Modern Brides & Modern Grooms

This book is for any couplesame or opposite sexseeking a personalized wedding that dignifies the relationship and the individual self. No new normal herethis guide emboldens you to harness your unique, brazen, queer truth; to be creative; and to plan your wedding your way.Every fianc faces the question, how do I become something new without losing myself? Using his own story, author Mark OConnell reflects on conflicts that arrive during wedding transitions, as well as various other transitions throughout your lives.As a psychotherapist, OConnell offers ideas to bridge relational gaps with your partner, family, and friends. As a professional actor, he also offers insight into the ways your wedding is a theatrical production and how this can help you to conceptualize the event, consolidate your efforts, and increase creative collaboration as a couple. This will serve you not only on your big day, but also for the rest of your time together.Whether were straight, gay, or other, weddings inspire us to carve out more fun, freedom, recognition, life space, love space, and connubial space than weve ever had before.