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Dear Amy: My fiancé comes from a successful family with money. I grew up very poor. Columnist Amy Dickinson (Bill Hogan/Chicago Tribune) My fiancé wants a large wedding. I only have a handful of people to invite. He wants to be involved in all decisions, but doesn’t want to talk about the wedding because he believes there’s not much to …

There will be more weddings in the United States in 2022 than any other year since 1984, according to a new survey by The Knot. The wedding planning site estimates that some 2.6 million weddings will take place this year, a boom that follows a record number of cancellations, postponements, elopements–and lots of Zoom nuptials–during the past two years.  “Weddings …

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Michelle Kahl and Pete Mscichowski’s unique wedding day was more than a decade in the making. They met in Chicago in 2009 during their first semester of college. “In some ways, I knew from the first moment I met Michelle that there was something special about her,” Pete remembers. Still though, when he asked her out, it wasn’t on a …

By Monica Laliberte, WRAL executive producer/5 on Your Side reporter This will be the year of weddings. Experts say 2022 is predicted to have the most weddings in decades, with venues, caterers, photographers and dressmakers becoming booked quickly and even telling couples to look ahead to 2023. Gregg Shields recently proposed to the love of his life, Sharla Gadson. The …

Read more about the 2022 wedding boom in our ongoing Year of the Wedding series. In January, Brittany Lo, the founder and chief executive of Beautini, a bridal beauty company in Manhattan, traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico, for a friend’s wedding. Come March, Ms. Lo will be in Jersey City, N.J., attending another friend’s wedding. And two days later, in Miami …

When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more. Loading Something is loading. So you’re getting married — congratulations! Weddings are a time to celebrate, and bring together friends and family. However, they can often be an extravagant, expensive affair: The average cost of a wedding was $28,000 in 2019, according to a survey by …

News “Our story is unconventional, but it’s different, it’s ours, and we love it!” Delivering the latest in style, inspiration, helpful tips and tricks, and everything else you need to know to plan the perfect Philly wedding. Dani and Brett Sinclair’s Merchants’ Exchange Building proposal took place two years after their wedding. Photography by Paige Kowal Here at Philadelphia Wedding, …