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How to plan a wedding
Here comes the stress

So you're in love. Your dreamboat is too, fortunately. Together you decide to take the plunge and get hitched. Up until now, your relationship has been pretty smooth. Well, get ready to rumble. Studies have shown that planning a wedding puts more pressure on a couple than a sliding tectonic plate on a subduction zone.

Whether you want a Vegas quickie or a high mass at the Vatican, you've got some planning to do. And what with your mom calling every five minutes to ask if you've invited your third-grade teacher's cousin who just happens to bag groceries at your parents' local store, you don't really have the time to do it all. And don't even think about a wedding planner unless you have a ton of dough or a really, really nice friend who has no life and would like nothing better than to arrange the festivities.

But you've got a friend in the Web. In fact, for the right price, you could have a whole bunch of friends. You'll find sites to help you learn the lingo, choose a cake, buy fancy duds, find a caterer, peruse floral arrangements, select a venue, register for gifts, get information about blood tests and marriage licenses, plan the honeymoon, and send out the invitations online. And since every schmoe who ever got married thinks that he or she is a wedding expert, you have a lot of advice to choose from. Newsgroups and personal wedding Web pages abound. Select carefully, though. A lot of kooks out there would like nothing better than to steer you in the direction of their brother-in-law's jug band, the Messengers of Mediocrity.

Besides the usual resources, you can also take a wedding class, write your vows, and even put up a Web page to give directions to the ceremony and reception or to accept RSVPs. Your wedding site might even win an award.

Heck, people have even gotten married online. Now we're not recommending you do that, cuz the food sucks in cyberspace and I'm hungry. By the way, I'll be bringing a guest. We'll take the chicken.

-- M. Trouble Sample

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Kathryn M. McGrail tells how
to get it done on the Net:
Can we research etiquette, traditions, and special circumstances?
How do we contact vendors and keep costs down?
What about marriage licenses and other legal requirements?
What other Internet services can we use for our wedding?
How can we register for gifts?
How can we get honeymoon information?

Snappy Picks

Nuptial megasites
Bride & Groom's World Wedding Fair
iBride
Internet Wedding Links
Wedding Guide UK
The Wedding Pages
The Wedding Plan-it
The Wedding Source
The Wedding Spot
Wedding Web

Sites for the faithful
Wedding Vows for Many Faiths
Jewish Weddings
A Jewish-Catholic Dialogue
A Quaker Wedding
Gae Halud Muslim Ceremony
A Traditional South Indian Hindu Wedding
The Handfasting

Gay and lesbian resources
Hawaii Equal Rights Marriage Project
Life Commitment Ceremonies
The Sacred Rainbow

Worldwide wedding ways
On-Line African Wedding Guide
Indian Matrimony Service
Italian Wedding Customs
Scottish Wedding Customs

Bride (groom) on a budget
Rachel's Ramblings: Wedding Frugality Page
Discount Bridal Service
How to Plan a Budget Wedding
MatriMoney

Newsgroups
alt.romance
alt.wedding
soc.couples.intercultural
soc.couples.wedding

Bridal magazines
Today's Bride
Town and Country Wedding Registry
Wedding Bells
Wedding Wise
WedNet

Honeymooning
Sandals
Hawaiian Island Weddings
SuperClubs
Couples
Las Vegas Wedding Guide
Pocono
CaribMoon


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