"I know that this is unusual and everyone else I've asked has told me the answer is absolutely NOT, but I figured I would ask you: Is it OK to retract my earlier YES? Is it ok to say no to being a bridesmaid?"

I was a flower girl several times throughout my life, and I still remember it quite vividly

Bridesmaids dropping out at the last minute freak out my brides. It really, truly causes a void for them that I can't fix - and I hate that.

Your bridesmaids are your go-to female team as you prepare for your big day. Sometimes, however, your maids can disappoint you.

With so many different tasks to complete, purchases to make, and personalities to deal with, bridesmaids may have to solve some etiquette challenges before they can pop those champagne corks.

One of our goals here at HuffPost Weddings is to provide our readers with the best wedding advice. Often, however, the best advice comes straight from...

I recently sat in a hotel suite in downtown Philadelphia sipping a pre-mixed cocktail called "Kinky" from a straw shaped like an erect penis. It was my future sister-in-law's surprise bachelorette weekend and I was out of my element.

Here's a summary of every response I've seen to the bride who penned the message: "What a psycho bitch!" While I can't defend the power-trippy, condescending tone of the note, this woman isn't quite the nightmare people are painting her as.

It's arguably the most important question you'll ever ask. You've probably spent hours deliberating on the best way to phrase it, where to ask her and how to keep it a surprise. And while it's understandable to be a little nervous, you'll know she'll say yes; after all, she is your best friend.

Here are five tips to help make your wedding rehearsal as productive as possible. After all, if you're going to go through the motions, you might as well get something out of it other than just torturing your long-suffering wedding planner.

I have one fool-proof, icebreaker, conversation-starter line that works with every group of women I encounter anywhere, anytime, in life.

When I think of all that my friends have given me -- couches to sleep on, hand-me-down clothes, mix tapes and Internet cat videos -- repaying them with a taffeta dress and a to-do list feels dishearteningly insincere.

It's recently come to my attention that not all of your "friends" or BFFs, bros, sisters or whomever understand that pranks, embarrassing toasts and simply being contemptible is just not cool or appropriate at a wedding.

HuffPost readers kicked off the first weekend of August by celebrating the nuptials of their friends or family members -- and by getting married thems...

It's that defining moment in a man's life when his best girlfriend chooses to go against society's rules and asks him to be in her wedding... on HER side of the altar.

SHELBYVILLE, Mich. -- A Michigan wedding party joined the bride and groom in taking the plunge over the weekend when the boat dock they were lined up ...

One of the many wonderful things about being a mature bride is you can have the wedding and the bridal party you want. There is only one bride at the wedding and that's you!

Wedding season is just around the corner. There are rules of decorum that go along with being a bride-to-be. Make sure you're a gracious bride and not a Bridezilla by following these guidelines.

At some point, the sheer size of your bridal party, especially at a destination wedding, dictates that you're going to need a trained lion tamer to deal with all of them once they get the rum punches going.