After you get engaged, it’s easy to become bogged down with planning the wedding, if you choose to have one. But while being bombarded with emails about chair covers (seriously, never give your email address to anyone in this industry), occasionally it dawns on one that hey, one is going to be married after all ...
The market for weddings in Britain is now valued at 7.5 billion pounds a year. The amount Brits spend on weddings has more than doubled since the ’80s. Now, some experts are claiming that this wedding day extravagance only leads to a more likely divorce. High Court Judge Sir Paul Coleridge said last week that ...
A big debate around modern weddings is the question of whether anyone changes their last name after marriage and if so, who should do so and to what. The origins of this tradition lie in the designation of wealth distribution — marriage was the conduit of wealth to spouses and women changed their names as ...
On Sunday a blog post by a 17-year-old Romany boy in the UK went viral. It started when a journalist tweeted a link, which soon was picked up by hundreds. By late evening Pip, the teenage author, was reporting blog hits in the tens of thousands. The post was an open letter to Britain’s Channel ...
Today may be a day of remembrance, but it’s also a day that many couples are tying the knot. Because today is 11/11/11 it is considered the “most auspicious day in a century” and signifies eternal love in “Chinese geomancy.” There have been over 5,000 marriages in Shanghai alone. There have also been group weddings ...
After less than three months of marriage Kim Kardashian announced she is to divorce her husband Kris Humphries. Most of us were quick to assume the wedding was all a publicity stunt, but are whirlwind marriages really that uncommon, even outside Hollywood? Many young couples are seduced by the dream wedding perhaps not seeing past ...
Weddings are a celebration of love and commitment, but it always seems like the D word is in the back of everyone’s mind. Divorce. Whether it’s before or after the wedding, it’s fairly common for people to say things like, “They’re going to go the distance,” or, “I’m not so sure they will make it.” ...
Like a song set on repeat, we keep hearing that Brad and Angie are not getting married until everybody else can. Gossip magazines and tabloids: stop suggesting that they’re planning a big fat Brangelina wedding. But I admit, I share their desires for a world where marriage is an equal opportunity institution. Despite its legal, ...
Strange things happen to women when they hit 40. Journalist Vicky Ward wrote a memoir-esque article about how her beauty choices and maturity later in life have left her sexier than ever. She goes on about how terrible she looked on the day of her wedding at age 25, and how much she has changed ...
Getting married and debating whether or not to change your name? You should definitely keep your maiden name! Married women who kept their maiden name were more likely to get a job and even attracted higher pay, which could add up to $524,000 by the time they retire, according to research. Researchers looked at the ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
