Comments on: 10 reasons you need to read Offbeat Bride the book, and not just offbeatbride.com http://offbeatbride.com/2008/12/read-the-book Taffeta-Free Alternatives for Independent Brides Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:28:15 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Luna http://offbeatbride.com/2008/12/read-the-book/comment-page-2#comment-32024 Luna Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:43:18 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=1437#comment-32024 Expecting it to arrive from Amazon any day now! I'm so excited! Thank you for all your hard work and effort done on behalf of the offbeat! :D Expecting it to arrive from Amazon any day now! I'm so excited! Thank you for all your hard work and effort done on behalf of the offbeat! :D

]]> By: Sabrina http://offbeatbride.com/2008/12/read-the-book/comment-page-2#comment-32012 Sabrina Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:53:56 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=1437#comment-32012 Just ordered my copy on Amazon now! I thought "support the woman who supports you" was the best reason! Being in NZ and getting the cheapo shipping rate I can expect it sometime in Feb hahaha. But still - exciting!!! Just ordered my copy on Amazon now! I thought "support the woman who supports you" was the best reason! Being in NZ and getting the cheapo shipping rate I can expect it sometime in Feb hahaha. But still – exciting!!!

]]> By: Adrien-Alice http://offbeatbride.com/2008/12/read-the-book/comment-page-2#comment-29965 Adrien-Alice Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:24:53 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=1437#comment-29965 totally convinced. you and Ira Glass should get together and save every entrepreneur in the US totally convinced. you and Ira Glass should get together and save every entrepreneur in the US

]]> By: Ariel http://offbeatbride.com/2008/12/read-the-book/comment-page-2#comment-29872 Ariel Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:33:05 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=1437#comment-29872 Recent Bride, thanks for your comment. I really appreciate the level of concern you have for the health of my readers, and wanted to let you know that I've received exactly one email about post-wedding blues. I responded personally to the depressed advice-seeker, who was already seeing a counselor to deal with the issues. As much as I like to think I'm able to help in little silly ways, I'm just a writer -- absolutely not a therapist or certified in any way to deal with issues as serious as depression. Recent Bride, thanks for your comment. I really appreciate the level of concern you have for the health of my readers, and wanted to let you know that I've received exactly one email about post-wedding blues. I responded personally to the depressed advice-seeker, who was already seeing a counselor to deal with the issues.

As much as I like to think I'm able to help in little silly ways, I'm just a writer — absolutely not a therapist or certified in any way to deal with issues as serious as depression.

]]> By: Recent Bride http://offbeatbride.com/2008/12/read-the-book/comment-page-2#comment-29862 Recent Bride Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:12:03 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=1437#comment-29862 It seems to me that if many brides are writing to you about post wedding depression, simply referring them to your book is a very cold, profit-driven response. Whether you like it or not, your 'promotional material' has given birth to a community of brides who feel that you might actually care about these issues. With that comes a certain responsibility to respond to calls for help about particularly serious issues such as depression ... whether it contributes to your profits or not. It seems to me that if many brides are writing to you about post wedding depression, simply referring them to your book is a very cold, profit-driven response.

Whether you like it or not, your 'promotional material' has given birth to a community of brides who feel that you might actually care about these issues. With that comes a certain responsibility to respond to calls for help about particularly serious issues such as depression … whether it contributes to your profits or not.

]]> By: Shelly http://offbeatbride.com/2008/12/read-the-book/comment-page-2#comment-29757 Shelly Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:46:56 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=1437#comment-29757 I went to Borders to buy it and they didn't carry it! I was so close to the end of my wedding that I just skipped it. But I will buy a copy for future Off-Beat Brides so they don't miss out! I went to Borders to buy it and they didn't carry it! I was so close to the end of my wedding that I just skipped it. But I will buy a copy for future Off-Beat Brides so they don't miss out!

]]> By: FoxInDocs http://offbeatbride.com/2008/12/read-the-book/comment-page-2#comment-29574 FoxInDocs Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:40:47 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=1437#comment-29574 ok ok i'll buy it! I'll prolly have to order it in, cuz bookshops around here never have the books i want..... seriously, last three books i wanted i've had to wait two weeks for... ok ok i'll buy it!

I'll prolly have to order it in, cuz bookshops around here never have the books i want….. seriously, last three books i wanted i've had to wait two weeks for…

]]> By: Leah http://offbeatbride.com/2008/12/read-the-book/comment-page-2#comment-29455 Leah Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:11:15 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=1437#comment-29455 Thanks for the great reminder of how important it is to support the artists we believe in. I know times are financially tough for some of us, but that's exactly WHEN we need to make sure we continue to support the arts and demonstrate their critical value in our personal lives and communities. When all of this economic crisis finally hits rock bottom and businesses are closing down around us, I have to be able to look at myself in the mirror and say that I played even a very minor part in trying to help an artist I believe in to survive. I feel like such a fool for not ordering it sooner - now I'm just waiting for the postman to bring me joy. Thanks for the great reminder of how important it is to support the artists we believe in. I know times are financially tough for some of us, but that's exactly WHEN we need to make sure we continue to support the arts and demonstrate their critical value in our personal lives and communities. When all of this economic crisis finally hits rock bottom and businesses are closing down around us, I have to be able to look at myself in the mirror and say that I played even a very minor part in trying to help an artist I believe in to survive. I feel like such a fool for not ordering it sooner – now I'm just waiting for the postman to bring me joy.

]]> By: Suzi http://offbeatbride.com/2008/12/read-the-book/comment-page-2#comment-29423 Suzi Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:56:30 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=1437#comment-29423 I went out and bought the book today, as a direct result of reading that there is a reference to "ass-fucking" in the book! I went out and bought the book today, as a direct result of reading that there is a reference to "ass-fucking" in the book!

]]> By: Nora http://offbeatbride.com/2008/12/read-the-book/comment-page-2#comment-29395 Nora Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:29:46 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=1437#comment-29395 I'm one of those who didn't read the book - I'm a passive reader (never commented up to now) at the blog and the forum (never posted, but had to sign in to read, obviously). The reason why I'm passive is the same reason why I haven't bought the book. I'm one of those girls who said "I'll never marry" (a scepticism I inherited from my mother who married twice, but for the alien's police (don't understand me wrong, the relationship was real)) since I was 12 and now I ended up (ended up sounds fatalistic, actually I'm really young and very happy about it) with a guy who's perfect and I intend to spend my life with him. Now he'd love to marry me (rather sooner than later) and I started to google for reasons for and against marriage and to find out, if wedding/marriage and me can actually work out. And some day someone posted a link in a fashion community to a blog post and I started to read and have come back regularly since then. I'm still not sure if the concept of marrying and me are compatible, but at least I know now that there's a way to make wedding and me compatible :) I'm one of those who didn't read the book – I'm a passive reader (never commented up to now) at the blog and the forum (never posted, but had to sign in to read, obviously). The reason why I'm passive is the same reason why I haven't bought the book. I'm one of those girls who said "I'll never marry" (a scepticism I inherited from my mother who married twice, but for the alien's police (don't understand me wrong, the relationship was real)) since I was 12 and now I ended up (ended up sounds fatalistic, actually I'm really young and very happy about it) with a guy who's perfect and I intend to spend my life with him. Now he'd love to marry me (rather sooner than later) and I started to google for reasons for and against marriage and to find out, if wedding/marriage and me can actually work out. And some day someone posted a link in a fashion community to a blog post and I started to read and have come back regularly since then. I'm still not sure if the concept of marrying and me are compatible, but at least I know now that there's a way to make wedding and me compatible :)

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