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"Holiday Brides" Are A Growing Epidemic
Western men, generally of Indian extraction, come to rural India, marry local women, and then leave them behind with a promise to return. The women, who are then disgraced in their communities, are knows as "holiday brides." More » -
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Jilted Bride Turns Reception Into Party For Seniors
Teanne Harris was ready to get married and host a Halloween-themed reception, when her fiance suddenly called it off. Loath to let it all go to waste, Harris walked into a nearby retirement community and donated the entire bash. [NYDailyNews] -
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Nightmare Bridezilla Has Her "Not Poor" Wedding Day
On the season finale of Bridezillas, Karen—the one who doesn't like poor people, the disabled, and threatens senior citizens—finally had her $150,000 "classy" wedding, but not without being rude to her new in-laws and throwing several tantrums. More » -
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Sneak Peek At Bridezillas Finale
The season finale of Bridezillas will air on Sunday, and it includes the final chapter of Karen (the girl who doesn't appreciate disabled or "poor" people). In this clip, she returns to her seamstress to heap on more abuse. -
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Nightmare Bridezilla Scoffs At Wheelchair Access For Guests
Karen—the Bridezilla who doesn't like "$9-an-hour human beings"—showed more of her ass on last night's episode when she bitched (and laughed) about a wedding guest who requested wheelchair access for the reception. More » -
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Nightmare Bridezilla Hates "Poor" People
Last night's episode featured Karen, a bride-to-be from Staten Island, NY, who — despite talking gauchely about how rich she is — believes that she is the epitome of class, and too important to be polite to "poor" people. More » -
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Louisiana Interracial Couple Refused Marriage License. Not 200 Years Ago. Today.
"I don't do interracial marriages because I don't want to put children in a situation they didn't bring on themselves," Keith Bardwell, the parish justice of the peace says. "In my heart, I feel the children will later suffer." [AP] -
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Bridezillas: "Tardy For The Party" Is Officially Part Of Reality TV Lexicon
On last night's episode, when LaDrienna's bridesmaids were late picking her up to run errands, the bride(zilla) referred to the situation as "tardy for the party." She totally watches Real Housewives of Atlanta. More » -
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Something Blue: Are You A Formerly-Employed Bridal Mag Staffer?
True story: Once upon a time, long long ago, I worked at Modern Bride. Today's news that the magazine — along with Elegant Bride — will cease to exist is pretty sad, but presents an excellent opportunity: Dishing dirt. More » -
#suckers
Vampire Wedding Scare-emoney Was Bloody Good Fun
When 61-year-old Jack Holsinger and 44-year-old Connie Spitznagel got hitched Saturday, the groom arrived in a hearse; the minister was dressed as Jason from Friday the 13th; instead of a kiss, the bride received a bite on the neck. [AP] -
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"Ashley Madison Works… It Helps If You're Not Too Picky"
Says a man who tried it: "As one woman told me, 'I'd never leave my husband; I love him to death. We just stopped having sex three years ago, and I'm not ready to never have sex again.'" [Nerve] -
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Research On Marrying Women Will Definitely Lead To Sweeping Generalizations
Perhaps in response to all the recent talk about the female imperative for mate-poaching - or perhaps coincidentally - today's "Science Times" brings a piece by Natalie Angier suggesting that women are also prone to serial marriage.
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Is Designer Monique Lhuillier A Twihard?
Christian Siriano, Zac Posen and Erin Fetherston are among those who sketched wedding gowns for Bella at the request of InStyle.com, but (obsessed!) commenters agree that only Lhuillier's design "looks identical to what is described in Breaking Dawn." [EW, InStyle.com] -
#oldiesbutgoodies
"Are You Ready For Marriage?" No.
PW's Alison Morris drew our attention to this amazing "Are You Ready for Marriage?" quiz from a 1970 Girls' Romances. It's actually pretty reasonable, for a life-decision quiz in a comic mag. The bad news: I didn't "qualify for marriage."
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Women Protest "Government-Sponsored Dowry"
Unmarried Nepalese women are fighting a government incentive that offers a $650 incentive to marry: "We want the government to provide employment and health care to the families of single women, and scholarships to their children," says one. [Breitbart] -
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Marriage: For Adults Only
We thought engagement meant we'd get married. Everyone else thought it meant a wedding. When's the "right" time to get married?
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Desperate Times...
In a spirit of "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em," the Church of England has instituted a "hatch and match" program in which unwed parents can get a wedding and christening in one, making everything, um, kosher. [DailyMail] -
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"Business Marriages" Anything But Businesslike
Nothing about the New York Post story on green card marriages is really that shocking - the payoffs, the crackdowns, the young women posting ads for "business marriages" - except the openly gross men involved.
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Italian Wedding Ends In Disaster • Women With Migraines Less Likely To Get Breast Cancer
• In an attempt to make the odious tradition of throwing the bouquet a little different, an Italian bride had her flowers flung from a plane. Unfortunately, they got sucked into the plane's engines, causing it to crash. • More » -
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Living Together Is Not "Trial Marriage"
Why do unmarried couples choose to live together? A new study, presented yesterday at the "Smart Marriages/Happy Families" conference, found that most couples don't shack up as a "trial marriage." What researchers found may shock you: More »
