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Musings of an almost not-bride

I won’t be an Offbeat Bride soon. In fact, I won’t be any kind of bride, because in a month I’ll be married. And for some reason, that’s making me sad. I don’t want to get into the whole “you should be planning for the marriage not the wedding!” or the politics of wedding vs. marital energy/time/money expenditure. I get that, I assure you. I want to acknowledge what an important and huge part of my life and identity being a bride and having a wedding has been for me, and I’m sure for you too. I want to share this journey, and who I am and have become.

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Romance in marriage

In which our managing editor Megan explores her thoughts and fears about marriage, her husband, romance (or the lack there of), sex, and love.

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Dealing with bullshit, micro-celebrity, and Offbeat Bride Magazine

Ariel answers reader questions like “how do you deal with stress?,” “Will you ever make an Offbeat Bride magazine?” and “What’s your favorite part of being a wife?”

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No, he doesn’t wear a ring

Where-in Megan gets outraged by a close-minded tweet and defends her position on why her husband doesn’t wear a ring and why it’s really okay.

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Fear mongering & you’ll seeeee

During wedding planning, we tell each other a lot of scary stories, which all too often become fear mongering. It’s sort of a pre-emptive commiseration — an anticipatory sing-song of Oh, you’ll seeeee….

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How my cat taught me marriage isn’t so scary after all

As I watched my cat spew what seemed like a quarter pound of half-digested tuna/chicken feast all over one of my favorite sweaters, a pathetic realization came over me: My relationship with my future husband is like my relationship to the cat …