I've known my husband & his whole close, extended family for years through his cousin. She was a toxic friend. When were first started dating, I was in the end stages of not wanting to be part of the friendship. She was manipulative, a user, only nice when she wanted something, secretly competed against me and when jealous, would smear my name to my own friends and plant the seed in people's heads. She only wanted something to gossip and use against me to hurt me. I couldn't tolerate it anymore. She didn't know how to be cordial so I stopped talking to her altogether. His other cousins & his sister were not the most welcoming or nice to me when we were dating. Like my friend, his sister and other girl cousins only were nice if they wanted something For my bridal shower, I extended the invited his aunts, cousins, and sister (they're all close knit). My FH has another set of girl cousins who are not as close to the "clique" and they were friendly with me. While I was opening presents, the other cousins (and everyone - all my guests) sat around and were present. The OTHER 3, the clique (previous friend, FH sister, and cousin) were in standing in a far corner, talking, and doing their own thing. In general, I thought it was very rude. My mom walked by and they were just gossiping about their own problems and forgot they were attending a bridal shower - they were in their own little world. I don't ask for attention at all but I expect my guests to be present with me at my party.  meant to say "husband" instead of FH. We're already married now but obviously wasn't at the time. I've never been to a bridal shower where people were off in a corner, especially during gifts...

They say things will be back to normal by then and it is a wedding of only 52 people. I am scared I will be sick that day since there will still be some Coronavirus cases even though the worst of it will be over. So how do I avoid getting Coronavirus at this wedding we are going to in August in Virginia?

for those who enjoy using paper planners: what tools help you effectively plan your day in a planner, or what would you prefer to see in a planner.journal? (i.e. a space to journal thoughts/mood, motivational quotes, budget, habit tracker)  what are your biggest cons when it comes to planners?would you prefer to customize your planner vs having a standard template?Trying to get a general idea. Thanks so very much.

I have a wedding in mid July currently, and am so far being told by a lot of family members to postpone due to the ongoing virus. The thing is, I don't know what date or month is safe to postpone to since the virus is so unpredictable. People are telling me to postpone to next year, but I'm worried that either this virus will still be around by then since it takes 18 months to make a vaccine, or that some new kind of crisis will happen that will cancel my new date too, and that this is just going to happen every year. If I can't have my wedding this July I just want to cancel the whole thing since vow renewals and 2nd weddings are so dumb. But unfortunately can't do to deposits, can only postpone.