Weddings - xoJane

Just Tell Your Friends That You Can’t Afford to Go to Their Expensive Wedding, Okay?

Doug Barry of Jezebel — Thu, 02 May 2013 10:30:00 -0400

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.

I Still Love My Wedding Song Even Though I'm Divorced

Marci — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0400

Hearing it barely even qualifies as bittersweet for me. It just feels like any other favorite song.

10 Wedding Gifts So Good They'll Fight Over Them In The Divorce

Meghan Moreland — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:00:00 -0400

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.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: My Dad Is A Pedophile And It's Ruining My Wedding

IHTM CONTESTANT — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:00:00 -0400

What had been a complicated father-daughter relationship became an impossible one.

What I Learnt In My First Year As A Wedding Celebrant

Steff Moore — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:00:00 -0500

Just call me Steff, licensed to marry.

I Got Grifted Trying to Buy My Wedding Dress on Ebay

Trista Crass — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:00:00 -0500

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.

Everybody Panic, Single Women Are Planning Weddings!

Andrea Grimes of The Frisky — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:00:00 -0500

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.

Old People Get Married, Run Really Sweet Wedding Announcement

s.e. smith — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:30:00 -0500

This is the story of a genteel (yes, I said “genteel,” deal with it) courtship that began as a friendship and slowly shifted into something else.

I Forgave My Father On My Wedding Day

Trish Broome — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:00:00 -0500

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.

So You Wanna Look Attractive in Pictures, Huh?

Annie K — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:30:00 -0400

Seven suggestions to help you look completely opposite from how I did at prom.

4 Reasons Why I Cannot Be In Your Wedding

Helena — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:00:00 -0400

It's time for abused bridesmaids to revolt.

HOW TO: Look As Good As the Bride (or Brides) at The Next Wedding You Attend

Allie Riley Jones — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:00:00 -0400

Here’s my step-by-step guide to looking really glam and pretty at the next wedding or fancy event you have to attend -- because yes, you don’t want to upstage the bride, but no one said you can’t look as good as her.

OH CRAP YOU GUYS, I Think I Might Be a “Woman Child”

Lesley — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:00:00 -0400

Or else I'm just a huge weirdo. OH, NO, WHAT IF I'M BOTH?

Another One Bites the Dust: Thoughts on My Best Friend's Wedding

Helena — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:30:00 -0400

I didn't think I was gonna cry so, of course, I totally cried.

Is the Democratic National Convention Discriminating Against Women?

Somer Sherwood — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:00:00 -0400

It's kind of like when your friends tell you not to bring your kids to their wedding.

More Brides Having Plastic Surgery to Feel "Confident" for Their Weddings

Lesley — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:00:16 -0400

Have I ever told you guys about that time I got married? PLUS: JETPACKS!

Not Wearing Rings Doesn't Make Us Less Married

Marianne — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:00:33 -0400

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.

I'm Not Crazy! My "Best Friend" Tried to Ruin My Wedding

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:00:36 -0400

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.

When the Wrong Song Happens at the Exact Right Time

Julieanne — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:00:28 -0400

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.

Should I Get Super-Emaciated For My Wedding? I Should, Right?

Emily — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:00:23 -0400

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?