Sure. First, we are still together. It was a lot of social issues. One, men receive a lot of social capital from marriage and I saw the opposite as a wife. I hate the social expectations of being a wife to the point of no longer wearing a wedding ring unless in formal settings. Those social expectations also come from…

“It’s just cold feet!”

A college friend of mine got married. I was her GBF, and helped pick out her wedding dress. She was having a very expensive destination wedding her parents were paying for. Week before the wedding she confided in me she didn’t actually want to marry the guy, but because her parents were so excited and spending so much…

In my experience, everyone has different expectations of what married life will be, and those are usually different from the committed long term engagement even. I was with my partner for eight years before getting married, of which I was engaged for five of those years. Even though he and I swore to each other that…

High five. My second husband waited all of 3 weeks before he descended into a bottle, became a raging, abusive drunk I was afraid to leave with the children (either his or mine) to the point that I ended up working from home far too much for my corporateoverlords . Within 6 months he’d been arrested for DUI, had his…

A year into our marriage my sweet husband became emotionally abusive and controlling- unrecognizable from the partner I had been with. It was as if a flip switched. I discovered more and more lies and for my own sanity am grateful I filed so quickly once his behavior became out of control. Though I spent months trying…

I think a lot of people just assume that’s the next step if they’re about the right age and their partner is a decent person.

Juliette Lewis is still a $cientologist, so nay

Actually, I found a dress I liked and then talked my friend into using them as bridesmaids dresses. That’s the trick!

This story is a lie because NO ONE REUSES BRIDESMAID DRESSES. #science

The first two years are hard for a lot of people, I was with my husband for over a decade before we married and even we had a tough time after the nuptials.

ding ding ding! When I left my ex everyone was like “finally!” and I was like “WTF guys?!”, the six months leading up to my wedding I was all “is this the right choice? Is dude sort of controlling and creepy?” everyone was saying “Cold feet! He just loves you so much!” Also - I was raised Catholic so I have sinking…

My best friend has been married for just over a year and is already contemplating divorce. She started having doubts after the first week. I think a lot of people just assume that’s the next step if they’re about the right age and their partner is a decent person. They just don’t realise what they’re getting into. I’m…

I cannot help but give the couple a mental “yup” or “nope” at every wedding I attend. It is terrible and completely involuntary but, there you go.

A friend of mine literally possessed her wedding dress longer than she was married. I’m not kidding.

Liz Taylor tried that and <goes off to google Larry Fortensky> it did not end well. Nothing against construction workers, but maybe don’t marry the one you meet in rehab.

There was one point in my early thirties in which I really resented attending weddings. Not out of jealousy but because it would entail shower gifts, wedding gifts, travel expenses, bridesmaid dresses etc. And then the couple would divorce a couple of years, later. If that. It began to seem like a way to stock their…

Internet explosion with rumours of a Bradiston reunion in 3,2,1...

The French in general seem to have a shitty attitude towards sexual harassment and abuse just in general.

Anyone else noticing the trend that the women who are coming out to cry about how wrong #MeToo and other campaigns are all tend to be of a certain older age and higher social class?