Sunday, May 11, 2008

Web sites for 2nd time brides?

There are thousands of wesbites for wedding planning - as long as you're a first time bride or a young "encore" bride doing it up big again. But I have yet to come across a web site for "encore" brides who are middle-aged, more mature, and who might have questions other than what to do about "blending" the families.

I don't have children, his children are mostly grown and live far far away. His kids and I genuinely like each other and have a great time when we're together but I will never be any sort of mother figure to them and out of respect to their own mother, I will not try to be someone I'm not. I will be their friend, an adult they can come to with problems if they so wish, and will, hopefully, be the woman who makes their father happiest beyond his wildest dreams. "Blending" families is not an issue for us. They have their own life, but will be most welcome to be a part of ours however much they wish.

Being the age that we are and having done the whole big wedding thing before, I know how to put together a wedding. I know how to do dinner parties, backyard parties, showers, cocktail parties, you name it. I got the whole thing down on how to address invitations. I know how to write a really good thank you note and I know to get it in the mail (snail, not email) inside of a week.

And I get from Emily Post and other pontificators of etiquette that I should wear a nice pale suit to my wedding, preferably something I can wear to a business meeting with a simple change of accessories, or something like that. And no matter what, NO VEIL. Alright already... no freakin' veil! I couldn't see through one anyway... I can't see without my reading glasses much less trying to walk with a bunch of mosquito netting in my face.

I'm confident in what we'll be doing. I guess I just want some sort of confirmation that I'm doing it right, that there isn't a new trend or a new rule I should know about.

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