Stop Asking If My 5-Day Honeymoon Is My “Mini-Moon”

Sure, weddings are about love, romance, and a commitment to the person you cherish most in the world, but they’re also an industry subsisting the same thing that every business is built on: Making people believe that they need something. As I’ve learned recently, though, this doesn’t just apply to the wedding itself—it also applies to the honeymoon and the honeymoon length. And, now, the mini-moon.

When you begin to plan a wedding, the thing that hits you smack dab in the middle of the face–almost instantly–is the business of it all. Simply put, weddings are a money-making machine. If you’ve been on Instagram or Pinterest lately, it’s easy to tell why. There is never a shortage of the newest, coolest thing that you “have” to have at your wedding. One month it’s a...

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