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It’s much more than the cost of a wedding that is luring millennials toward elopement; it’s the familial pressure to conform. 

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Even though a part of you wants your wedding day to arrive so you can get it over with and stop stressing, the actual day is going to go by much faster than you think. Soon, you’re going to be wishing it wasn’t over so quickly.

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Take a time out. Using all of your energy on planning a wedding isn’t good for your relationship or your mental health.

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Not having our grandmas as flower girls. We didn’t have anyone to be flower girls, and I didn’t think of asking grandmas until way after the wedding.

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SCORPIO: You have always been a wild child, an old soul, a tree hugger. You fill your rooms with houseplants and animals because they bring you peace. You should lean into the natural side of you on your special day by having a bohemian wedding.

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Do what makes you happy, and what doesn’t hurt your wallet beyond repair.

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I was so excited to marry my best friend, but it was after things settled in that I began to hate being engaged.

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Everyone wants to be her—until they become her: the maid of honor

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Whatever you and your fiancé decide to do for your special day just make sure it’s your decision and try not to get caught up in all of the “should’s” of wedding planning.

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Her focus was on the marriage, not just the spectacle surrounding it. But still! Our wedding day! I was chomping at the bit to start tasting cakes.