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Engagement 101: “I Do” is Getting Closer!

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While March stormed in like a lion weather-wise for the majority of the country, it slipped in like a lamb for me. When I realized yesterday what day it was and how much there was yet to do for the rehearsal, rehearsal dinner, ceremony, and reception, my pulse quickened and I felt faint. 
I reached for […]

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Women Breaking Free: Why Chicks Leave Bad Marriages

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With the media swarming around political and celebrity couples every day, we seem to see divorce, abuse and cheating splashed on the pages of every gossip magazine on the stand.
We still know that it’s wrong, but to see it all over the place makes it seem as though everyone is doing it.  Well almost everyone […]

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Beyond the Honeymoon: Our First Baby…Experience!

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This weekend Will and I are heading to Savannah, G.A. to celebrate the arrival of our nephew!
I have been oddly very excited about the arrival of my nephew. While I want four rugrats of my own, I am not a baby/kid person. My sister and cousins all were within just a few years of me […]

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Engagement 101: Deciding the Theme of Your Wedding

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My fiancé and I never wanted an extravagant affair when it came to our wedding; a book we bought asked in the first few pages what words we wanted to be able to use in describing our wedding and we had several modest choices: ‘simple,’  ‘comfortable,’ ‘elegant,’ ‘traditional,’  ‘relaxed,’ and-the one I thought most important-‘us.’
Before an invitation was […]

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Beyond the Honeymoon: Enjoying Those Free Saturdays

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This past week was boring.
Not to say that we didn’t enjoy it, but our weekdays were filled with work, school, the gym, trying a few new recipes and cleaning the house for a Friday night guest. Nothing special. 
When the weekend arrived and Friday was gone, we woke up Saturday morning and made homemade whole wheat waffles, […]

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Relationship Junkies: Move On Once & For All

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Chicks, just because an actual breakup is set in stone–you’re both listed as “Single” (and “Looking for Random Play”) on Facebook, you’ve carried a box of his things over to his house, and his pictures on your dresser have been replaced with pictures of your girlfriends–does not mean that the “letting go” process has started. […]

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Engagement 101: The Art of Compromise

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In the world of dating, whenever the phrase, “We need to talk,” comes up, both women and men generally anticipate an upcoming conversation capable of destroying a warm and comfortable relationship within just a few short minutes. Men, in particular, seem to cringe at this little statement and try to avoid it at all costs, […]

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Beyond the Honeymoon: Friendship Through Engagement & Marriage

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I have had two friends (we’ll call them Ann and Katherine) who have been my best friends since we were six years old. We have been through countless boyfriends, arguments, softball championships -you name it we been through it together.
Having been the wilder one in the group throughout our teenage years, when I moved away […]

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How to Survive a Long Distance Relationship

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There’s no doubt about it - long-distance relationships are hard. While I’ve never been in one myself, I have attempted to establish one in the past. Unfortunately, it ended before it even started the moment I realized how impossibly difficult it would be for me.
But there are chicks who are strong enough to give it […]

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A Chick’s Guide to Understanding Texts from Guys

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If there’s one thing I’ve learned about guys, all of my relationship-related mistakes considered, it’s that guys are blunt.
Almost 99 percent of the time, they mean exactly what they say: there is no “reading between the lines” necessary. Unlike us chicks, guys don’t use hidden meanings. This may not be such a great thing when […]

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