http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Sharon+Toris Marriage Sharon Toris Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=157298&ca=Marriage The days of the overbearing, control-freak bride are over! Everywhere, bridesmaids are rejoicing that they don’t have to wear a dress that’s been chosen for them (presumably after the bride has had a few drinks), they don’t have to wear their hair in a severe chignon that makes them look twenty year... Marriage Sharon Toris Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=157646&ca=Marriage Everything Old is New again. In today’s weddings, there has been a tremendous shift towards the traditional, bringing back the rituals and choices that up until now were considered ‘out of style.’ “Brides and grooms love the symbolism of these old-world traditions, which got lost in the past five ye... Marriage Sharon Toris Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=157649&ca=Marriage I could just use a little help with the wedding… Brides and grooms who are already overwhelmed with the demands of their jobs, family responsibilities, home life, and business travel often start off with this wish to have an objective third party to help with the wedding. Their parents offer to help... Marriage Sharon Toris Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=157652&ca=Marriage It used to be that ‘the wedding planning group’ consisted of the bride and groom, the bride’s parents, and maybe a wedding coordinator. Now, with wedding planning getting evermore complicated (and expensive), the new trend is to expand the wedding planning group to include additional people. So th... Marriage Sharon Toris Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=157654&ca=Marriage One of the first hurdles faced by any newly-engaged couple is coordinating available dates between the church or synagogue and their reception site. There were a lot of back-and-forth phone calls, backup dates, and attempts to negotiate earlier times when churches said they keep their Saturday morni...