What No One Tells the Bride: Surviving the Wedding, Sex After the Honeymoon, Second Thoughts, Wedding Cake Freezer Burn . . .

What No One Tells the Bride is the inside scoop——good and bad——on what it's reallylike being married. In these pages, recently married journalist Marg Stark breaks thenewlywed code of silence and exposes the profound adjustments brides oftenexperience. Stark and 50 married women tell their stories——shewing others how tohandle turbulence on cloud nine——and reveal marital truths, such as:You don't feel like a "Mrs." Sometimes you even dream about old boyfriends.You write all the wedding gift thank-you notes. So are you doomed to your mother'slife——60 years of doing more than your share？Making love is the last thing on your mind when you have the flu and haven'tshowered for days. But he still wants to.You tell him you got these incredible bargains and quietly resent having to justifyyour spending.You have shining moments when marriage feels absolutely right, but neverthelessyou pine for something more. Humorous and compassionate——with advice from marriage counselors, ministers,financial advisors, and sex therapists——What No One Tells the Bride is not only apractical guide for every newly married woman, it also makes the perfect weddingshower gift.