My cousin will be getting married really soon and I am elated for her nuptial.

I feel delighted and my thoughts were pre-occupied with the happenings of last year.

I was married last year and exactly a year ago, I was feeling frustrated, tense and anxious.

Yes, I was very excited over my wedding.

However, there were so many unpredictable things happening every week and these things were driving me crazy.

Yes, crazy is the word to describe my wedding preparation!

There were money issues, mother-in-law’s issues, wedding preparation issues and other inevitable invisble issues.

My head was literally cramped with stuff and yes, I remembered I was having my few examinations for my Gradute Diploma.

I was triply stressed: wedding, exam and work!
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Many of us thought that having a wedding is a great joy.

Yes, it is. It is a bliss.

And at the same time, many of us forget that it comes together as a package.

You know it is like a big project and your fiance is your partner.

Have you taken part in any project at all?

Does everything go smoothly?

Or sometimes you feel like strangling your partner who you see as uncooperative or want to “eat snake” (meaning laze around and refuse to help)?

It is not easy.
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37 Things A Sensitive and New Age Husband can Do

Who do you ask when you need a solution to your wedding problem?

Again, there are many aspects of the wedding.

There are problems related to relationship, families, finances and so on.

1. Relationship problems:
Do you ask someone with a healthy relationship or someone with a screwed up relationship?

Do you ask someone who has been married a few times or who is doing whatever it takes to solidify and maintain her marriage?

Do you ask someone who has not even gone through any relationship at all?

Actually it all depends on the mindset you have at that point in time.

I know it is very painful to be experiencing relationship problems especially some are on the verge of break-ups. Others may be confused of where to go on from there.

If you ask friends, most will say “It is fine and there is nothing to worry.”

You may end up felling unheard and more traumatised and tired, physically and mentally.

If you are facing such problems, there are local helplines which do not require you to divulge your names. The calls are confidential and there is always a professional helper or a trained worker to man the call.
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Our friends are getting married. Hurray for them and there is another new family in the process of being set up.

I remembered I was so excited when I was finding the hotel venue, contacting them and making appointments with them.

As I was going deeper into the wedding planning process, I noticed that part of the wedding planning is actually a dirty business out there. Some squeeze you hard while others squeeze you dry. The worst part was the liaision staff left and every freebie that had been agreed upon are now void.

They put up their best show to persuade you sign the contract and threaten to launch a report if you fail to pay the installments on time.

Money still talks. If you have money, you can talk louder. If you have no money, don’t even think of having a wedding.

So, What are some of the wedding pitfalls you should learn to avoid?

1. Magazines seldom tell you the dirt of wedding planning
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