Author: Mary B
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How abstinence makes the heart grow fonder
Bowing to pressures to abstain from sex in the months leading up to their wedding might seem a little prudish, but the added anticipation took bride-in-progress Mary B and her fiancé back to the flirtatious early days of their relationship. She explains
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Why this bride-to-be can’t wait to make a fool of herself
As if planning a wedding wasn’t already stressful enough, now comes the additional agony of having to choose a song for the First Dance. A tough proposition, especially when bride-and-husband-to-be are both useless at dancing. But that doesn’t matter, because there’s a special secret to the art of the First Dance… By Mary B
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My husband-to-be is Mr Perfect, & it’s driving me mad!
Yes, it’s wonderful to have a fiancé who lends a hand and cares about the little details when it comes to the art of planning a wedding. But when the details he cares about are not just little, but microscopic, well, it can be just a little exhausting, says Mary B.
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My big fat wedding dress disaster
Well, all right, it wasn’t all that big and fat. But trying on wedding dresses is still one of the most cruel and unusual forms of torture known to womankind. Here’s the true tale of how Mary B endured, survived, and – hooray! – triumphed in style.
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The exquisite agony of the long-distance wedding
United with her husband-to-be over oceans of love, Mary B learns that planning a wedding is never easy when you’re planning it with Mom over Skype.
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Mary B
Mary B is a twenty-something London lady living, learning and loving in Cape Town. When she isn’t busy obsessing over her swiftly emerging crow’s feet or trying to teach her budgie swear words, she loves writing, reading, a double gin and tonic and olives.