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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A couple had a $100,000 budget for their destination wedding. Here's how they spent it.

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A groom looks at his bride in their wedding attire. They pose in front of a tree.
Misaki and Amir Hajimirsadeghi had a destination wedding.

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The year's biggest stock market rebound is a legendarily obnoxious clothing brand

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Upward trending arrow emerging from an Abercrombie & Fitch shopping bag filled with clothes
Once-struggling retailer Abercrombie is booming, and its stock is even beating out Wall Street darling Nvidia

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A bridesmaid says she's out $3,200 for the wedding, and if she did everything the bride wanted, she'd probably have to move

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Bridesmaids
One-third of bridal party members said they went into debt for the wedding.

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My fiancé and I are planning our wedding, but he's unemployed, and we're in debt. We've had to get creative.

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Kelsey herbers and her fiance walking down the street, holding hands and looking at each other
The author, left, is planning her wedding with her fiancé, right.

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