The First Dance | Modern Bride Trendsetter Award Winners

Nationwide premarital counseling, the ultimate premarital test and marriage preparation resources

The engagement ring symbolizes the end of your private dating relationship. We call those first moments of the proposal the "hours of bliss." because it's the beginning of the often exhausting, sometimes wonderful, always complicated world of marriage and in-laws. Weddings are exhausting because marriage can be exhausting. Read more on what wedding planning can teach you about married life.

This entire website is dedicated to on help you get the wedding and marriage you want! Example of what we cover:

• What Are Wedding Priorities as a Couple (download the couple worksheet)
• Paying for the Wedding: The Power, Control, Relationships Involved
• When Should You Splurge: A Decision Guide
• Wedding Photography: Memory Saving Or....?
• Relationship Saavy Wedding Checklist A MUST READ
• Budget or Guest List First? Pitfalls to avoid!
• Wedding Etiquette: Helps or Hurts?
• Top 10 Ways People Unknowingly Create Wedding Stress
• Handling Wedding Party Drama
• What Do You Want Out Of Your Honeymoon? (An interactive couple guide)
• Important Vendor Questions

We couldn't call ourselves The First Dance without addressing ways to think about your first dance song and help you manage the first dance in todays complex families. And even when it's done, you can still show your gratitude for people in your life by how you write your wedding thank you notes.

Nobody escapes wedding planning stress. Not even those who chose to elope! So welcome to The First Dance: Managing the People Stress of Wedding Planning.

A Special Welcome to:

Wedding Coordinators, Premarriage Educators, Wedding Vendors, Parents, Clergy, Officiants

Wedding Budget	Guest List	Organizing	Wedding Stress	Premarital Counseling
Who Pays for the Wedding? Can you AFFORD a small wedding? What should you consider before setting your wedding date Do you figure out the guest list or budget first? Common mistakes Defending A Wedding in Bad Economic Times When is it OK to splurge? Wedding Vendor Quotes Questions to Ask All Wedding Vendors	Do you figure out the guest list or budget first? Common mistakes Top Guest List Mistakes What the Guest List Process Can Teach You About Marriage Wedding Etiquette: Why it May Do More Harm than Good What should you consider before setting your wedding date? Why Do People Care about My Wedding Plans? To invite kids or not? Mistakes around "To Invite Children o not... Why Won't People RSVP? Invitation Etiquette	My Wedding Plan Your Starter Guide Stress and Teamwork with Fiance Wedding Priority Worksheet Essential Questions to Ask All Wedding Vendors Wedding Checklist Wedding Checklist Landmines Bridal Message Boards: Poster Beware Wedding Etiquette: Why it May Do More Harm than Good What should you consider before setting your wedding date? Wedding Vendor Quotes Why Do People Care about My Wedding Plans? A Short History of Weddings Wedding Registries: What "Stuff" Do You and Your Fiance Want and Need?	Why Do My Parents Care about My Wedding Plans? Competition or Negativity with Friends and Family Mistakes Inviting Friends First Dance Etiquette in Todays Complex Families Top TEN Ways to Create Fights with Parents Top TEN Ways to Create Fights with the In-Laws Wedding Stress with Siblings Wedding Stress with Wedding Party Help with Divorced Parents Help with Divorced Parents Inviting New Relationship Help with Parents Adding Extra Wedding Guests Help with Overbearing Parents	We Have the Ultimate Premarital Test, a research-based premarital questionnaire (inventory) taken by over 2.5 MILLION couples Take it online now!   A 12 hour self-guided premarital counseling program. Conversations to engage your relationship in a positive, non-threatening manner. Buy the Guide Today   Individual Premarital Counseling with a trained counselor. Check out your local counselor listings here.

 

How to: Deal with Difficult Parents, In-Laws, Wedding Party Drama... so much more

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Co-Founders of The First Dance, William J. Doherty, Ph.D. and daughter Elizabeth Doherty Thomas