One of the hardest parts of wedding planning is the emotional work it takes to accept that some things are just out of budget. That no matter how much Googling you do, you aren’t going find that perfect,...
2 CommentsThere are some things that people just don’t talk about. We all curate our lives on social media, posting the highlight reel of our days and shoving everything that can’t be made pretty by an Instagram filter...
59 Commentsf you’ve been to more than one Jewish wedding, you’ve probably noticed some huge differences in traditional Jewish rituals from wedding to wedding. (And if you haven’t been to a Jewish wedding yet, I hope...
40 CommentsA few weekends ago, my husband and I made a big list on a piece of poster board to #GetOurShitTogether. It has projects around the house we want to get done, things we need to buy (we’ve been living...
231 CommentsIt’s time for some real talk about your wedding party. Look, on the best day, to-do lists give us mixed feelings. On wedding-lead-up days? Constantly nagging you to call back the baker, confirm your hair...
65 CommentsHey APW, Does it feel like the first full workweek in ages to anyone else? Or maybe that’s just because the last couple of weeks have had me feeling like I was being tossed around in a cement mixer...
541 CommentsWhile wedding planning, repeating over and over in my head was the line “ I will not remember what my wedding looked like; I will remember what it felt like” from A Practical Wedding Planner by Meg Keene. With...
48 CommentsQ: I’ve had beef with my future in-laws for years, particularly with my future mother-in-law. It all started when my fiancé’s family collectively found out that I do not ascribe to a religion, and...
42 CommentsIn 2009, I decided to become an adult. That doesn’t mean I threw out my Xbox or my wardrobe. (In fact, I will NEVER throw out my beat-up checkered Vans that have twenty-three holes. As a wise woman named Demi...
45 CommentsThere are so many things I’ve never said. When we first got together six years ago, I was only twenty, and you were the caretaker that I needed in the midst of deep uncertainty about my life, my future, and my...
12 CommentsWe talk a lot around these parts about not getting swept up in meaningless wedding “musts” and prioritizing the things that are important to you. And, true. But. Chances are there are other people...
5 CommentsQ: DEAR AMY, My partner’s daughter is way over budget for her upcoming wedding. She has had an engagement party that cost her parents $15,000 (the couple took home $17,000), and her bridal shower that...
98 CommentsWhen it comes to wedding hair, most folks fall into one of two groups: the I-know-EXACTLY-how-I-want-my-hair-to-look crew, or the OMFG-what-am-I-going-to-do-with-my-hair squad. And you know, I should be...
8 CommentsNot so long ago, when my friends got engaged, they’d ask me what wedding websites they should read or what books they should buy. (I mean, APW and the APW book and APW Planner obviously, but there are...
70 CommentsYou know why I think so many people end up frustrated with registering for their wedding? It's because the wedding industry has taken all the fun out of it. (What? That never happens!) The "must-have" lists...
18 CommentsHey APW, How was your first week back, after the unofficial end of summer? We had a quiet weekend, trying to keep two small children healthy during a heat wave that spiked up to 109, in a part of the country...
437 CommentsWe wrote our own vows and debated keeping them a secret or sharing them. We ended up putting them in a Google Doc, which meant we were able to read each other’s vows and comment on them months in advance. We...
13 CommentsQ: After planning my wedding and marrying my love, I went through a shocking divorce. I discovered my husband was cheating for months during business travel and had a side girlfriend while I was planning our...
135 CommentsEven though there is plenty to complain about when you’re planning a wedding in 2017, we have one thing to be grateful for. We’ve reached the point of total acceptance of the wedding website....
23 CommentsQ: We are getting married in the next couple of months and there has been some strain over whether or not to provide an open bar. Both of us are professionals (lawyer and doctor) and think it would be kind of...
89 CommentsThe summer before my senior year of college, I stood in the back of the living room of the cabin my family had rented for a week in Whistler, B.C., and listened to my uncle make a speech about my...
11 CommentsIf you’re planning a wedding in New York City, and you don’t already know about Queens-based Corey Torpie Photography, then hold the damn phone. Because no one in New York (or anywhere for that matter) shoots...
2 CommentsI recently got what turned out to be one of the best group texts I’ve gotten in a zillion years, from one of my super-long-time besties, asking me and her sister for advice on proposing to her boyfriend....
158 CommentsSometimes, when I'm browsing through images online and looking at wedding images in particular, I think "Damn, I might be able to pull that off." But the problem is, it's hard to find women that reflect what I...
8 CommentsHey APW, I got to spend just over twenty-four hours in Orange County last weekend for a family wedding. It was a huge and amazing Orthodox Jewish Wedding (the kind where a guest list of 250 is considered...
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