Category: Tying the Knot
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A 6-question sanity check for your marriage
Planning on tying the knot? Before you say “I do”, ask a few tough questions that could save you from doing the wrong thing. By Sam Wilson
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I can’t remember saying “I do”…But I did!
After months and months of intense preparations and planning down to the finest detail, our bride-in-progress and her groom-to-be finally tied the knot. How was the Big Wedding? Fabulous, wonderful, awesome. And like all weddings, more than a little bit weird. Mary B, now an official wife-in-progress, reports.
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How we argued our way into marital bliss
Forget flash mobs, Elvis impersonators, and dropping out of a helicopter on bended knee. Here’s a tale of an “accidental” wedding proposal that is arguably the simplest and most effective in the history of marriage. By Scott Dunlop
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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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Showing long-distance the middle finger
Life is full of surprises. In Tamlyn Patterson’s case, it started with a random Facebook message that led to a long-distance relationship, a wedding and a long-distance marriage. She shares her story in this heartfelt piece, which was one of the top 10 entries in our recent #LoveChange competition.
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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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Financial planning for newlyweds
You don’t have to feel like a deer in the headlights when you start planning your joint financial future, writes Letitia Watson. Charl and I got married straight after finishing our studies. Financially we literally started with a clean slate – we had nothing! Did we stand back and really ask ourselves where we were…
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Showing distance the middle finger
By Tamlyn Patterson Change Moment: Tying the Knot It was the day after the 2010 Fifa World Cup, Monday the 12th of July to be exact. We had gone big the previous night as did the entire universe and to make the hangover even worse, it was a Monday and typically it was mundane and…
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My surprise wedding!
On Saturday 5th July, my brother Lester celebrated his 40th birthday in heaven – his ninth one without us. I wanted to do something special on the day, so I took a few minutes at my gig to play a tribute to him. I made sure Mamma and Pappa were there: I was going to…