2013 Wedding planning backlash and being accountable for your choices Wedding planning is all about making a crapload of choices. Even those couples who do their utmost to avoid making every single decision still have to face some choices. Dudes, some of those choices are tough ones. And we can talk forever about etiquette, or rules, or best practices, but real life comes with choices that don't always fit into nice boxes. The thing is, when you make a big decision, especially about an event like a wedding, people have major feels about it. MAJOR FEELS. And when it comes to weddings, we often want to seek advice but we also often get unsolicited advice. In the face of that, you need to be prepared to be accountable. Read More 1234567 Copyright © 2003 - 2021 Offbeat Empire. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited. Contact us Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Monetized by SkimLinks
25k 191 Comments Nov. 11, 2013 The drama-minimizing guide to not inviting family members to your wedding Ug. This is a post no one wants to write, but that definitely needs to be written. Unfortunately, for a whole bunch of legitimate reasons ranging from addiction to abuse, crime to communication problems, some of you are going to face the challenge of not inviting certain family members (or ANY family members) to your wedding. Read More 8.2k 19 Comments Sep. 19, 2013 Use Facebook to "shame" your guests into RSVPing Okay okay, we don't really advocate Facebook shaming. And we totally think Facebook sucks, especially when you're getting married. BUT(!) Tribesmaid stephanienjer did you use Facebook to get a leg up on her lazy RSVPs… Read More 19k 46 Comments Jul. 17, 2013 Wedding tit for wedding tat: Am I obligated to invite someone to my wedding if they invited me to theirs? I'm getting married this fall, and we've done our best to keep the guestlist under 100 people. Of course a smaller guestlist has meant making a lot of tough decisions about who not to invite, but them's the breaks. …Except for now I just got an invitation to an acquaintance inviting me to HER wedding! Needless to say, this is an acquaintance who I'm NOT inviting to our wedding… what do I do? Read More 26k 61 Comments Apr. 17, 2013 Half our guests said no: Seeing the positives to an itty bitty guest list More than half our guest list is unable to attend our wedding. As a result, we've gone from having a small wedding to having a microscopic one. I keep waffling between thoughts of, "This is awesome!" and, "Ohfuckohfuck, what will people think?!" I want to kick these negative thoughts about our compact wedding to the curb. They're untrue, and they only serve to make me feel bad. I don't deserve to feel bad. I'm a fantastic person hosting a fantastic wedding. In the name of positivity, here's a list of everything that can be awesome about itty bitty weddings: Read More 16k 28 Comments Apr. 3, 2013 Wedding planning backlash and being accountable for your choices Wedding planning is all about making a crapload of choices. Even those couples who do their utmost to avoid making every single decision still have to face some choices. Dudes, some of those choices are tough ones. And we can talk forever about etiquette, or rules, or best practices, but real life comes with choices that don't always fit into nice boxes. The thing is, when you make a big decision, especially about an event like a wedding, people have major feels about it. MAJOR FEELS. And when it comes to weddings, we often want to seek advice but we also often get unsolicited advice. In the face of that, you need to be prepared to be accountable. Read More 1234567 Copyright © 2003 - 2021 Offbeat Empire. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited. Contact us Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Monetized by SkimLinks
8.2k 19 Comments Sep. 19, 2013 Use Facebook to "shame" your guests into RSVPing Okay okay, we don't really advocate Facebook shaming. And we totally think Facebook sucks, especially when you're getting married. BUT(!) Tribesmaid stephanienjer did you use Facebook to get a leg up on her lazy RSVPs… Read More 19k 46 Comments Jul. 17, 2013 Wedding tit for wedding tat: Am I obligated to invite someone to my wedding if they invited me to theirs? I'm getting married this fall, and we've done our best to keep the guestlist under 100 people. Of course a smaller guestlist has meant making a lot of tough decisions about who not to invite, but them's the breaks. …Except for now I just got an invitation to an acquaintance inviting me to HER wedding! Needless to say, this is an acquaintance who I'm NOT inviting to our wedding… what do I do? Read More 26k 61 Comments Apr. 17, 2013 Half our guests said no: Seeing the positives to an itty bitty guest list More than half our guest list is unable to attend our wedding. As a result, we've gone from having a small wedding to having a microscopic one. I keep waffling between thoughts of, "This is awesome!" and, "Ohfuckohfuck, what will people think?!" I want to kick these negative thoughts about our compact wedding to the curb. They're untrue, and they only serve to make me feel bad. I don't deserve to feel bad. I'm a fantastic person hosting a fantastic wedding. In the name of positivity, here's a list of everything that can be awesome about itty bitty weddings: Read More 16k 28 Comments Apr. 3, 2013 Wedding planning backlash and being accountable for your choices Wedding planning is all about making a crapload of choices. Even those couples who do their utmost to avoid making every single decision still have to face some choices. Dudes, some of those choices are tough ones. And we can talk forever about etiquette, or rules, or best practices, but real life comes with choices that don't always fit into nice boxes. The thing is, when you make a big decision, especially about an event like a wedding, people have major feels about it. MAJOR FEELS. And when it comes to weddings, we often want to seek advice but we also often get unsolicited advice. In the face of that, you need to be prepared to be accountable. Read More 1234567 Copyright © 2003 - 2021 Offbeat Empire. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited. Contact us Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Monetized by SkimLinks
19k 46 Comments Jul. 17, 2013 Wedding tit for wedding tat: Am I obligated to invite someone to my wedding if they invited me to theirs? I'm getting married this fall, and we've done our best to keep the guestlist under 100 people. Of course a smaller guestlist has meant making a lot of tough decisions about who not to invite, but them's the breaks. …Except for now I just got an invitation to an acquaintance inviting me to HER wedding! Needless to say, this is an acquaintance who I'm NOT inviting to our wedding… what do I do? Read More 26k 61 Comments Apr. 17, 2013 Half our guests said no: Seeing the positives to an itty bitty guest list More than half our guest list is unable to attend our wedding. As a result, we've gone from having a small wedding to having a microscopic one. I keep waffling between thoughts of, "This is awesome!" and, "Ohfuckohfuck, what will people think?!" I want to kick these negative thoughts about our compact wedding to the curb. They're untrue, and they only serve to make me feel bad. I don't deserve to feel bad. I'm a fantastic person hosting a fantastic wedding. In the name of positivity, here's a list of everything that can be awesome about itty bitty weddings: Read More 16k 28 Comments Apr. 3, 2013 Wedding planning backlash and being accountable for your choices Wedding planning is all about making a crapload of choices. Even those couples who do their utmost to avoid making every single decision still have to face some choices. Dudes, some of those choices are tough ones. And we can talk forever about etiquette, or rules, or best practices, but real life comes with choices that don't always fit into nice boxes. The thing is, when you make a big decision, especially about an event like a wedding, people have major feels about it. MAJOR FEELS. And when it comes to weddings, we often want to seek advice but we also often get unsolicited advice. In the face of that, you need to be prepared to be accountable. Read More 1234567 Copyright © 2003 - 2021 Offbeat Empire. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited. Contact us Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Monetized by SkimLinks
26k 61 Comments Apr. 17, 2013 Half our guests said no: Seeing the positives to an itty bitty guest list More than half our guest list is unable to attend our wedding. As a result, we've gone from having a small wedding to having a microscopic one. I keep waffling between thoughts of, "This is awesome!" and, "Ohfuckohfuck, what will people think?!" I want to kick these negative thoughts about our compact wedding to the curb. They're untrue, and they only serve to make me feel bad. I don't deserve to feel bad. I'm a fantastic person hosting a fantastic wedding. In the name of positivity, here's a list of everything that can be awesome about itty bitty weddings: Read More 16k 28 Comments Apr. 3, 2013 Wedding planning backlash and being accountable for your choices Wedding planning is all about making a crapload of choices. Even those couples who do their utmost to avoid making every single decision still have to face some choices. Dudes, some of those choices are tough ones. And we can talk forever about etiquette, or rules, or best practices, but real life comes with choices that don't always fit into nice boxes. The thing is, when you make a big decision, especially about an event like a wedding, people have major feels about it. MAJOR FEELS. And when it comes to weddings, we often want to seek advice but we also often get unsolicited advice. In the face of that, you need to be prepared to be accountable. Read More 1234567
16k 28 Comments Apr. 3, 2013 Wedding planning backlash and being accountable for your choices Wedding planning is all about making a crapload of choices. Even those couples who do their utmost to avoid making every single decision still have to face some choices. Dudes, some of those choices are tough ones. And we can talk forever about etiquette, or rules, or best practices, but real life comes with choices that don't always fit into nice boxes. The thing is, when you make a big decision, especially about an event like a wedding, people have major feels about it. MAJOR FEELS. And when it comes to weddings, we often want to seek advice but we also often get unsolicited advice. In the face of that, you need to be prepared to be accountable. Read More 1234567