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Monday, 15 October 2007 |
By Jimmy Cox
Years ago, when couples married, they did not have any books to help them. They had no professional premarital counseling. And yet they and their generation developed far more stable families than we do today, with all our books, counseling and scientific knowledge. Why?
In the first place, they had a much better chance of marrying "our kind of folks." In Grandpa's day the range of selection for most young folks was about as far as Dobbin could travel and get back the same day - probably less than ten miles. The problem of choice was certainly a whole lot simpler in Grandpa's day.
Secondly, people understood what marriage meant at that time, far better than most young people know what it means now. When Susie said "Yes" to Harry, she knew what she was getting into. What is more important, she had learned from her mother how to handle it.
She could not only bake a pie, but also tend a garden, raise chickens, make clothing, and manage a household. She and Grandpa would never have dreamed of discussing sex. But both |
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Monday, 15 October 2007 |
By Jerry Leung
There is no doubt that you will need to make tons of decisions when you are planning for your wedding. In fact, wedding planning is never an easy job. As a result, you may think of hiring a wedding planner to help you in the decision making process. A planner can even help you to save money. However, a badly chosen wedding planner may ruin your wedding. Consequently you should choose your planner with extreme care.
Nowadays vendors like caterer, florist and decoration company will claim that they will provide wedding planning services. However, you have to bear in mind that they are not wedding planner. It will be better if your wedding planner is an independent party. You may ask why an independent party is better. In fact, you may think of the following scenario. A caterer may provide wedding planning services. The caterer will certainly "urge" you to go for its catering services. However, it may not really suit your wedding. In this case only an independent party can only give you objective advices on the subject. If the services provided by a vendor |
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