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Rant: If another person offers to walk me down the aisle, I'm going to explode.

My FI and I are walking down together. This is the decision we have made, together, and is final. And yet people still think it's appropriate to a) tell me that just because my dad is dead, doesn't...

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Double Wedding

My twin sister and i are planning a double for September 2014. We never dreamed of this, just happened! anyone have advice, tips, or things to avoid? 

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Balloons

I wouldn't describe our wedding as offbeat but this was the only board that seemed fitting for the question I had!  I've been looking for alternatives to my bridesmaids carrying bouquets, in part...

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HELP! Can't figure out groom/groomsmen attire!

Our wedding thing is dark enchanted forest. We are taking inspiration from: eleven, lord of the rings, Harry potter, corpse bride, woodland creatures, fairies, gnomes, princes, princesses, witches,...

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Offbeat or not?

Im not sure if this qualifies as "off beat" but my heart certainly skips a few beats when I think of my wedding next May! I am marrying my Pastor! Hes actually said to me once, "see me as a man first"...

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Our surnames sound horrendous together!

FI and I are getting married in November of this year, and we agreed that we would double barrel our names (without the hyphen) and just see which may sounds better to see what order they would come...

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Fantasy-style East Coast Chapels/Ceremony Venues

Hey guys! I absolutely fell in love with the Wayfarer's Chapel in CA:But I live in NJ, and it would cost waaay too much to fly out and check everything, plus flying out our families for the big day. My...

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trying to Incorporate Doctor Who

So we have our colors picked out for our wedding in OCT 2014. mint, emerald and purple! but im trying to incorporate Doctor Who in the wedding with out clashing with the colors, any suggestions?

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Money Poem

The etiquette police will have a field day with this one LOLWe are enclosing a poem with the invitations, asking for contributions to our honeymoon rather than gifts. This is our choice. I have a cute...

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What color shoes?

We are having a very small wedding in a restaurant.  It's a surprise wedding.  Everyone thinks they are going to a Wedding in Transylvania Murder Mystery Dinner...and they are...but our real wedding...

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Offbeat wedding music?

My entire ceremony is pretty much Muppet themed. My maids and I are walking to Kermit and Piggy's wedding music from The Muppets Take Manhattan then we are exiting the ceremony to "Never Before and...

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What do you think of Glycerine as a first dance?

I love this song. So does FI. Every time I hear it it makes me smile and think of him. But, a lot of people associate it with a doomed relationship and break ups... Sigh. It has the feel that we want...

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Don't listen to the judgy people

Me and my FI are having a Beauty and the Beast themed wedding. He actually chose the theme and since we both love the movie I went along with it. Anyway for our first dance we will be dancing to the...

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Off-Beat Brunch Wedding?

Hi everyone! I'm new to the forum. I've been engaged for a little over a year now and we're hoping to have the wedding in fall 2015 (plenty of time to plan, phew). So here's the scoop: neither of us...

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Post wedding/reception Activities

Hi Offbeat Brides. We are thinking of having a small(under20) person wedding at a B and B. The package includes cake and pop for all attendees and lasts about two hours. We were thinking of taking an...

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Picnic wedding

So the FI and I decided to have a picnic themed wedding. Something simple and cheap, but I have no idea where to begin. We thought we would just have immediate family, but if we can cut costs by having...

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Trying to hit the nerdy perfecta...

FI and I are going over what we want in our wedding.  We're both nerds, but I'm Sherlock Holmes and Star Trek, he's Lord of the Rings and Star Wars.  We meet at Harry Potter.  So far, we have:--...

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Incorporating Superheros/Comic Books

Hi!I'd like to find a subtle way to incorporate our love of comic book heroes into our wedding in some small way.  I'm not looking to do an entire comic book wedding, just find a small way to pay...

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Why is No Gifts so Controversial?!

Hey everyone. So my fiance and I have elected to not register anywhere - we dont want gifts.  My "shower" is saturday which is actually a wine tasting party - bring bottles of wine, and bring a recipe...

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