How to Plan a Wedding While Your Parents are Divorcing

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Tip 1 - Planning A Wedding With Divorced Parents (Part I)

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Holly Ackman | permalink

Today we are finally talking about planning a wedding with divorced parents. When I decided it was high time to write a post about this, we discovered that every single APW editor has married parents and partners with married parents (Weird, right? But I digress). Anyway! We searched out some of the smartest ladies we knew to write a little on this subject, and came up with a two part post. Today’s post comes from Rachelle (who you’ll remember from her Royal Tenenbaums engagement shoot) talking about the emotional aspects of wedding planning with a divorced family. Next week, Maddie will be …

For further reading: http://apracticalwedding.com/2011/05/planning-a-wedding-with-divorce-parents-part-i/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - Planning A Wedding With Divorced Parents (Part II)

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Brian Hones | permalink

Last week we kicked off a discussion of wedding planning with divorced parents, with a lovely and emotional post from Rachelle. Today, Maddie (she of the original lazy girl wedding, and these days half of APW photography sponsor extraordinaire Hart + Sol) is here with a helpful, logistical advice post. This post is a Must Read people, even if you have nary a divorce in your family. Both David and I have happily married parents, but I found myself welling up and nodding as I read this post. Because the thing is? Families be crazy. Lovely, messy, loving, and slightly nuts…particularly …

For further reading: http://apracticalwedding.com/2011/06/planning-a-wedding-with-divorced-parents-part-ii/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - Dealing with Divorced Parents

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Maarten Dirkx | permalink

For further reading: http://www.bridalguide.com/family/dealing-with-divorced-parents ^[3]

Tip 4 - Wedding Rules for Tricky Family Situations | Apple Brides

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Cornu 00e 9lie Kars | permalink

How to handle divorce and other tricky family situations at a wedding.
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For further reading: http://applebrides.com/2013/09/24/wedding-rules-for-tricky-family-situations/ ^[4]

Tip 5 - Divorced Parents Can Add to Stress of Getting Married : Weddings: Creativity, compromise and lots of planning are the key to a successful ceremony, counselors say.

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Shayne Lachlan | permalink

Divorced Parents Can Add to Stress of Getting Married : Weddings: Creativity, compromise and lots of planning are the key to a successful ceremony, counselors say.

So your parents are divorced, but you're getting married.You have the ring. You found the dress. You booked the hall. Congratulations, your problems have just begun.Under the best circumstances,...
Tags: weddings, divorce, stress, parents

For further reading: http://articles.latimes.com/1993-05-17/news/vw-36454_1_divorced-parents ^[5]

Tip 6 - 5 Ways To Manage Your Divorced Parents At Your Wedding

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Mauro Israel | permalink

I pointed it out earlier this year that weddings make families do the wacky. But the wacky factor can rise astronomically when your parents are divorced.
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For further reading: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liz-coopersmith/your-divorced-parents-vs-_b_2304363.html ^[6]

Tip 7 - How To Deal With Divorced Parents During Wedding Planning

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Folding Crock | permalink

The problem is that even when it comes to planning a happy occasion like a wedding, it can be very difficult to take feelings and treat them like inanimate objects -- you can't just put them in a drawer or lock them away for a period of time.
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For further reading: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/renee-strauss/dont-allow-divorced-paren_b_4818066.html ^[7]