My Solo Trip Before Tying the Knot

This new pre-wedding “pattern” (which has garnered over 3.1 billion views on TikTok) gained traction after small enterprise proprietor and YouTube content material creator Aja Dang-Puspos went to a spa resort sans mates. Apart from not wanting to place extra monetary stress on her family members, Aja additionally didn’t need anybody to ask her questions on what to do or the place to go. “I simply needed to be pampered,” she informed the New York Instances — and actually, I needed that for myself as nicely.

To provide a little bit extra context: In April 2017, my fiancé and I bought engaged, and in August 2017, my mom unexpectedly handed away. Since then, I have been attempting to rediscover who I’m as a lady with out my mother — and actually, it has been laborious.