Category Archive

second marriage

For some of us, our first weddings were traditional, and so when we’re getting married for a second time, we want to go nontraditional. This archive is full of inspiration and ideas for second weddings… readings, real weddings, and more. Also, be sure you check out our blended family archive.

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Becky & Shannon’s Southern music and paper flowers wedding

This singer/pianist duo loves performing and it totally shows in this musical wedding in a theater. We’re talking sheet music flowers, treble heart cake toppers, super professional-looking, and headshots of the “wedding cast.” But my favorite part of all is that they had MUSICAL VOWS! You’ve gotta see how they did it. Plus, if you’ve ever had a problem finding something dapper and non-dressy to wear to your lesbian wedding, you may have a… “semi-butch quandary!”

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My husband’s ex-wife is his Best Woman

When John and I got married, our wedding party consisted of one person each. My Maid of Honor was my best friend of twenty years, Kate. His Best Woman was his ex-wife, Katie. My biggest concern was that people would mix up their names. Since then, I have been told a dozen times, “You let his ex-wife be his Best Woman? That’s so weird! I could never do that.” As if it’s common knowledge that all ex-wives are evil and all new wives should be jealous of them and hate them.

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The unexpected way wedding magazines helped me realize the wedding I want

I bought a couple of magazines for my wedding. One was a copy of Martha Stewart Weddings magazine. That Martha mag was a little bit of the Wedding Industrial Complex reaching out and grabbing me and pulling me in. And it taught me few very important things…

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How divorce has positively affected my wedding planning

My parents and my future husband are all divorced. And this is probably going to sound like a really odd, coming from someone planning her first, and hopefully only wedding. But I wanted to share some thoughts I had on how divorce has, in fact, positively affected my wedding planning process.