I love everything about this photo, even with your hands there. The dress is awesome and the whole photo is so authentic and adorable.

The societal expectations around weight and weddings are driving me absolutely nuts and making me furious.

I just put honey in my iced coffee since I don't usually add sweetner to my coffee unless, as was the case this weekend, I miscalculated how much milk I have in the house. The coffee shop near my work puts honey in their cold brew, which is the only reasm I thought of it and it was so good!

No. It’s two different things. Most of the trash the dress shoots are directly after the wedding and have nothing to do with divorce of break up. http://www.columbian.com/lifeHome/lifeH…

Here's another thing with Maddie: she was all sad and left out because no on weber acknowledges that Deacon is not related to her and she has to go along with all the drama, so she asked if she could move in with Teddy, and the that was never discussed again. Did singing with Luke resolve her desire to move in with…

Interns and staff tally the sentiments of the letters and calls and use the number (x for y against) to inform policy and political positions. Of course, on some issues, a Congressman* will chose to stand by his beliefs even if they conflict with the overarching sentiments of the communications, which is part of what…

I was just last night complaining to a friend that I overwhelmed by wedding planning (and that’s with really great help from my mom) and said “this isn’t my skill set” she said “of course it’s not. You are not a party planner” it’s a good point that we weirdly expect brides to plan a giant party with no experience…

Yup! My mom just flat out lied and said my wedding was month earlier than it is so we’d get the dress earlier (since I have to have a lot of alterations) so glad she did, because the dress is in hand 5 months before the wedding!

Hi Jolie,

I think you can call her out on her BS now. If that causes drama, so be it problem solved, she’s been given a chance to be a better friend and proven she shouldn’t be a bridesmaid let alone a MOH. If she shapes up, you can make her a bridesmaid to honor your history IF YOU WANT. If you don’t want, tell her you are…

This! So many people ask/imply to me as I am planning the wedding "so what have you always dreamed of having? " um? I haven't? I don't know? I was kinda thinking of wearing a friends dress but her sister wore it and now it's too small? Was I supposed to have dreamt about this?

That's what I'm getting and I'm psyched though scheduling the fittings (for stupid reasons dress is in boston and I'm in dc) will be the death of me

This. I’ll probably keep saying this on every thread, but I very quickly realized that my Jewish wedding was going to be big and expensive becuase it’s a community and family event. People who have known me all my life want to celebrate with me. My finance has a big family and he’s the grand son of holocaust survivors…

I looked for a dress with sleeves (for modesty reasons, but in the end am probably going to go with longer sleeves than I need for the look) and I asked every bridal shop about the supposed Kate Middleton effect. There were so many with sleeves in the magazines, not so many in the stores. The answer I heard was that…

That makes way more sense to me than the campaign, which seems to think there is some good in sprinkling inspirational messages about. I don't need life affirmations from a package of spanx.

Good call on the language. It’s the same reason why the phrase “committed suicide” bothers me. I know it’s in our lexicon but it helps further the stigma. Susan B. Anthony group totally wants “committed abortion” to become a thing

My fiancé and I negotiated DOWN to 300 guests with our parents and cutting the guest list is killing them. In our case, it's a combination of large families, our friends all having spouses already (I've never been to an orthodox Jewish wedding where plus ones were assumed cause of costs and cause of the type of…

In the snow because we were stuck in Boston. We were completely alone but proposed early enough that I could tell my sisters in person before they left.

Agree with everything you said, and wanted to say hi to a fellow Barnard woman!

Jewish wedding dancing involves a lot more jumping around, and there generally need to be sleeves on the dress as well, so ability to move arms in sleeves, ability to move legs, bustling of train, but honestly, everyone I know buys a normal dress on the market and adds sleeves. But check back with me in a few weeks,…