Three Forces That Will Try To Take Over Your Wedding
I don’t know if you guys get The Knot Newsletter, but it includes totally helpful, not at all anxiety-mongering articles like 10 Planning Questions You Didn’t Know To Ask (sample question: “Do I really...
View ArticleOn Friendors
This week’s inbox poison from The Knot is the “Top 10 Wedding Planning Myths,” the first of which is “hiring friends is the same as hiring wedding vendors.” In the busting of this myth, The Knot warn...
View ArticleToward a Unified Theory of Automatic Disqualification for First Dance Songs
This week The Knot offers “10 New First Dance Songs.” The first is a Sam Cooke song. Sam Cooke died in 1964, so you can tell that The Knot is operating under a wonky definition of “new.” But per usual,...
View ArticleI’ve Made a Huge Mistake
This week, the Knot has a helpful list of the “worst” or “most common” (depending on what link you click) wedding planning mistakes a bride can make. Second on the list is a mistake so dreadful I feel...
View ArticleJudge Not
Something I edited out of yesterday’s post [Lower your eyebrows! I edit my crazy blog screeds. Some.] was the notion that the trend toward having bridal attendants select their own formalwear is, I...
View ArticleThe Knot’s “Crazy” Colors Break My Brain
Before I got sidetracked by actually offensive wedding website content, I started out my last blog post about this week’s Knot newsletter. The Knot’s newsletter, per usual, also offended me. But only...
View Article(I Don’t Want to Be a) Music Snob
The Knot’s newsletter this week is “15 First Dance Songs (That Haven’t Been Played at Every Wedding).” This went poorly last time they recycled this topic. This time, aside from the editorial failure...
View Article50 More Ways You Are Screwing Up Your Relationship
Ah, the joys of married life. Now, instead of getting a weekly email reminder of how I’m failing at planning my wedding from The Knot, I get a new list of ways I’m failing at life from The Nest. This...
View ArticleA Brief Pseudo-Reprieve From My Hate-On For The Nest
This week’s Nest Newsletter, 10 Annoying Work Habits That Will Get You Fired, didn’t inspire nearly as much rage in me as is normal. I’m giving it a lot of slack because it focuses on work life, which...
View ArticleSo That Newlywed Nine…
I have gained exactly nine pounds since my wedding. I’d be happier if I had gained 19 pounds, because it’s one thing to put on a little weight, it’s another thing entirely to prove The Knot right...
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