On their wedding day, brides often feel an intense pressure to achieve "emotional perfection", Eisenhart said. In the weeks leading up to her wedding, Eisenhart said, several of her closest family members threatened not to come. UNSPLASH There's a common myth that you have to have a good wedding to have a good marriage. The pressure to be completely, incandescently happy on your wedding day can make even the best wedding hard to enjoy. Eisenhart, for one, is a big proponent of "naming the thing": She has no problem admitting that her wedding day wasn't all that great.

Source: Stuff May 20, 2019 06:22 UTC