Inside the Ambani wedding: Details you may have missed, according to a guest who was there all weekend

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Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant on July 5 at their sangeet.
Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant on July 5 at their sangeet.

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Meet the rich and famous people in Mumbai for the Ambani wedding

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The Ambani family pose together as they arrive for the wedding whilst smiling
Anant Ambani with his parents Mukesh and Nita on Friday.

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Heavy rain could put a dampener on the lavish Ambani wedding, with flight delays and flooded roads in Mumbai

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Red flowers and yellow lights decorate an archway to the Antilia tower as security guards stand outisde
The entrance to the Ambani family's Mumbai home, a 27-story tower called Antilia, was decorated ahead of the wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant.

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The Ambani wedding is set to happen at the family's Mumbai mansion, Antilia. Take a look at the $1 billion tower.

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Red flowers and yellow lights decorate an archway to the Antilia tower as security guards stand outisde
The entrance to the Ambani family's Mumbai home, a 27-story tower called Antilia, is decorated ahead of the wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant.

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I stopped dieting before my wedding day. I worried I would be judged, but I wanted to look like myself in wedding pictures.

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Terryn Witherspoon-Woolfolk in her wedding dress standing against her husband in a suit
The author, right, stopped dieting before her wedding day.

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A school told its staff to wear something from the back of their closet, so 2 teachers dug out their wedding dresses

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Loreal Hemenway and Stephanie Osmundson with two other teachers who wore bridesmaids dresses for the dress up day.
Loreal Hemenway and Stephanie Osmundson with two other teachers who wore bridesmaids dresses for the dress up day.

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A bride says the $1,000 Jimmy Choo shoes she splurged on for her wedding broke after she wore them for 5 minutes

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A bride was letdown by her experience with Jimmy Choo.

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I had a hard time accepting my mother's fiancé. When she asked me and my sisters to walk her down the aisle, it helped me let go.

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Katrina Donham, left, with her sisters, a photo of their brother, and her mom on their mother's wedding day.
Katrina Donham, left, with her sisters, a photo of their brother, and her mom on their mother's wedding day.

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Some couples think receiving pricey wedding gifts is payback for putting on a ceremony. Others say it's tacky and entitled.

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Table full of wedding gifts.
Wedding guests are debating over whether it is expected they pay a certain amount for their gift.

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We're having 2 weddings because many of our LGBTQ+ guests don't feel safe going to Florida

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Two flowers facing away from each other
My partner and I are planning to have a wedding in New York and one in Florida.

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