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Open expectations: stop wanting the perfect wedding

Since I got engaged, I’ve been saying that I have “open expectations,” a phrase I learned here on Offbeat Bride. (Correct use of the term “open expectations” could be something like, “My expectations are not low, they are open.”) At thirty-three days to go until my wedding, I’ve learned that the best thing about open expectations is this…

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My wedding is not a college entrance exam: does every wedding choice have to prove a point?

Somewhere in the wedding planning process I gave birth to a beast: you, Wedding-Planning-Me, you were born. And now we have to have a little talk.

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Weddings don’t have to be complicated to be awesome

Wherein Ariel (but not that one) gives us all a little reminder that simple weddings are just as wonderful as over-the-top detailed weddings.

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It isn’t all sunshine and unicorns: Reconciling my wedding expectations with my likely wedding realities

In which a Tribe member lines up her great wedding day expectations, along with the crushing reality of the likely wedding day scenario, and realizes that, while it’s not all sunshine and unicorns, but it’s still gonna be pretty fucking awesome.