Dear ESB,  My wedding is not until the end of January and my future MIL is driving me BAT SHIT CRAZY. I need your sage, blunt advice.  ...

Dear East Side Bride, My partner's mother is very sweet and supportive, but she can be pretty oblivious. She picked out a dress fo...

Dear ESB, I'll just come right out and say it: my future mother-in-law is a cunt. Every step of the wedding planning process has be...

I am in a bit of a planning quandary. Here goes: My fiancé and I have been together for 6 years, and we finally got engaged on March ...

Here's the gist: -Destination wedding in lovely family spot (partially because we didn't want a huge wedding in our mutual home...

Dear ESB,  I'm unsure as to what my role is in "encouraging" and "supporting" my FH. We've been together fo...

Dear ESB,  How soon is too soon to make plans for the holidays, and what's the secret to making both families happy? This will my h...

[I just deleted this Dear ESB at the request of the writer-inner, but I like the photo too much to take the whole thing down.] Photo by...

Hi ESB. FH and I are having a very small, intimate wedding. We rented a big house in the woods, invited immediate family and a few dear...

When the mother in law calls the rehearsal dinner "technically her party" and constantly reminds you that she is paying for it ...

Hi ESB – I have 5 bridesmaids… one is the groom's sister. She’s two years younger than me and my FH, she’s 27, and has been off unemp...

Dear ESB, Here's my dilemma: my future mother in law has asked me to wear a pearl necklace to my wedding that has sentimental value t...

Dear ESB, My fiance and I were engaged this spring after having been together for 4 years. I love him dearly, but his parents (as much...

I'm hoping your readers can offer some advice because I'm scurred to death that my MIL and I will have a falling out someday, maybe...

Dear East Side Bride, I'm not religious (my family is Hindu, I went to Episcopalian school, but I don't believe in organized rel...

Dear ESB:  I am getting pressure from all sides on who I should invite to our wedding. My mom is pushing to have all the family (aunts, ...

I make the bed in the morning. And I get perverse pleasure in doing laundry now that I have my very own machine . (And my own dryer in her...