We Cancelled Our Big Wedding For A $13K Elopement On The Sea

25 Bridal Shower Ideas As Cool As Your BFF

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What Wedding Details Are Worth Your Time (And Money)

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Who Wants To Share Their Real Wedding Budget?

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I Want My Friends To Be More Excited About My Polyamorous Engagement

Q:I’m polyamorous, which means (for me) that I am in multiple long-term relationships. I have two partners, both of whom I have been dating for several years, and both of whom I love dearly, though differently. I live with one...

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We Cancelled Our Big Wedding For A $13K Elopement On The Sea

The best choice was to be on a boat

Looking back on the wedding planning, as simple as it would have been to just get eloped from the start,...

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25 Bridal Shower Ideas As Cool As Your BFF

Our favorite shower themes and activities right now

So you’re on the prowl for bridal shower ideas. You have one to plan, and you’re not sure where to...

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Who Wants To Share Their Real Wedding Budget?

The more details, the better

I started APW because I was having a total meltdown about wedding budgets. My issue was less what people were...

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APW Happy Hour

Hey APW, It’s been an awful week. As a human, and as a Mother of small children, what has happened,...

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Wedding Checklist: Complete & Lower Stress

4 Ways to Make Wedding Planning Less Stressful

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Wedding Colors: 10 Fresh & Hip Combos

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How To Create A Perfect (For You) Wedding Budget

Our $9K ’70s-Themed Church Wedding For 140 Guests

Our vibe: David Bowie and yellow kitchens from the 1970s

My favorite thing was telling our "love story." We met when we were both on vacation in Mexico, and we...

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Can I Uninvite Someone For Not Being Excited Enough?

I think she's jealous of me

Q: I know it’s in poor taste to uninvite someone to a party, but hear me out before you answer....

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What Wedding Details Are Worth Your Time (And Money)

And how to avoid the ones that are not

You know what’s making wedding planning so difficult these days? I mean, of course you do, because you’re planning a wedding...

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I Realized I Might Not Be Straight… After I Married A Man

Coming to terms with bisexuality in marriage has its growing pains

Growing up in the Midwest, I knew about lesbians. They had short hair and wore flannel with Doc Martens. I...

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5 Creative Ways To Set The Tone For Your Queer Wedding

Or your Eleganza Extravaganza, as the case may be

When my wife and I first started planning our wedding as a queer couple, I found myself uttering the same...

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Can I Tell My Fellow Bridesmaid She’s Too Big For Her Dress?

It's my duty as MOH right?

Q:DEAR AMY, I’m the maid of honor in my best friend’s wedding. She and I have been best friends for...

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Our $5K Self-Officiated, Intimate Ceremony In The Park

Take an Instagram influencer and add coffee

Something will always go wrong, no matter how small or big your wedding is. I received this simple advice from...

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My Fiancé Thinks Spending Money on a Wedding is Stupid

Actually, we sort of don't agree on any of our financial goals

Q:  My fiancé and I very recently got engaged after nearly four years together. I’m super excited and also surprised....

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How To Pick The Perfect (For You) Wedding Bouquet

6 shapes. Infinite possibilities.

Wedding bouquets. Figuring out what you want is such a delight (ohhh pretty flowers), while also somehow such a headache....

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APW Happy Hour

Jamaica on my mind

Hey APW, Keriann here. Last week, I got a jump-start on summer by spending a few days in Negril, Jamaica, courtesy...

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Our $16K Gay Garden Party In Northern California

Church ladies and bejeweled queer lads

Sean had always dreamed of a huge wedding with loads of people from every corner of life, but in the...

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How Do I Confront My Bridesmaid Who’s Bad with Money?

I'm pretty sure she's gonna flake

Q: I asked my best friend to be my MOH right after I got engaged, and my first mistake was...

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7 Tips For Creating A Simple DIY Photobooth

Updated with new fun technology

One of my favorite tips about planning a successful party is to give your guests something to do when they...

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This Is What It Was Actually Like Registering As A Radical Queer Couple

How to honor RuPaul while also asking for dishes

When we first started planning our wedding as a queer couple, we had about a minute to celebrate the googly...

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8 Ways My Infertility Was More Isolating Than My Cancer

What's different is how people treat me

When it came to cancer, I was lucky. I had a thyroid nodule under observation for many years; when I was...

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Help! My Family Can’t Put Their Shit Aside to Celebrate (Two Weddings)

Instead they just sent an over the top gift

Q: Growing up, I lived in close vicinity to a lot of cousins, and we spent a ton of time...

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Our Huge $110K Wedding In An Antique Warehouse Was Full of Love

When more is more

There are so many memorable moments from our wedding. One of my favorites was hearing Steve’s procession down the aisle....

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What Wedding Planning Problems Are Plaguing You Right Now?

It's go time, y'all

A few weeks ago, I was catching up with my sister when we fell down the rabbit hole of wedding...

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How To Plan A Bachelorette Party: Tips From The Trenches

Fewer "Hey Ladies!" emails, more fun

I’m currently in the middle of planning a bachelorette party. This is the second bachelorette party I’ve planned, but it’s...

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APW Happy Hour

Do you want to come party with us in July?

Hey APW, This week Meg and Keriann were both traveling to Jamaica on unrelated trips while Najva hangs out at...

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