When I wandered into a Brooklyn thrift shop and saw this sweet brocade dress marked down to $27.99, when I tried it on and teared up as the zipper closed perfectly, I knew it was my wedding dress.
dresses
age
Or else I'm just a huge weirdo. OH, NO, WHAT IF I'M BOTH?
diets
Do my nuptials even count if I look like I'm capable of lifting a champagne glass or cake knife with one noodle-like arm?
weddings
I polled some recently married friends for feedback on the most beloved wedding gifts they received that weren’t on their registries, and the feedback was enlightening.
weddings
Unless you’ve been some sort of reclusive misanthrope for the better part of your young adulthood, you’re going to wake up on your 28th birthday neck-deep in wedding invitations.
best friends
I'm not sure why I was shocked, let alone hurt, when a girl I had known for 28 years tried to sabotage my wedding. It was right in line with all the other messed up things she had done to me over the years.
a ring is not a marriage
A wedding ring doesn't make a commitment real. It's a symbol. But a symbol can't take the place of the thing itself.
weddings
It sounded too good to be true, and I know how these things end. But I’m a sucker for a bargain -- and a bit of a gambler.
bridal gowns
My first experience trying on wedding gowns may have put me off the whole thing forever. Help me pick a dress online?
julieanne
I call this "the Reverse Cameron Crowe" because instead of the perfect music scoring the perfect emotion, you find yourself hopelessly mid-intercourse, listening to a something best suited to the deaths of major characters on medical shows.
politics
It's kind of like when your friends tell you not to bring your kids to their wedding.
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Issues,
politics,
sexism,
feminism,
weddings,
parenting,
kids,
children,
babysitters,
not taking your kids everywhere
Aug 30, 2012 at 6:00pm | 127 comments
bridesmaids
It's time for abused bridesmaids to revolt.
inheritance
While 22-year-old me might have rented a party bus and bought a case of Moet, these days, I'm a grown-ass lady. What do I do with the $$$?
engagements
Since getting married is no longer the compulsory life event for women that it once was, a lot of us are feeling a little weirdly unprepared for the whole wedding industrial complex thing.
bridezillas
A few people I know have balked at the idea of me covering up my tattoos for a wedding. But this is my sister - my one and only - and likely the last time I'll ever do bridesmaid duties for anyone.
body acceptance
Have I ever told you guys about that time I got married? PLUS: JETPACKS!
ihtm contest
What had been a complicated father-daughter relationship became an impossible one.
marriage
Women aren’t sad or pathetic for not single-handedly disavowing and dismantling an ever-growing consumer culture that feeds on and magnifies every possible human insecurity.
shoppables
Seven suggestions to help you look completely opposite from how I did at prom.
music
Hearing it barely even qualifies as bittersweet for me. It just feels like any other favorite song.
weddings
Just call me Steff, licensed to marry.
weddings
There would be some years when he would send a birthday or Christmas card, some years when he wouldn’t. Months, and then years, would go by without a phone call.
