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

By Pamela Hill Nettleton

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380810778
• ISBN13: 9780380810772
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Finally the help I needed!

This insightful book is filled with wonderful, practical tips. It is written in a clever, entertaining and straightforward manner that is most refreshing in comparison to the other bridal self-help books. I especially appreciated the websites offered for further assistance. As an "Encore Bride", I say BRAVO!

Just In Case

I've only been married once and have no imminent plans to do it again. However, once I picked up Nettleton's book I couldn't put it down. It seems like a terrific resource not just for the second (or third, or fourth) time around, but even for those taking the leap for the first time. The author makes all the details seem actually manageable through the stories and checklists and her unique insights. I have a copy JUST IN CASE I might need it in the future as well as to help me guide friends and family who are going through the process.

Great

If you're looking to give it another try, make sure to buy this book. The author has plenty of experience with getting hitched, in fact, I can't think of anyone who's been married more than Pamela Hill Nettleton, maybe Elizabeth Taylor. But since Liz hasn't written a book on the subject, I'll leave it up to Nettleton. I'm a divorced kid with parent who are both remarried. It's important to keep the kids in mind when trying it again, and Nettleton makes sure you don't look over that point. Did I mention funny? Going through marriage four times has to be difficult, but with Nettleton's humor it's just more material.

Divorced? In Love? You need this.

Wedding books say next to NOTHING about stepfamilies and don't offer real-life solutions to the real problems second-time grooms (me) and brides face. This book gives a lot of great (and funny, but helpful) wedding planning advice and etiquette advice, but the most important and unusual thing it does is tell you what you r kids are feeling (age by age, even!) and how you can help them adjust. Because the wedding, though it's fun, is really just the beginning-of a marriage that lasts a lifetime, this time!