One of The Telegraph’s sports interns, Eric, recently proposed to his girlfriend of 3½ years, Danielle. Needless to say, I jumped on the chance to get a guy’s perspective about the wedding.
 
While I can’t pretend that Eric speaks for all men, or really, any man other than himself, he surprised me with how enthusiastic [...]

A co-worker recently sent me an article that talks about the “wedding industrial complex.”
 
In essence, brides, Big Brother is brainwashing you to spend more money, to consider this the biggest day of your life and to go all “Bridezilla” as you’re convinced you need to spend $28,000 – the cost of the average American wedding [...]

Ed and I have started looking at reception sites.
 
If I were writing a book, I would tell you that Ed and I tiptoed through the daffodils all the way to the most beautiful – and reasonably priced – reception site, which we fell in love with at first sight. Cheerfully, we booked the date and [...]

I said yes to Ed’s proposal on March 24, 2007, in front of the Bean in Chicago’s Millennium Park.
What I should have said was, “Let’s elope.”

Planning a wedding is a full time job and, since most of us don’t hire a wedding coordinator, it becomes a second shift of sorts. Time once spent relaxing, exercising [...]