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Posting Pics of Your Engagement Ring on Social Media: Tacky?

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Before you upload that blingy photo of your new ring to Instagram, you might want to pause. According to a story in The Cut, there’s a new trend emerging of photos of rings — no people; just ring and hand …

Short and Sweet Documentary Tells a Beautiful Love Story

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If you haven’t had your daily cry yet today, we recommend watching the short documentary film Theresa’s Wedding, created by Washington, DC, journalists Patrick Terpstra and Beth Brown. The two followed the story of Lisa and Theresa, a lesbian couple …

Luxe Hotel Honors $21 Honeymoon Rate 60 Years Later

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Here’s a story to warm your heart this Christmas Eve: The children of a Long Island couple who’d been married for 60 years wanted to surprise them with a stay at New York City’s Waldorf-Astoria hotel for their anniversary since …

Expert Interview: How to Pick Up a Single Guy at a Wedding

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We’ve all been there: You’re at a friend’s wedding and spy a hottie across the room. But how do you go from sipping your chardonnay solo to effortlessly chatting him up, without appearing like you’re trying too hard? We asked …

Should We All Have Hollywood-Style Marriage Contracts?

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A story by writer Matt Richtel in today’s New York Times floats an unconventional idea: Seeing as how half of marriages fail, should we be more realistic about how we approach marriage? For example, maybe a “marriage contract” for a …

Stop the Idiotic Proposals!: Guy Fakes Plane Malfunction

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Hey, moron grooms-to-be! Stop faking death and destruction as a ruse to get your terrified girlfriends to marry you. We sincerely can’t believe another of these horror proposals, like the one where the guy faked being dead, actually took place: …

Study: ‘Cold Feet’ Can Predict Unhappy Marriage

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Thinking twice about tying the knot? You might want to trust your gut on this one. A new study from UCLA found that having doubts before a wedding can lead to a higher divorce rate and marital dissatisfaction — especially …

Scott Pilgrim–Inspired Proposal Is Just Awesome

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While we’re becoming less impressed with large-scale proposals involving intense choreography and multiple participants, we’re more fascinated by super-creative proposals that involve, say, real videogames or nostalgia of any kind. With that in mind, how lucky is this dude, whose …

Worst Proposal Ever: Faking Your Own Death

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Don’t get us wrong, we love nothing more than a great proposal story (even if it’s a little overdone, see: marching bands, flash mobs, etc.). But this? This takes the (wedding) cake for being the worst fate possible to wish …

Morning-After Wedding Pictures: Awkward or Awesome?

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Brides, do you have an extra $650 lying around after your vows have been said, the cake has been cut, and the first dance has been danced? Consider inviting photographer Michelle Jonné into your newlywed boudoir for a “morning after” …