In Defense of Big Weddings

Bring on the photo booth, the wall of donuts, and God forbid there's cold butter.

When my now-husband and I had been together for several years, I started to get antsy about him proposing. He knew that was what I wanted, and we had talked about it, but despite handing him some extremely proposal-friendly opportunities (a Christmas vacation with both of our families?? Come on!) it didn’t happen. When I complained to people—both in rea…