Dear Teddy,

This is Wedding Week for you, so you are probably not going to read this, but that’s OK. One day you will and then you can thank me. No hurry.

I went to Barnes & Noble to try to find the Guide For Stepfathers of the Bride, but they were all out. So just take it from a guy who has literally been on both sides of the aisle.

So far, so good, my friend. You have kept your head down, said yes to almost any suggestion that is disguised as a question and left the checkbook within an arm’s length at all times. That’s good work.

To be honest, the hard part is done. Now you are just playing on raw emotion, like they do in the Ryder Cup. Anything goes in Wedding Week. Somebody break a shoelace and you’d think the Earth might as well have stopped rotating. You never know. Stay loose.

You’re like the #2 quarterback on an NFL roster — we are probably not going to need you, but you damn sure better be ready if we do because there are going to be all sorts of questions asked later that you’ll have to answer.

Everyone worries about things going wrong, but even if it does, it always gets fixed. And/or makes for a great story years later.

But most of all, enjoy it. And you will. Lots of people who you love are going to be really, really happy. Take a moment for yourself, though. Let it all soak in.

You’re in the homestretch, pal. As you would say, Ready, Break!