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lessons learned

After the dust has settled, sometimes it’s nice to share the core lessons that you learned from your wedding… sort of a paying it forward sorta thing, to help future couples avoid making the same mistakes you did. We’re always looking for more “lessons learned” submissions, too. Tell us what YOU learned!

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What my wedding taught me about being a better wedding guest

I had this whole “being a good wedding guest” thing down. Now that my own wedding has passed, I realized that there were some wedding guest mistakes I was making, despite my best intentions. These are the things I’ve learned about being a good wedding guest that I never would have realized until having my own wedding…

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Is having brunch the day after the wedding a THING now? And who gets invited?

We’re never convinced that ANYTHING needs to be “a thing,” but post-wedding brunches do have a purpose: they provide you some sweet, quieter time to spend with out-of-town guests, separate from the hectic blur of your wedding day. Here are a few quick tips…

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6 pieces of advice from wedding planning transferred to post-wedding life

A year and a bit down the line from our wedding day, I’ve found that the some of the advice I picked up during the process of planning the wedding is still working for us on a day-to-day basis in countless situations. Here are my pieces of life advice that I learned from planning our wedding…

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Worst wedding ever: how I handled wedding day disappointment

Is it normal to be unhappy on your wedding day? Because I was. Right after my wedding ceremony, the only thought in my head was “this wedding would never be good enough to be on Offbeat Wed.” I was dealing with wedding day disappointment, BIG TIME.