This time, how about some foreign customs you DON’T want to include in your wedding? Sparta was a Greek city-state, known for military lifestyles (Even today “spartan” means simple and bare.) and for constantly clashing with their neighbor, Athens. Spartan girls married around 18 or 20, several years after Athenian girls, but the advantages stop there….

Scottish weddings have many lovely traditions that a modern bride might incorporate into her own wedding today. To begin with, the traditional Scottish bride would first have an engagement party, with all her family and all of her intended’s family.  At the réiteach or formal betrothal party, it was often said by the bride-to-be’s father : “Ma…

When planning your guest list, you may be wondering whether to invite your single friends alone or “plus one.” Obviously, your guests’ spouses are included, (yeah, even the annoying ones) and the same for fiances and long-term signifigant others. But what about your single friends? Should they bring a date? If you ask your single friends to bring a…

Brides-to-be often get a little fixated on the look of their weddings, and making their big day extra special, but this story puts those endless conversations about roses verses lilies into perspective.  A New York couple sued a florist for $400,000 for using the wrong color flowers at their wedding — a mistake the newlyweds said caused them “extreme…