Dear Maggie,

My fiance and I are so completely different! I like dogs, and she likes cats. I’m outgoing and she’s an introvert. I’m into sports, biking, kayaking. She’s into movies and music and yoga. Her family are all laid back and frankly, fairly poor and apparently content that way, while mine are extremely well to do and concerned about keeping it that way. I’m politically active, adamantly so. She won’t even register to vote. I like dogs, she likes cats.

All right, so we’ve been dating for five years, and six months ago we got engaged and now she’s pushing to pick a wedding date. And suddenly I’m in a panic. What the heck was I thinking? How can we ever be happy together? What if we drive each other crazy? Maybe we should live together first, just to be sure.

What do you think?

Signed,

Groom on the Edge

Dear Edgy Groom,