The Bridal Wave by Erin Torneo and Valerie Cabrera Krause

Stay sane in a marriage-crazy world with The Bridal Wave,
the new book by Erin Torneo and Valerie Cabrera Krause.

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 after, you’re buying outrageously expensive china, dancing the electric slide with the groom’s dull but available cousin, and finding yourself in the wake of our wedding obsessed culture.

Welcome to the Bridal Wave.

Believe It or Knot...

Ever wonder why getting married in June is so popular? One legend kicking about has it that people took their yearly bath in May, which meant the betrothed couple would still smell good enough in June that neither bride nor groom would flee the altar holding their noses. But just in case they were starting to ripen, the bride carried a bouquet of flowers to hide any BO.* Lovely.

*. Marg Duncombe. "Words and Phrases." Backroads Touring Company.