I Do: Wedding Edition

Geek Love

Geek Love

In a famous scene in the 1982 movie Diner, Eddie (played by Steve Guttenberg) makes his wife-to-be pass a football trivia quiz before he’ll agree to marry her. Me, I’m a fantasy and gaming geek, not a sports freak. I may not know how many yards Tom Brady...
Feeding the Parents-to-be

Feeding the Parents-to-be

You’re starring in the new hit reality show “Feed Your Future In-laws,” featuring your soon-to-be husband and his parents. Scene 1: the doorbell rings and your in-laws are at the door. It’s here that the show can take an ugly turn, morphing...
The Reeking Groom

The Reeking Groom

My wedding night stank. Don’t get me wrong. It was a joyous, magical occasion. Up until the end, everything was far better than my wife and I had ever hoped for. We’d planned and paid for the event ourselves, keeping things small and intimate at the...
Fresh Start

Fresh Start

Way back when I got married, we wanted an autumn wedding, for the foliage: this is New England, after all, and we didn’t want to get married inside. Oh, and we needed a place that could accommodate a large event, because our guest list topped 200. We ended up at...
The Waiting Game

The Waiting Game

“Sex, money and power are three of the most common causes of arguments in relationships. So I guess if you delay the sex until after marriage, then it could be fair to say that you may not have as many issues in your marriage,”says family therapist David...
First comes love…

First comes love…

About five years ago, I got a phone call from one of my best friends. “Are you busy on Friday?” he asked. I said, “not particularly,” and asked what was up. He tried to sound offhand. “We thought maybe you’d come to our backyard in...
Bed-iquette

Bed-iquette

I’m going where no other etiquette expert has dared to venture: the bedroom! I’m going under the covers to talk about how to share a bed with your loved one—an important thing to know as you embark on your new life as a married couple. When I asked...
Love in a Storm

Love in a Storm

  When people tell you what they hope for on their wedding days, beautiful weather always tops the list. This makes sense; most couples (by no means all, though) choose a date based on the season. They often choose a location that showcases natural beauty. And...
Halfway to Handmade

Halfway to Handmade

These days we can do or get almost anything online. Colette Katsikas, owner of the Northampton store Essentials, notes that with some things-wedding invitations, in this case-the visual and the tactile still count. “People feel a need to see the options with...