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Many a bride and groom have decided to elope rather than put their feuding relatives or their families' latest love interests in the same room. A wedding lasts an average of six hours but seems longer when Mom has locked herself in the ladies' room and won't come out "as long as that tramp your father married is here...
...typical 21st century wedding can now feature a supporting cast of stepparents, half-siblings, Dad's new girlfriend and her kids, the bride's first stepfather and his new wife, and sometimes even the bride and groom's ex-spouses. The old rules of wedding etiquette don't stretch far enough to cover the shape of these families. A new crop of creative solutions can help...
...with stepfathers, while birth fathers are seated in the second or third row of the church, along with other family. Another bride might choose to honor a birth father and stepfather by having both walk her down the aisle. Or a bride can sidestep the issue by having the groom walk with her or join her midway...
Rachel Dagan had been up all night when she entered the flower shop and asked for a bridal bouquet. The florist smiled and said, "Happy news! Mazel tov to the bride and groom." Dagan hesitated. She didn't want to speak. She didn't want to force her misery on others. But she couldn't hold back. "I'm going to put it on my daughter's grave," she said. The florist burst into tears. Dagan's daughter Danit was only 12 hours dead, killed by a suicide bomber who blew himself up beside the young woman and her fiance...
Wealth advisers say that your heirs should be told by their teens if they stand to inherit a sizable amount and should start learning how to manage it. Early disclosure gives you time to groom them for a life of philanthropy, civic duty or other worthy pursuits, should they elect not to work for money. If you doubt that your heirs are prepared, test them with an early gift and see what they do with it. If they mess up--say, by blowing it all on a series of vacations and paying for their friends too--or seem...