Seven Tips for Choosing a Maid of Honor

Written by Blake Kritzberg


Choosing your Maid of Honor is more complicated than it looks. Nowhere else in your wedding planning is it easier for vexing problems to turn up! Why? Becauserepparttar Maid of Honor’s duties are often vaguely defined, and worse, poorly communicated.

In fact, every bride has her own unique idea of what a Maid of Honor should be. Which is fine –repparttar 130483 trick is in communicating those ideas!

So what does a Maid of Honor do? On one end ofrepparttar 130484 spectrum, she’s a ceremonial figure who steps offrepparttar 130485 plane and walks downrepparttar 130486 aisle beforerepparttar 130487 other bridesmaids.

Onrepparttar 130488 other, she’s a master of precognition who soothes your nerves before you know you’re frazzled, helps you send out your invites, “manages”repparttar 130489 bridesmaids, spreadsrepparttar 130490 word on your registry, and offers up her thoughts on everything fromrepparttar 130491 venue torepparttar 130492 dress.

Most often,repparttar 130493 Maid of Honor is somewhere inrepparttar 130494 middle. She leadsrepparttar 130495 bachelorette party and/or bridal shower, and tries to "be there" forrepparttar 130496 bride duringrepparttar 130497 planning process, andrepparttar 130498 ceremony itself.

All this flexibility leaves a lot of room for misunderstandings. And they happen a lot. The world is full of brides who feel hurt and let down by close friends asrepparttar 130499 big day draws near. Do you want to be one of them? Of course not!

So here are some tips on choosing – and communicating with – your Maid of Honor for minimum stress, and maximum happiness.

1) Define what you really want. Are you a do-it-yourself bride, or do you want your Maid of Honor to be your right hand allrepparttar 130500 way through?

If you're high-maintenance, accept and acknowledge it. Pick someone who can truly be there for you, and let them know exactly what you want. If you don’t know anyone with that much time or energy to give, think about finding help elsewhere. Is your fiancé an active participant? Can your mother do more? Maids of Honor are not supposed to be wedding co-planners ... unless they really, really want to be!

2) Tell her what you really want. More than one bride has shed tears because a Maid of Honor couldn’t read her mind. For example: many brides wish their Maids of Honor could give a little speech atrepparttar 130501 reception, but never get around to asking them. If it’s important to you, talk about it!

Handbags and Women - Choice or Biological Destiny?

Written by Henrietta Timmons


Handbags have been one ofrepparttar necessities of life for women ever since recorded history began. It was important to haverepparttar 130481 items that one used often close at hand and articles found in a purse have ranged from ornate sewing scissors (17th century)to todays mandatory cell phone and credit cards.

Why is it that women carry their belongings around and men just have their wallets? My opinion is thatrepparttar 130482 need to carry something to hold goods is a fundamental need rooted inrepparttar 130483 biology of females. Who isrepparttar 130484 main caregiver ofrepparttar 130485 family from prehistory torepparttar 130486 present? Yes, I know that traditional roles are gradually evolving but what person inrepparttar 130487 "traditional" family isrepparttar 130488 most responsible for taking care of everyone? In most cases, it itrepparttar 130489 woman who gets people organized and make sure everyone has whatever they need. Biologically speaking,repparttar 130490 female of our species takes care of her offspring and makes sure that all needs will be taken care of oncerepparttar 130491 home is left. I believe that this has evolved into women carrying all that they need and what everyone else could possibly want in their handbag. To illustrate - when you go out with a male friend do you ask him for tissues, pen, or paper? No - you ask another female. Another nuturer is more likely to have some basic necessities than a male.

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