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I'm in Michigan. I have owned my house since 2011, in a desirable downtown location within a mile of a huge university campus. I bought it for $195k. My husband and I are planning to move and sell the house at the end of this summer, so I've been trying to get a ballpark idea of how much value it has gained.

I've checked Zillow, Trulia, Redfin, my bank's estimator, and several others, and they all give me estimates between $302-335k. But I am extremely skeptical - someone bought the house next door within months of mine, for about $30k less than mine (it is smaller, has fewer bedrooms, one story instead of two, etc.). It went back on the market last summer, and when it did, its Zestimate dr

Our wedding happened on Saturday and I am so happy! Here are the sneak peeks from our photographer. I'll post some of these individually when I'm talking about various elements in the recap below.

I underestimated how nervous I would be. The week leading up to it, I was a frantic mess. There were so many last-minute things to do, I felt like I was constantly going. And then the day of, I was excited, but since our venue was DIY and we didn't have a planner/coordinator, I just felt the pressure of so many moving parts. For the most part, it all came together, but it was nerve-wracking. My husband (!) felt the same.

To me, the best part was the [ceremony.](https:

Pictures here!

So I did a makeup trial several months ago and it didn't go well - here's my post about it. I debated about doing my own makeup but I don't really feel confident enough about my skills and it seems like a thing that has the potential to be really stressful to have to worry about on the day, so I tried again, and told the MUA some of the things I learned from my last post(s) - I asked for light-colored shadows, nothing dark under the eye, dewy finish on the face in a warmer shade, winged liner, and more dramatic lashes. I am way happie

I am changing my surname to my fiancé's, which I'm excited about. But I don't know what to do about my middle names! I'm trying to sort out pros and cons of various possibilities and would love help! This is not my exact name but so very close that it gives you the idea:

Kristin Elizabeth Weber Foster

Geller - fiancé's surname

• I have never liked having two middles - it's sometimes a pain with forms and such, and it seems like it makes sense to start over with a first, middle, and last.
• My current first middle (Elizabeth) was my grandmother's name but ultimately a really common middle name and the least meaningful, so it seems obvious to drop it. But then I have to choose between my

So my bachelorette weekend is in a few weeks, and I just ordered a couple of dresses from Lulu's for the occasion. I like them both for various reasons and can't decide between them! I'd love to know which y'all like better on me. Here they are.

Part of me wants to keep them both and use one for the rehearsal dinner, but I already bought this one last month from ASOS, and it's too late to return it, though I think I like the Lulu's dresses better. Should I swallow the $50 and replace it with one of the Lulu's dresses anyway? If so, which for bachelorette and which for rehearsal? Or maybe just hem the ASOS dress (the length/slit i

Our wedding in October has a space limitation of 100, and we had 130 we wanted to invite so we staggered invitations as we got declines. This has worked out well - it's going to be a flight away for about 80-85% of our guests, so sending out invitations early generally made sense, and many people also knew early whether they could make the trip. At this point, we have invited 128, have 60 accepts and 28 declines. Adding in through-the-grapevine/unofficial replies, we're at an estimated 79 accepts, 33 declines, and 16 we have no idea about. So we probably have some wiggle room, but it's not certain yet. But I need some advice about whether to send invitations to a few extras:

Case 1: I have

My fiancé and I are getting married in October, and are planning to take our honeymoon the following summer, probably for 7-9 days. We narrowed it down to Southern (ish) Europe, but are having trouble landing on the ideal itinerary. Ideally our honeymoon would be split, with a few days in a city to soak up some history, culture, and interesting architecture, and the rest of time relaxing in a more rural village or enjoying natural landscapes. We want to be sure we're not hectically trying to do too much, though - it's a honeymoon and above all want to be able to focus on each other, in a romantic setting. We also are budget-conscious and so less expensive options get more points. Also, we ea

Before and after pictures.

Okay, first, I have no connection to this product/company, but I am so happy that I had to share. I have an emerald engagement ring that was super sparkly when I first got engaged in October, but had gotten significantly cloudy, as you can see from the photos. I took it to a jeweler to get it cleaned in April, and it helped, but it still just didn't look the same and I thought it just wouldn't. I was considering getting one of those ultrasonic cleaners but heard they can be rough, which seemed bad for an emerald, which are a little more delicate than diamonds.

I saw someone post on Weddit about the [Diamond Dazzle Stik](https://www.

A few weeks ago, I posted a survey for the community to fill out, about them and their weddings. There were 1,714 responses. This survey was totally unscientific, a survey that is at best representative of this forum and not of all brides and grooms, and all those other disclaimers, but still fun to see! Here is a link to the results and here's a summary of them:

• The sub is very female: 96% are brides, 4% are grooms.
• The sub is pretty American: 75% are American, 12% Canadian, 5% are from the UK, 3% Australian, 2.3% Western Europe, and less that 2% for everywhere else combined. Of the