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Wedding advice and etiquette can be a weird thing, especially when you’re talking about alternative and offbeat weddings. We pride ourselves on our compassionate focus on constructive, respectful communication and focus on conflict resolution.

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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.

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Bilingual wedding: How are you handling the multiple languages at your wedding?

My future husband’s family speaks multiple different languages, but none of them are English. How do I help my husband’s family not feel so left out when the whole ceremony is in English. Our wedsite is in English. And the vows are in English.

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Two OH SHIT KIT packing lists – be twice as prepared for all wedding day emergencies

What’s an OH SHIT KIT? It’s the bag filled with all the important items you might find yourself needing on your wedding day. Think of it as your emergency preparedness kit for your wedding day. What to put in your OH SHIT KIT? We’ve got your packing list right here…

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Distance between wedding ceremony and reception: How far away is too far?

I’ve realized, though, that the place where I would love to have the reception is over half an hour away from the church. I’m guessing this would be a big drive, especially for the out-of-towners (and there are a lot). Is that too much of a distance to ask my guests to travel? I don’t want to be “that wedding we went to where we had to drive so far to have dinner!”