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Questions tagged [weddings]

Questions for which the location is a wedding, or a wedding-based setting.

Weddings are a form of , typically in a set location where 2 people are being married together. Questions with this tag involve situations which happen exclusively at weddings, and where the event being particularly a wedding is of importance to the question.

If the questions is about a general social event, and the wedding itself has no relevance to the question, then this tag should not be used, instead use the .

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Sketchy "friend" recently revealed true colors, is attending my wedding. Should I un-invite, and if so how?

I have a very tricky situation that has come up. I am getting married in two weeks (as the groom, age 39), and my fiancée (bride-to-be) has invited a close friend "Lucy" who is bringing her own fiancé "Sam" with her. Lucy is a sweet girl, is in…
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Is it rude to wear a sari as a westerner to a wedding in India?

I am a Canadian woman and I will be attending a wedding in India in January. There will be Indian and Canadian people in attendance. I was wondering if it is rude (or expected) to wear a sari to the wedding. The two disrespectful situations I am…
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How do I tell a friend I can't afford her wedding?

TL;DR – How do I tell a childhood friend that both my parents and I most likely cannot afford to travel for her wedding (to which I am to be a bridesmaid) without making her angry/defensive? Background Anne and I have been close friends since we…
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Dad wants me to invite his mother to my wedding. How to push it back?

Long story short, my fiancée and I wanted a small wedding. As small as 5 people max, signing the papers and eating at home. There are 34 guests invited now, eating at a restaurant at a cost of 165€ (about 200$) per person, suit, dress and honeymoon…
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What is the best way to begin a discussion around a compromise for our wedding location with my fiancée?

Background My fiancée and I recently got engaged and we've started talking about weddings. She's from Michigan and I'm from Georgia. Our families still live in those respective areas, but we met and currently live in the DC area. The problem lies in…
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Am I expected to bring a wedding gift if only invited to the evening reception?

A work colleague invited me and my partner (we live in London) to her wedding evening reception (starting at 7pm). We are French and this will be our first English wedding. We are not invited to the ceremony or meal. I have read online that the…
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How to decline a wedding invitation from a friend I haven't seen in years?

Three years back somebody of my group of friends got a girlfriend. Ever since he got together with her, me and the other friends of the same group did not hear from him again, despite our efforts to meet up again or just having a casual chat online.…
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Acknowledge someone's presence without encouraging conversation

I have had a friend during my college days. Unfortunately, it was only one directional and she never reciprocated my friendship appropriately. She used me for monetary purpose and mistreated me whenever I visited her home. There was an occasion…
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How to offer helping my friend with planning my meal at his wedding without coming across as rude?

Context I'm at this stage of life where quite a good part of my friends are getting married. Yay! Next Summer I'll attend two different weddings. The thing is, I have dietary restrictions (I'm vegan) and although there is a vegan option planned for…
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How to convince father to accept decision without holding a grudge later on?

So I got this situation going on: My sister is going to get married and doesn't want my father to escort her to the altar. She wants me to do it. My father has been told that he shall not escort her, and since then he's been holding a grudge and has…
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How to tell my fiancée's best friend we will marry on her 30th birthday?

My fiancée and I are getting married in fall next year. The location where we will marry has only two available dates and we have to pick one. One of the date is in mid-October where the weather is still not cold and the date numbers have a special…
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Invited to a wedding, but didn't get an invitation, what should I do?

A while back ago, my friend married. I was sent an invitation when no one was at home, so it got recalled and sent back to the sender (my friend, at a nearby town). A little background on this friend: we are classmates back in junior high school, in…
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Duties of a "Plus One"

A long time platonic friend is going to a wedding in a few weeks and has invited me as her plus one. She is buying the wedding gift and saying it is from both of us. I'll be transporting her to and from the wedding, which is in her city (where I…
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How to convey to sister-in-law that I wasn’t planning to invite her to hen night?

I am getting married in eight months. I haven’t made precise plans for the hen yet but I have a good idea of who I’d like to invite. The invitation would not include my sister in law, my brother’s wife. My brother got married about a year and a half…
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Future sister-in-law upsetting family with inattention?

In 2 weeks I will have a new sister in law as my brother is getting married. I knew her before they dated and thought that she talked a lot about herself, but that otherwise was friendly and pleasant. My mum can get exciteable and my brother was…
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