It’s a universal truth – wedding planning is stressful. With an endless list of decisions to be made, from the décor to the dress to the catering and everything in between, the stress can pile on at lightning-fast speeds.

Thanks to Philly’s Allebach Photography for submitting this to the Offbeat Bride Flickr pool. Andreas and I were together for over six years before we got married, and living together for five of those.

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One of the most important pre-wedding ceremonies in Indian marriages is the Mehndi ceremony. Let’s take a look at some cool ideas, history, rituals, customs and …

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Aphrodite was the Olympian goddess of love, beauty, pleasure and procreation. This page describes the wrath of the goddess directed against those who scorned her worship or failed to pay her her proper dues.

Thanks to zwizh143 for submitting this to the pool. We’ve featured tons of posts about beautiful, quirky, and heartfelt wedding readings. But when we’re doing our wedding profiles, we noticed some trends in nontraditional readings… readings that clearly Offbeat Brides tend to adore. Here are a few

Finally he turned to Sophie with the command, “Wilt thou have this man to thy wedded husband, to live together….” But Sophie’s head was …