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Preface. <p>Acknowledgments.</p> <p>Meet the Almost Brides.</p> <p><b>PART 1:</b> <b>Making Up Your Mind.</b></p> <p>Chapter 1: Is This Just Cold Feet?</p> <p>Chapter 2: Premarital Resources.</p> <p><b>PART 2:</b> <b>Calling It Off.</b></p> <p>Chapter 3: How We Called It Off.</p> <p>Chapter 4: Saying It Out Loud.</p> <p>Chapter 5: Getting Your Money Back (and Dealing with the Ring).</p> <p>Chapter 6: Why Marry in the First Place?</p> <p><b>PART 3:</b> <b>Moving On.</b></p> <p>Chapter 7: Finding Comfort, Finding Strength.</p> <p>Chapter 8: Is It Grief When I Wish He Were Dead? Understanding Grief, Anger, and All the Other Emotions.</p> <p>Chapter 9: Getting More Help: When to See Your Doctor or a Therapist.</p> <p>Chapter 10: New Beginnings.</p> <p>Epilogue.</p> <p><b>RESOURCES.</b></p> <p>Premarital Counseling.</p> <p>Find Help Fast.</p> <p>Breakup Movies.</p> <p>Songs to Sing at the Top of Your Lungs.</p> <p>Sayings to Get You Through the Day.</p> <p>The Almost Brides.</p> <p>The Almost Brides’ Survey.</p> <p>Notes.</p> <p>The Authors.</p>

"...has become surprisingly successful in the States because, perhaps because it is the first to tackle the topic..." (<i>The Glasgow Herald</i>, 22 December 2003)

<b>Rachel Safier</b> is a journalist who has written for magazines, television, and the Web. She broke off her own engagement two weeks before her wedding day and has since become known on the popular wedding Web site theknot.com as the expert on cold feet and broken engagements. She is the founder of the web site theregoesthebride.com. <p><b>Wendy Roberts,</b> LCSW, has been counseling adults and adolescents in individual, couple, and family psychotherapy for twenty-five years.</p>

<i>There Goes the Bride</i> is your personal guide to calling off a wedding— maybe your own! It walks the reader through the reasons, logistics, and emotions associated with breaking an engagement and provides down-to-earth advice, support, and encouragement from women who have been there. Rachel Safier— the widely recognized expert on the topics of cold feet and broken engagements— addresses all your concerns, including figuring out if it's more than just cold feet, dealing with friends and family who don't understand, giving back the ring, and more. Filled with stories from sixty-two 'almost brides' from twenty-five. states and four countries who've been through this difficult process themselves, T<i>here Goes the Bride</i> offers comfort, inspiration, practical advice, some tears, and quite a few laughs. <p>"Tying the knot is great— when it's right. For to-be-weds everywhere who may not be sure their 'one' is 'The One,' or for those on the receiving end of a broken engagement, the personal stories in this book are a balm for understanding how and why these things happen and for coping with the aftermath and moving on."<br /> — Carley Roney, editor-in-chief and cofounder, theknot.com</p> <p>"Safier's timely and important book shows why it's better to break off an engagement than go through with a marriage that isn't meant to be. The wise words of these 'almost brides' will be helpful to others on the verge of breaking it off or troubled by the aftermath of a broken engagement."<br /> — Pamela Paul, author, <i>The Starter Marriage</i> and <i>the Future of Matrimony</i></p> <p>"It's about time someone tackled this often-secret subject. <i>There Goes the Bride</i> is long overdue."<br /> — Lori Leibovich, editor and founder, indiebride.com</p>

"Tying the knot is great--when it's right. For to-be-weds everywhere who may not be sure their One is THE One or for those on the receiving end of a broken engagement, the personal stories in this book are a balm for understanding how and why these things happen and for coping with the aftermath and moving on." - Carley Roney, Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder, TheKnot.com <p>"Safier's timely and important book shows why it's better to break off an engagement than go through with a marriage that isn't meant to be. The wise words of these 'almost brides' will be helpful to others on the verge of breaking it off, or troubled by the aftermath of a broken engagement." - Pamela Paul, author of The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony.</p> <p>"It's about time someone tackled this often-secret subject. 'There Goes the Bride' is long overdue." - Lori Leibovich, Editor and Founder, Indiebride.com</p> <p>"Amid all the happy talk about encouraging marriage, we need to remember that what we really want is better, more stable, grown-up marriages, and that people need to think critically about whether they are right for each other, and indeed whether they are ready for marriage to anybody." - John Crouch, Executive Director, Americans for Divorce Reform</p>

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