u/thewaveoflife

I’m going to have 6 of my besties in my wedding party: Matron of Honor, Maid of Honor, and 4 bridesmaids.

My matron of honor lives about an hour and half away, two of my bridesmaids live in different states, my maid of honor and one of the bridesmaids are my two closest friends that live close by and the other bridesmaid lives a little far but not too close.

I will need to ship the gifts/ask boxes to the two that live out of the state, so timing is already going to be different there. But for the ones that live in the state, is it weird or rude to ask them at different times? For example, it’ll be hard to get all 4 of them together at once so I’m thinking I do the matron of honor separately, my maid of honor and closest bridesmaid together, and then the other bridesmaid separately.

OR when I give it to them, I have a note that says do not open until XYZ date, then they can all open on the same day even though they will get it separately?

I’m not sure what’s best, thanks for your advice!!

Our dog is 21 months old, neutered, and is staying at my fiancé and I’s house with my mom. All other trips we’ve taken he’s either been at my parents house or my fiancé’s parents house.

My mom said she has only given him some bananas and yogurt outside of his normal food and we do that all the time. He had diarrhea in the kennel yesterday and today he did it in the living room. He has NEVER pooped in the house before, not even as a little puppy. He’s had diarrhea in the kennel before, but not like this.

Is stress diarrhea a thing?? Should I have her take him to their house? I was thinking that keeping him there would be better but now idk… I feel like he’s stressed because we’re not their whereas when he goes somewhere else it’s like he’s taking his own little vacation too. Am I crazy? I’m not sure what I should have her do.

UPDATE: My mom took him back to her house and he’s perfectly normal again. After I posted this, he threw up once, wouldn’t eat, his stools were getting a bit better but not normal. She took him back yesterday and he’s playing, eating, drinking, and stools are back to normal. So we learned our lesson - never leaving him at home without us again. If we leave, he’s leaving😅