Few things, it would seem, are more stressful than planning a wedding: the guest list, the venues, invitations, catering, insurance (which, I just learned from a friend, you must buy if your ceremony’s being held on public land), the clothing, oh yes, and expenses… It sounds awful.

Fortunately, it seems, there are plenty of websites you can turn to if you want help organizing this stuff. I just met a woman who works for the company that runs OurWeddingDay.com, a subscription-based planning resource that offers task, address, and budget management tools, gift registries, local resources, web templates and hosting, and so on. There are also plenty of hints and tips and an online Q&A feature where you can chat with a wedding consultant. It sounds quite sensible.

Or you could just elope…