Do group yoga on your wedding day
A wedding day can be stressful or hectic. A great way to set the tone for the day and bond with select people is to do a group (or even individual/couple) yoga before your ceremony!
When your culture is counter-culture: Lovingly explaining your more traditional wedding choices
Offbeat Bride has some wonderful, “Thank you for your interest but I’ve already decided” conflict resolution posts that apply to pretty much anything. But here are some specific scenarios if you, like me, find yourself a little bit too onbeat for others’ likings.
The wedding industry isn’t targeting you… it’s targeting your parents
One thing that my time working as telemarketer gave me — other than a very black conscience — is understanding about how different generations process and interpret media.
We spend a lot of time here laughing about the Wedding Industrial Complex, and we should, because it’s fucking hilarious. But it’s not really directed at us. It’s directed at our mothers.
The “faux-ficial” Bridesmaids’ Bill of Rights
I’m planning to officially ask my potential bridesmiads to be my maids of awesome/wedding goon squad/honor guard/etc. In the package I put together for them, I included this faux-official Bridesmaids’ Bill of Rights, both for a laugh and to assuage any nervousness.