you're getting married. Suddenly the world treats you differently. Coworkers find you in-triguing; strangers in elevators offer congratulations; your aunts anduncles have a newfound respect for you. But what exactly have youaccomplished? Is it that you've "bagged a man"? You're a little puzzled,a little annoyed. What's going on? You're getting a whole lot of weirdattention, and you're not sure you like it. But that's not all. You're only up to the C's (cutlery) in a 10-pagesingle-spaced list of wedding details, so you're wracked with anxiety.Your father is talking about ice sculptures for your reception, and you'relooking for a nonviolent way to set him straight. And you and yourboyfriend have started fighting, so you're wondering why you're goingthrough any of this in the first place. On top of it all, since you're notcomtstart,ads? feel guilty. When does that glowacid look you see in wedding gown Don't worry, you've got it. But it comes and goes. This is supposedto be the happiest time of your life, but it also might be the toughest.And confidentially, the models in those bridal magazines aren't reallygetting married anyway. You see, a wedding forces people to deal with all the touchiesttopics: commitment, priorities, religion, money, dysfunctional familyhabits. It brings out the extremes of every relationship and every per-