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The five rules of drama-free wedding planning

I’ve noticed in planning my wedding that people are questioning my decisions a lot more than they usually do. People, especially families, don’t tend to question other life decisions as much as they do weddings. With that in mind, here are five rules for wedding planning that are incredibly sensible.

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Tailor the length of your engagement to the length of the relationship, and other advice from a newlywed

Drea has been through the scheming, planning, and wedding having and she’s made it through the other side all in one piece. She was kind enough to offer up some of her post-wedding-having advice for us. So let’s glean all that we can. Get to gleaning!

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I went to an alt-wedding expo, and lived to tell the tale

The idea of going to a bridal expo gave me hives, but when I read about Philadelphia’s Lovesick Expo, I jumped at the chance to attend. Not only am I hive-free, I’m here to tell you all about it.

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What our wedding was really worth

I have financial guilt the way my Catholic friends have sex guilt. I do spend money; they do have sex. But it’s rare we’re entirely comfortable during the act, and we almost always question ourselves after. I can imagine so many other things to spend money on — good things, things that will last longer, things more deserving, things more logical.