Just Ask Georgia: Week of 8/12/2026

GEORGIA, I have a question.

My fiancé (37M) and I (33F) are getting married in six months; just a small destination wedding.

His cousin Maddie isn’t close to us. I’ve met her briefly, a handful of times. Last year she had a traumatic birth that nearly killed her. The baby is healthy now, but Maddie spent four months in the hospital and left in a wheelchair. She’s done extensive physical therapy since and has literally had to relearn how to walk. She’s up to short distances with a cane now.

Last weekend, we were at a family dinner when her mom — my fiancé’s aunt — asked if we had picked out our...