The Bride Thing
I doubt that anything is more revealing about my current life then my internet browsing history. Sometimes I go check it out just to appall myself with how much time I’ve wasted on Facebook in the last 24 hours or to figure out how I ended up spending 2 hours online instead of 10 mins. One thing that is obvious in my browser history is that my google searches have taken a shift recently. I find myself googling things like “how to write your own vows”, “is black too morbid for a wedding?”, and “ten ways to help your bridesmaids not hate you”. It's a whole new world. I’ve been a bride-to-be for 11 weeks now. Some of those weeks I have enjoyed it and some of those weeks I have not. To be honest, some of those weeks have been pretty miserable and tearful. I’ve had an attitude about this bride business from the beginning. I guess it started a long time ago when I was repulsed by the fuss, extravagance, and anxiety that is involved in planning weddings and reacted to it by vowing ...