Getting Married When It's Not Your First Time: An Etiquette Guide and Wedding Planner - Softcover

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Pamela Hill Nettleton is a leading expert on remarriage who writes for Bride Again magazine, as well as for Redbook and Minnesota Bride. She lives in Minneapolis, where she is the editorial director of Minnesota Monthly magazine.

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For Encore Brides Everywhere, A Smart, Practical
Guide to Making This Wedding Even More Fabulous
and Memorable Than Your First

Any bride who's headed back to the altar faces a paralyzing number of tricky situations ' as well as the challenge of making this second or third (or more!) wedding unique in its own right. This enormously helpful guide, written by an experienced "encore" bride, features a wealth of inspiring suggestions for handling delicate etiquette issues and navigating complex family ties. With humor, warmth, and sensitivity to the many emotional and social issues facing encore brides and stepfamilies, Pamela Hill Nettleton blends her own valuable experiences with guidance from wedding planners, family therapists, couples who have remarried, and the real experts ' stepchildren. Here you'll find great tips on these and other remarriage issues:

• Telling your children ' and your ex ' you're engaged
• Inviting, seating, and dealing with exes, previous in-laws, and stepchildren
• Involving children in your ceremony
• Avoiding stepfamily ' and ex family ' wedding day disasters
• Using your wedding to build a healthy, loving stepfamily

Filled with real-world advice not found in most how-to wedding guides, as well as numerous worksheets to help you stay organized, this handy, easy-to-use guide will help any encore bride create a ceremony that reflects the joys and rewards of saying "I do" all over again.