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Are bachelor parties really testosterone-fueled bacchanals that degrade women?
A journalist and a stripper reveal what really goes on behind closed doors
By David Boyer


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My Mother's Wedding, Myself
From City Hall to Having it All
By Gina Zucker


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The Name Game
Why is it so damn hard to find a last name that fits?
By Ariel Meadow Stallings


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Racing Toward Love
When my motorcycle-racing boyfriend proposed on my 40th birthday, I couldn't
tell if it was a joke or a dare
By Ann Bauer


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Strapped!
How the bridal beast is bankrupting the lowly wedding guest
By Sarah Elizabeth Richards


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Mommy Diarist
Introducing a new mother -- and a new chapter of IndieBride
By Elise Mac Adam


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The Guilty Bride
How can a girl raised to stand on her own two feet learn to stand by her man?
By Rachael Combe


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Introducing… IndieEtiquette
Our new column will help you solve all of the sticky, prickly and downright embarrassing predicaments associated with The Big Day.

Bride, Unhinged
I know with all certainty that my fiancé is the one for me. So why, three weeks before our wedding, am I falling to pieces?
By Juliet Siler Eastland

When Wedding Dresses Attack!
By Eve Simon


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Book Review: The Artful Bride
Salvation for the crafty bride
By Heather Moylan

The B-word
People toss around the term "Bridezilla" and think it's cute. I'd argue it’s demeaning.
By Elise Mac Adam


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My Best Friends' Weddings
I used to relish being single. But now that
everyone around me is getting married, I'm not sure I
want to be quite so independent
By Michelle Hainer


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When bachelors go bad
How my fiancee ruined our marriage before it even began
By Gayle Cole


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O Brother Wed Art Thou?
My little brother's getting married. So why is everyone worried about me?
By Rebecca Traister


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The Mythology of Marriage
Our wedding stories end with 'Happily Ever After'. Then comes real life.
By Michelle Chalfoun

A Marriage of My Own
Thirty years after the women's movement, I treasure the choices my mother never had.
By Kate Epstein


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Why I popped the Question
Does choosing to get married make me a traditionalist or a revolutionary?
By Beth Broome

My Wedding, My Way
The secret to a great wedding? Decline all parental help, serve deli sandwiches and insist that your guests dress in their Vegas best.
By King Kaufman

Happily Ever After
Could flirting be the key to a successful marriage?
By Lori Leibovich

Am I Really That Single?
There's nothing more soul-crushing than being the only unmarried woman at a wedding shower.
By Ariel S. Leve




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