As a little girl, planning a wedding is a game. It's something fun you do with your friends then forget about when your mom calls you down for dinner. Even as a teen it can be fun to flip through bridal magazines in waiting rooms and dream about your perfect wedding. Unfortunately when planning a wedding the fun factor can be significantly reduced by any number of the real world constraints: the flowers you want are out of season, a destination wedding will prevent your grandmother from coming, the venue you want is booked for the day you want, your fiance wants your first dance to be to "I like Big Butts"…
Stress is as essential a part of planning a wedding as a guest list. While the planning for my wedding has been fun and exciting it has also been
This article appears in Apr 14-20, 2011.