"I just got married last year, and I noticed something really strange: after our wedding, several guests who'd attended went through break-ups with their boyfriends and girlfriends.
…Was it something I said?"
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Tribe member Amber has a little dose of good therapy for us. Here's the story of how she turned to yoga and her Buddhist teachings to help her get over a wedding day screw up. 
Running an online network, I get an interesting insight into the names that people (women, specifically) use for themselves online. And one of the many ways identity shifts are expressed are through usernames and avatars. 
I am just as queer as I always have been, but my current partnership appears totally hetero to an innocent bystander … this has subtly affected my expectations of what a relationship looks like. 
What's my advice to a virgin who describes herself as "Scaredy Pants" about having sex on her wedding night? Well, it comes to down to one thing: having sex with herself first. 
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Acknowledging and learning from partnership imbalances OR "My stupid fiance won't help me with wedding planning"Ariel answers the perennial question: "Why does it seem like all the wedding planning falls to me?" 
"I just heard about friends who married after being together for 7-8 years, but end up divorced after the first year or so. Why do you think that happens?" 
This is an awesome opportunity for the two of you to sit down and reconstruct the whole "This is the bride's special daaaaaay, and the groom is just an accessory" bullshit. |
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