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When we want to get more thoughtful, this is the spot for our feature articles. Sometimes we talk big-picture philosophies, other times we discuss wedding trends, and every once and a while we just go ape-shit over a wedding WTF?!

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Hilarious video about the “wedding tax” on wedding flowers

This cracked me up — except for the part at the end where the bride growls “I WANT WEDDING FLOWERS.” Fuck that stereotypical shit.

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Punk rock Hawaiian wedding

Nothing says “Hawaiian wedding” like a sweet ocean breeze and the warm tropical sun, with the sound of palm trees rustling in the background … and full sleeve tats and a spiked mohawk! Way to rock the beach wedding. (Thanks to Red Heart Photo for the shot!)

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Why I’m not into Trash The Dress

While I respect the visual kick of trash the dress shots and absolutely understand why photographers and couples could love the concept, for myself, I find the idea wasteful. Indulgently wasteful, actually.

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One Offbeat Bride’s nightmare at Macy’s Bridal

I get so many great emails from readers and someone of them are just meant to be shared with the world. Today, I wanted to share this email from Siouxzi, who had a nightmare dress shopping experience Hey Ariel, I wanted to say thanks I bought your book when we first got engaged. I really […]

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Who picked THIS engagement pose?

Is it just me, or do the crossed arms of the headless groom-to-be comes off as creepily paternalistic? (“No, you’re not getting your bride allowance — you’ve been naughty this week!”)

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Game over t-shirts

I totally get that this is just comedy, and I don’t want to seem like a humorless gender-warrior, but I guess on a certain level I just don’t quite understand why it’s funny … as a groom, do you really want to be thought of as unhappy about your marriage? As a bride, do you want to be seen as “winning” some game that results in your frowny-face partner being stuck with you for the rest of your lives?