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Plan your wedding
Bring your tasks, costs and guests together for the day.
Invitations and wording
Find the right words for your wedding invitation.
As a wedding guest
Write a personal message and choose a thoughtful gift.
Wedding anniversaries
Explore anniversary names, traditions and celebration ideas.
Throwing rice and confetti: allowed, sensible, or worth replacing?
Whether your venue allows confetti, where throwing rice came from, whether it really harms birds, and which alternati...
Funny wedding wishes: 50 lines that make both of them laugh
50 funny wedding wishes for the card and guest book: married life, puns and rhymes, lines for best friends, no ex jok...
Diamond wedding anniversary: marking 60 years of marriage
The 60th wedding anniversary is the diamond one: how to request the King's card or other official greetings, a gentle...
Chasing wedding RSVPs: what to do when guests go quiet
A three-stage plan for chasing missing wedding RSVPs: when to remind, who should ring, what to say, and when silence...
Wedding planning arguments: what they are really about
Why wedding planning arguments are almost never about the thing being argued over, the four conflicts hiding undernea...
Anniversary wishes for your partner, family and friends, year by year
68 original anniversary wishes for your partner, parents, grandparents and friends, by year from the first to the fif...
Ruby wedding anniversary: what 40 years means and how to mark it
The 40th wedding anniversary is the ruby one: what the stone stands for, ways to celebrate, seven wishes to adapt, an...
How to get a marriage license in the United States
Apply in person at the county clerk in the state where you will marry. Waiting periods, expiry dates, what happens at...
Preparing for a wedding dress appointment: making the ninety minutes count
What to settle before a wedding dress appointment, what to bring, who to take with you and how to record dresses so t...
What changes about your taxes when you get married
Filing jointly in the US, Marriage Allowance in the UK: what actually changes about your tax when you marry, what to...
Which costs do couples almost always miss?
Which wedding costs do couples miss? Service charges, vendor meals, overtime, cake cutting, corkage and tips add 15 t...
Something old, new, borrowed, blue: where does it come from?
Where something old, new, borrowed and blue comes from, what each item is meant to stand for, the forgotten fifth lin...