David Toussaint

Pretty light weight, but mostly sensible basic guide to planning a wedding. Even though it is from 2004 and still on sale at bookstores, recent political changes have made a lot of what is said obsolete. My biggest objection is that even though the examples include long established couples, and the authors seem to acknowledge that many gay couples who decide to marry have already been living together a long time, they still talk a lot about your "new life together" and discuss honeymoon plans as if this will be the couple's first trip together (not even true for straight couples anymore, but certainly not true for gays). The tone of the writing is breezy, pun-laden and jokey.… (meer)