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Lasara & Robert’s quiet elopement with the kids

On day three of Offbeat Mama-Bride week we’re featuring Lasara and Robert’s beautiful and simple elopement witnessed by Lasara’s daughters and a couple of friends.

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My fiance won’t help me with wedding planning: Learning from partnership imbalances

Ariel answers the perennial question: “Why does it seem like all the wedding planning falls to me?”

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Virginia & Lars’ Snow White & the Red Rose Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Virginia Her Offbeat Partner: Lars Location & date of wedding: Meridian Hills Country Club, Indianapolis, IN — June 2, 2007 What made our wedding offbeat: I tied in my favorite Grimm fairy tale “Snow White and Rose Red” into our Venetian Carnevale theme, to keep guests wondering what was coming next. I […]

Love the fiance, love the in-laws

Whilst I can’t wait to marry my fiance, I can’t stand his family. Any ideas how we can include my partner’s in-laws in our wedding without making it seem contrived or forced? I understand they’re his family, and he loves them, but does that really mean I have to?