When I first got engaged, people always told me that I should be prepared for all the work planning a wedding is. That I would essentially be taking on a part-time job, in addition to my work as a student and my full-time job. I’ve always been someone who made…

Planning a wedding is hard. Like, really hard. You’ve found the person you want to spend the rest of your life with, but now you have to plan the dang thing. …

When my then-boyfriend of four years proposed to me in our tiny college apartment last August, I didn’t know how people would take it. When, at 21 years old, you announce that you’re getting married to the guy you’ve been dating since you were 16, people tend to react strangely…