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Author of three editions of the Offbeat Bride book and its sequel (From Shitshow To Afterglow, the ultimate offbeat breakup book) Ariel Meadow Stallings is the publisher of all the Offbeat Empire web properties. She lives in Seattle with her son. To read her latest writing, follow @arielist on Medium.
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What to wear when I don’t want a dress or a suit?

You want to look good at your wedding, but you also want to look like YOU, instead of someone wearing a costume. So WTF do you wear if you’re not girly, but you’re also not into butch formalwear?

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No wedding receiving line: Socially distanced ways to greet your wedding guests

“I have a condition called fibromyalgia which causes me near constant pain and makes me feel tired very easily. I am really worried about how to deal with receiving lines…”

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My fiance won’t help me with wedding planning: Learning from partnership imbalances

Ariel answers the perennial question: “Why does it seem like all the wedding planning falls to me?”

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A simple forest wedding reminder

I know we feature a lot of weddings full of fabulous design and ideas and art and fashion and music and magic. And while the details can be fun for some of us some of the time, I love photos that remind us all that when it comes right down to it, really all you’re going for is this moment…