Since I was very young, I knew I wanted to be married. There's a picture of me at six years old, sitting on my mom's cedar chest with a napkin on my head, in a white dress, holding a bouquet of fake flowers in two chubby hands. I always wanted to be a bride! But since most women marry in their mid- to late twenties, and I had plenty of time on my hands. After an epiphany at age 21, I realized I wanted to be married - but was woefully unprepared. I commissioned myself to develop habits that…
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