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Planning a marriage instead of a wedding

Planning a wedding v. planning a marriage — is there a difference? Should we separate the two? Tribe member Jana explores the idea and it just may change how you look at your wedding plans.

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Having a pre-wedding freak-out? Here’s a dose of sanity for ya…

“I have all the planning done and everything is falling into place and I’m freaking out for no reason.” If this sounds like you, here’s a good dose of pre-wedding sanity…

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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