Bad Trend Alert: Another Groom Pulls a Surprise Wedding on His Beloved
Three makes a trend, so it's official: weddings where the groom surprises the bride are now a thing.
H&M Is Selling a $100 Wedding Dress
On the heels of the wedding romper comes another way to very tepidly rebel against the wedding-industrial complex: this H&M wedding dress, which costs £59.99 (around $100). It'll be available in stores next month!
Microsoft Understands How Much You Gals Love Weddings
Microsoft spends a lot of time attempting to zing Apple. Their latest try is pitched to the ladies and focuses on the fact Mac laptops don't have touch screens. A pretty simple concept! But just in case, the company decided to explain it in terms of wedding planning. Because ladies love weddings.
Mary-Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy Are Reportedly Engaged
SOUND THE ALARMS WEDDING BELLS. The feeling that's welling up inside you is one of shock and excitement, as Us Weekly is reporting that "sources" say Mary-Kate Olsen and her boyfriend Olivier Sarkozy, brother of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, are to be wed.
Ambush Weddings Are the New Weddings
Everyone wants to feel special on their wedding day, a very understandable desire that is driving Americans to ever-greater heights of nuptial absurdity. The latest development: surprise weddings sprung on unsuspecting guests. Ta-da!
Eight Reasons Why the Mangagement Ring Should Totally Be a Thing
I've never understood why men don't wear an engagement ring. Actually, scratch that: I understand why they didn't wear them in the past, when marriage was but the economic chess move of a lady, any lady from her Father to Some Other Dude. But Things Have Changed ™ so it's high time the lady-only engagement ring goes…
Jeweler Attempts to Lure Engagement Ring Buyers With Free XBox One
Considering hopping onto the "engagement season" train just as it pulls out of the station? A jeweler says they'll throw in a free XBox One with the purchase of every engagement ring, as long as it's got at least a 3/4 carat diamond.
More Women Are 'Marrying Down'
Women are increasingly marrying dudes who don't haven't racked up the same number of degrees, according to the latest research. In fact, it's now more common than men marrying women with lower levels of education—though only by a hair. This is a first!
Dog Swarms Are the Hot New Marriage Proposal Trend
You know what goes nicely with a heartfelt declaration of love? A small swarm of dogs. Meet the latest thing in stunt marriage proposals!
Miss Piggy Will Be Getting Married in Vivienne Westwood, Of Course
After years of very publicly attempting to drag Kermit the Frog down the aisle, it looks like Miss Piggy will finally get her heart's desire in Muppets Most Wanted. There'll be a wedding at the Tower of London, where she'll wear a gown specially designed by Vivienne Westwood.
Pissed Bride Sues Over Terrible Wedding Video With Applause Track
Here's a nuptial scenario to give you nightmares: a Brooklyn bride is suing her wedding videographer, claiming he used a bunch of tacky special effects including an applause track. I guess not everyone wants to feel like a network sitcom star on her special day?
Ladies Aren't the Ones Letting Themselves Go After Marriage
Ah, marriage: the ceremonial letting out of ye old gut once you've locked it down something permanent. According to the popular lore, studies and jokes, it is us gals who do the biggest pile-on post-nuptials, before kids, after kids, just thinking about having kids, and sometimes literally as we stride out the aisle,…
Russians Have The Bizarre Wedding Photo Game On Lock
The run up to the Sochi Olympics has been characterized by paranoia, fear, and copious media references to Vladimir Putin's oft-bare chest. Thank goodness we have these truly wacky Russian wedding photography to distract us from all that terrorism!
Please God Do Not Make Me Take Pre-Wedding Marriage Ed
An advocacy group is trying to scrounge up the signatures to get legally mandated pre-wedding marriage education on the ballot in Colorado. And you thought taking an afternoon off to get a marriage license was a pain in the ass.
If Your Wedding Costs More Than Your Car, You Might Want to Insure It
Weddings have now become so expensive that more and more Americans are taking out insurance policies against the big day, as though it were a brand new Chevy Tahoe.
Engagement Season Is Almost Over. Time for Divorce Season!
January is probably the worst month of the year. The holidays are over, it's still cold and gray, and at least February holds out the promise of clearance Valentine's Day chocolate. Maybe that's why—according to CNN, at least—it's the month everyone gets cracking on their D-I-V-O-R-C-E.
Just in case you have nothing to do today AND happen to live in Brooklyn, the hipsters are having their very own wedding expo called the Lovesick Expo, where everything will (of course) be handcrafted, ironic, and mustachioed.
Someone FINALLY Made a Search Engine for Wedding Venues
Here's how the wedding planning process currently goes if you want to get married anywhere other than your own backyard: You make a long list of venues found in magazines or via the Knot or through Google, then you start emailing.
Is Polygamy the New Gay Marriage? This Polygamist Thinks So.
If gay marriage is really about legal rights and the government staying out of people's bedrooms, then why can't the same idea apply to polygamist unions? That's what Kody Brown, star of TLC's Sister Wives, presented in his case challenging Utah's ban on polygamy. The state is also struggling to reaching a unanimous…
Couple Hilariously Mocks Stereotypes in Cheesy Engagement Pics
Newly engaged couple Marian and Elliot are your new best friends. But I already have best friends, you say, daring to protest my declaration. Nope, fire them forever, because these two are the clear winners.