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This is Offbeat Bride's archive of expectations posts.

Most Recent Posts About expectations

Since I got engaged, I've been saying that I have "open expectations," a phrase I learned here on Offbeat Bride. (Correct use of the term "open expectations" could be something like, "My expectations are not low, they are open.") At thirty-three days to go until my wedding, I've learned that the best thing about open expectations is this…

In which a Tribe member lines up her great wedding day expectations, along with the crushing reality of the likely wedding day scenario, and then schools us all with some amazing perspective.

Sometimes bridal party issues just happen. What are your options? Demote them? Ditch them? Sit them down and have a talk?

"As an offbeat bride I come from an offbeat family, yet I have been amazed at the expectations that have come up from both sides of our families. How do I manage the expectations of so many family members, while still keeping the vision of our own, unique wedding intact?"