There are moments that feel like betrayal: planning a wedding as a widow
Two years ago, I became a widow after my husband committed suicide. Today, I’m planning a wedding with my teenage-years’ sweetheart, with whom I got back together a little over a year ago. And when these two things overlap, it becomes cause for grief, not joy.
High-femme-queen or a little bit rustic? Sometimes I feel like a kid “playing Bride”
My fiancée and I were talking the other day about our wedding, and it kind of feels like we are playing pretend. Ok, y’all, we actually are grown-ass people. We are both 34 years old. I will be 35 in not-that-long. We have both been married before. We know what we’re getting ourselves into. But I still feel like a kid playing Bride.
In honor of “plain and boring weddings”
On our Facebook page, I recently asked readers what they wanted to see more of from Offbeat Bride. One reader chimed in immediately with this feedback: “I’d like to see more ‘plain and boring’ wedding pictures. I see lots of amazing decor and themes, but what about folks who consider getting married as the most important part of the wedding?”
Tacky weddings: How to not like things, and not be a dick about it
Way back in 2011, I wrote about the shock some folks can experience when their wedding goes viral. The sad truth is that this a perennial topic, because, well, the internet loves to snark about weddings. Even if your wedding doesn’t go the full Buzzfeed viral, there’s always the chance that members of, say, a board focused on wedding etiquette might be mortified, and link to it, and the comments might get flooded with negativity.
This happened a few weeks ago…