Wedding weight loss: fighting pressure to lose weight for your wedding
All of my anxieties about my mother scrutinizing my weight all through the engagement process (“No wedding dresses are going to look attractive on you if you don’t lose a good 40 pounds!”) makes me almost not want to get married at all. How do I deal with it? How do I tell her to back off without pissing her off or giving her a brush-off answer?
How to talk about your wedding on Facebook without pissing people off
So your relationship status has changed from “in a relationship” to “engaged” and now all of Facebook is chiming in to say “congrats!” Even what’s-her-face commented that she “can’t wait for the wedding!” But… you never even planned to invite her.
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?
Hello, I’m the bride. My name is Doormat.
I have only been working in a bridal salon for near a month now and already I have seen some appalling behaviours that seriously need to stop. I have seen far too many people come in and out of my store who have let themselves be walked all over by family members and loved ones. It isn’t right.