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This is not the most important day of my life: an Offbeat Bride’s vows to herself

Offbeat Bride Tribe member monicawesome wrote some pretty down to Earth vows to herself in preparation for her wedding day. We think every bride could benefit from this little personal vow pep-talk.

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Letting go of perfect

I am settling now. And even though the word “settling” has a negative connotation, it is most emphatically NOT a negative feeling. Maybe it’d be better to say that I have re-prioritized? But semantics are just that, and I am settling — happily settling -– for less than everything I wanted for my wedding

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This nontraditional hospital wedding

Rebekah and Shayne’s decided to move up the wedding when Shayne was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma. Since they did not have enough time for wedding rings, they decided on matching gray Converse with pink shoelaces instead!

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A slap in the face (in a good way!)

A reader writes in: “I needed a reality check so I came back to offbeatwed.com to get the slap in the face I deserved.”

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Of Brides and Zillas

Seems like no matter what you do, someone’s going to call you a Bridezilla. But we’re DONE with the term. “Bridezilla” is the new “Tacky.”

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Recent bride reality check

Tribe member Rodrigues left this message on the Offbeat Bride facebook page: I am glad to see you touching on subjects of marriage and tradition/values rather than just “wedding detritus.” I think its really important to steer the focus away from stuff whenever possible, especially since its so easy to become obsessed with it while […]