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The Wedding Advice Nobody Gave Me

"Congratulations on your engagement!" is commonly followed by tidbits of very well meaning advice.  "Make sure you get high quality photography. Pictures last forever!" "Has your mom given you the talk? ..." (I won't elaborate) "Are you buying or renting a place? Come live by us!" "Never go to bed angry." "Make sure you have dinner cooking every night when he comes home." If you are reading this and you gave me any of this advice, or any advice at all, THANK YOU! No seriously, I was so thankful for all the advice I was given before getting married. Heck, I'm thankful for any advice right here, right now! But none of the advice I was given was really geared toward preparing to get sealed in the temple.  A few days before the wedding I was running around town looking for shoes my size, buying bobby pins and calling my mom a dozen more times just to get everything squared away.  I was at my wits end. I thought to myself, ...