The Bridal Wave
A Survival Guide to the Everyone-I-Know-Is-Getting-Married Years
It starts with the IGBN (I’ve Got Big News) phone calls and a mailbox full of Save the Dates. Next comes the meltdown: I always thought I’d be married by now. Why does she have a ring on her finger and I don’t? Soon you’re buying outrageously expensive china, dancing the electric slide with the groom’s dull but available cousin, and envisioning a long and single life for you and a dozen or so cats. But fear not!
Now Erin Torneo and Valerie Cabrera Krause show you how to surf The Bridal Wave on your own terms. This hilarious and practical guide to surviving the wedding blitz reveals the sanity-saving secrets to dealing with all manner of matri-mania, including how to
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Erin Torneo is a former editor at Cosmopolitan. Her work has appeared in various magazines, including Lucky, Variety's V Life, The Independent, The Kyoto Journal, SEED, indieWIRE, and Mother Earth News. She is the coauthor of The Bridal Wave.
The Bridal Wave
Erin Torneo and Valerie Cabrera KrauseValerie Krause was an advertising executive in Los Angeles prior to taking the plunge into writing full time. She specializes in finding consumer insights and creating strategies to help companies connect with their customers in real ways. She is the coauthor of The Bridal Wave.