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aniage is meant to be one of life's hap-
piest, most blessed events. But the path
to the bimah can be fraught with emotional
land mines and practical headaches that leave
even the most even-keeled couples stressed
out.
Crying spells, sleeplessness, stomach prob-
lems, short tempers, increased susceptibility
to viruses, backaches, head-aches, weight loss
or gain, high blood pressure and even heart
palpitations are among the physical symp-
toms that should tell a bride or groom to stop
and take a deep breath. Then, advises internist
Dr. Morton Orman, get to the root of the anx-
ieties. "Handling stress is not really about
stress management," says Dr. Orman, author
of the 1991 book, The 14 Day Stress Cure. "It's
about getting at the real, but often hidden,
causes of it"
"Weddings are extremely symbolic," adds
Dr. Mark Komrad, a psychiatrist "For many,
a wedding is the first ritualistic and public cer-
emony to mark them as adults. They are sud-
denly very much in the public eye of their -
families and are expected to live up to many
expectations."
Dr. Orman suggests that the bride and
groom alone, and then with their families, take
an hour or two after the engagement is an-
nounced to lay all those expectations on the
table. Everyone gets to know what everyone
else is thinking. In fact, he suggests keeping
lists to clarify exactly what eveiyone expects.
He says a wedding needs to be thought
of as a huge project whose purpose is clear to
eveiyone. Mom and Dad might be thinking
the purpose of the wedding is to give their
child a larger, fancier affair than they had (or
than the neighbors gave their daughter), while
b r ide or groom is thinking of something small
and intimate. Clear up misunderstandings
right at the beginning. "Don't be afraid to dis-

Beth Smith is a contributing editor to Style.