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Handling Sudden Surprises Before Your Wedding

Surprises can be a lot of fun. When your birthday is around the corner, a surprise party could be just what you need to feel loved and excited by the people around you. Of course, there are plenty of situations where a s ...

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Finding Time to Sleep Before Your Wedding

Sleep is often viewed as something of a luxury in life. When you have a million different responsibilities to take care of on a daily basis, catching some shuteye might not seem like it is within the realm of possibiliti ...

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Planning a Dance-Friendly Wedding Reception

When you want to make your nuptial celebration dance-friendly, finding a starting point for your planning might pose a challenge. This is especially true if you don't have any experience organizing large-scale social eve ...

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Staying Aware of Potential Wedding Disasters

People tend to worry about their weddings a lot. While it might seem silly to spend so much time stressing out about how the wedding will go, there is justification. A wedding can easily take a wrong turn and cause thing ...

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Tips on Picking Your Wedding Party

Your wedding is an opportunity for you to gather your closest friends and family members together to help you celebrate the love you share with your partner. Of course, there are also going to be some difficult decisions ...

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Try These Irish Nuptial Traditions for Your Wedding

Your Irish ancestral heritage or the beauty in their cultural traditions might inspire you to incorporate Irish elements into your own wedding. It’s uncertain how long Christianity existed in Ireland before St. Pat ...

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For Transgender Jewish Teens, the Mitzvah Is Part of the Journey

Many Jewish teenagers mark their journey towards adulthood with a pivotal coming of age ritual signifying new social and religious responsibilities. Children assigned male at birth are typically inducted into this period ...

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Setting the Rules for Your Wedding

The decision to get married to your partner suggests you have a lot of love for each other. Most people get married for love these days, as opposed to marrying for wealth or property as was the custom of the past. Even t ...

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Childfree Weddings? The Pros, Cons and Controversies

If you’ve kept your ear to the ground for wedding planning chit-chat, you might already be aware of the controversy about childfree nuptials. Those who want “no kidding around” at their celebrations do ...

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Wedding Planning Challenges Unique to Nonbinary People

When someone says the word “wedding,” most people will picture a bride and groom, while a few individuals may think of two brides or two grooms. Since wedding traditions are based on gendered cultural norms i ...

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