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There's more to being a bride than showing up in a pretty dress.

You didn't expect another filmy sentimental wedding jewelry page from us, did you? Let's face it, the road to wedded bliss is strewn with obstacles, full of potholes and wrong turns, and many a bride experiences not a little road rage. As soon as you make the happy announcement, long before you begin to deal with the myriad details that each will scream for your attention, you'll find you will have to use the negotiating skill of a diplomat to keep your loved ones and best friends all cooperating smoothly together. Well, we're on your side. And what our Wedding Section lacks in romance we hope you find it makes up in humor, and empathy. Just for fun, let's look at some of the most common conflicts that might arise after you announce your engagement:

Classic Groom and Maid of Honor Incompatibility

We begin with this area of possible problems since you have already experienced it long before the wedding. Your relationship with your maid or matron of honor probably predates that of your groom, and is usually someone very close to you, your best friend or your sister. It's natural that she feels that she has a prior claim on your affections. There may be history between them, too. She may have actually warned you against him. Maybe he hit on her once. Then too, we find that the maid of honor can also be possessive of her duties in a way that might make her too bossy for your groom to abide; grooms, on the other hand, tend to goof off. If he looks like this guy you probably don't mind.

Remember, though, that grooms have hidden wedding talents they won't willingly admit to. For instance, most men can handle yard work. If you're having an outdoor wedding, you can save a lot of cash if you assign all that stuff to the groom.

The Classic Battle Between the Mothers

Always be on the lookout for a possible outbreak of hostilities, if not outright war, between the mother of the bride and the mother of the groom. No matter what treaties have been signed, any little thing may cause one mother or the other to claim an infraction and turn all your attention toward whatever incident has injured her pride. The two mothers don't even have to have met yet, since they can assign you and the groom to do their fighting for them. Avoid this; you and the groom are going to have plenty of your own disagreements to work out, without having to defend the honor of your respective disgruntled mothers.

Other Problematic Persons

Of course, the people we've mentioned here by no means represent an exhaustive list. We're sure you have plenty of relatives and friends that are strange or crazy in ways we haven't even heard of yet. Some other problematic persons might include Katy the Screamy Flower Girl, Kelly and Geode the Critical Bridesmaids, snotty Wedding Planner, Cheap Dad, and a wide variety of others, some of whom you'll meet in the following pages.

With All This Going On, You Might Be Wondering:

When Will I Have Time to Bead?

Confront your worst wedding fears!
Continue to Page Two of the Wedding Section.



 
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