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How to Tighten Your Wedding Budget Without Being Cheap [Sponsored Post]

Mike Higgins — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:21:39 +0000

Springtime is wedding time, and while weddings are a happy occasion, they can also be a very stressful one for most couples, especially when it comes to the issue of who’s going to pay for it all. It’s no longer automatically the case that the bride’s father pays for the wedding day. More couples these [...]

Boston Marathon Runners Don't Let Terror Attack Stop Their Wedding

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:18:35 +0000

Robert Watling and Kelli Johnston are a speedy pair. In fact, Watling proposed to Johnston last October after they completed the Chicago Marathon, which was one of the many 26.2 mile races the couple had completed together.

Given their shared history of racing together -- their first date was a 5K race -- getting married after the Boston Marathon seemed like the natural thing to do.

Portland, ME Same-Sex Couple Win $100K Wedding Contest

B98.5 — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:26:22 +0000

The magazine ‘Real Maine Weddings‘ has picked a same-sex couple as the winner of their annual wedding contest. Jenna Eagleton and Caroline Curry of Portland were chosen Sunday (March 24) at the ‘Maine Wedding Association Bridal Show’ in Freeport. They were picked from among three finalist couples and will receive a prize package for a [...]

Watch These Wedding Bouquet Tosses Go Awry — Daily Distraction

Daily Distraction — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:00:25 +0000

[onescreen item="5020646"] It might seem like a simple procedure, but the traditional bouquet toss at a wedding can create quite a bit of mayhem: fire, wrestling matches, multiple-bridesmaid pile-ups, you name it. It’s surprising how durable this particular wedding ritual has proved. The idea that the woman who catches the bouquet will be the next [...]

Kleenex Alert! Brother Fills in for Late Dad for Wedding Dance Song

Emerald Catron — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:40:05 +0000

If, like us, you’re in need of a good crying jag because for God’s sake how is it not Friday yet, we recommend this video. It’s got all the ingredients for a good, old-fashioned Tear Fest. Dead parents. Weddings. Sentimental country songs. Watch this brother sing at his sister’s wedding while all the men in [...]