Narcissism, self-promotion, and your wedding
Thanks to Offbeat Bride Cay for sending me this recent BBC article, which asks the question “Has an atmosphere of narcissism and self-promotion worked its way into the idea of the modern wedding celebration?”
Musings of an almost not-bride
I won’t be an Offbeat Bride soon. In fact, I won’t be any kind of bride, because in a month I’ll be married. And for some reason, that’s making me sad. I don’t want to get into the whole “you should be planning for the marriage not the wedding!” or the politics of wedding vs. marital energy/time/money expenditure. I get that, I assure you. I want to acknowledge what an important and huge part of my life and identity being a bride and having a wedding has been for me, and I’m sure for you too. I want to share this journey, and who I am and have become.
Planning my second wedding: funny how what was important the last time isn’t this time
I’m engaged and planning for my second wedding. I’ve grown up a bit and now know more about who I am. Plus, I have the right guy as the groom. This time around, I’m not at all concerned with how things are “supposed” to be done. There is no “book” and I’m not going to please everyone else. We are spending time, energy, and money on the things that are most important to my H2B and me, things that are uniquely us, and things we will remember.
Open letter to wedding photographers about their websites
Dear wedding photographers,
I think you’re swell but, as a whole, your websites suck. Can we sit down for a minute? I’d love to give you some constructive feedback…