I've been really focused on the marriage instead of the wedding. We are in love and of course are working through issues but we are really committed to each other and starting a family together. That's really where my focus is. I am a child of divorce and so the whole concept of building a life and family with someone is one that needs my full attention. The other day someone mentioned a bridal chest and I had no clue what it was and they said "You don't know what a bridal chest is?!" And I had a mini panic attack. Where do I find out about wedding stuff, like for beginners? Links & vids are extra appreciated 💗

I have been working so hard doing all this wedding homework and nobody gets how mentally exhausting it is. I have been researching the most cost effective ways, charts, and have been telling my fiancé, and my parents that we need to book soon. We fell in love with this one venue - visited with the twice and asked to hold 2 dates but 1 in particular. The reason was that we were waiting to hear back from the church for our ceremony. I told them hat once we were to hear back, we would book with them this week. I got an email today and the coordinator informed me that our date was taken... a group came in and took the venue and date we wanted. I'm devastated. My bridesmaids and people in the business told me that the venue should've notified us first, especially because we were so close to booking it. I see it from their point of view- it's businss, however, my words were, "we are interested on this date. We need to get confirmation from the church first and once we do this week, we will book won't you." She just emailed me and said a group came in and took it. Now, my fiancé doesn't even want to do business with them, even given the "plan b" date. Thoughts? UPDATE: I would've understood if they said, "we cannot do holds at all but if you're interested, let us know the dates but we can't do holds, meaning, if someone came in and was interested in the date you wanted, we would not be able to hold it for you" Instead, they said that they could hold the dates for us bc we still needed to hear back from our church. We had an agreement that they would hold those dates but I guess it was never a "hold". We all interpreted and were made to believe that "hold" by them was that they would keep those dates off limits bc we just needed confirmation from the church this week. We got confirmation from the church today and were planning to book with that venue today, as well but whatever. This probably wasn't meant to be Other venues I've visited (which were numerous) were very honest and upfront about it and had worded it this way. I understood it from the get-go and got it. These people were so "laid back" and said, "yes, we can hold these dates for you, especially bc you'll give us an answer on Wednesday. And we understand how churches are." So that is why we felt duped.