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Today, Part II of the APW reader survey results (here is Part I). This part is about content, and it’s a long one….First of all, lucky for me, you guys like every kind of content I publish, more or less. The vast majority commented that you thought the mix was about right (very few of [...]

While we’re on the topic of the (frankly horrific and emotionally impoverishing) wedding/marriage sexism directed towards men, can we talk about this email that made me snarf water through my nose? Meg, While we’re reclaiming the idea of wife, could we make sure we get the right job description for it? A wife is not [...]

We talk a lot about the way our culturally prescribed role’s as women negatively affect our wedding planning, or lord, our roles as wife. But I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately, and David and I have been doing a lot of talking, about how the culturally expected role’s for men are… in a [...]

So. According to the endless bridal publicity emails that I find myself a victim of today is Matrimony Monday. Apparently Matrimony Monday is to weddings what Cyber Monday is to Christmas shopping (eye roll). Since, allegedly, 40% of proposals in the United States happen over Christmas/ New Years (I’m not going to say Hanukkah, because [...]