I could answer that one right away, mainly because I had just gone through the annoyance of buying a purple dress and at the time thought to myself “ugh. When I get married. I’m chosing navy, because it’s easy.” And so it was (but if anyone wants to wear a different color, by all means, do).

I was down to two dates the day after we got engaged, due to a lot of other things already on the calendar, BUT a. I realize that that’s weird and B. IT’S ACTUALLY THE WORST. I had to actually put the brakes on wedding planning just because I felt like we jumped right into the details without any big picture…

Not the unspoken purpose, I’m pretty sure bar owners have been explicit in their more women=more dudes coming in hoping for drunk women math

She plays both (and maybe something else?) Her team, The Monarchs, is a multi-sport team. She got famous for baseball, but she really wants to play basketball.

Not same level, but my sister, who got married yesterday, chose her wedding location in part because of the amazing outdoor photo ops, as last week progressed, weather forecast chance of rain crept up and up to 100%. She ordered umbrellas, spent hours googling “rain photo ideas” and then, the day came, and they took…

yup. This was a few years ago, but I can’t imagine it’s changed...

I was in VA near Appomattox and stores sold confederate flags right next to bumper stickers (also adorned with the flag) that said “ “If I’d have known this I’d have picked my own cotton.” But the flag is not about racism or slavery, right??

I mean, yeah, yogurt doesn’t actually NEED to have anything to do with sex, but if we can’t argue against the general skeeviness of using sex to sell yogurt—and, well, everything—then I’m all for not restricting it to heterosexual sex.

Useful! He was CONVINCED he lost it in my apartment. It turns out he had left it at his place all along...

My fiance proposed to me (with a necklace), though we had discussed marriage a lot already, but I did buy him a watch, which I gave to him the following weekend. I wanted to give him something he’d wear a lot, and so a watch was the best I could do before we get to wedding rings. There wasn’t much fanfare to my…

When I was in fifth grade, I said to my dad “I love ‘American Girl’ magazine, because it’s just for girls. And there are no other magazines just for girls.” And he said “ I am SO glad you think that.” I eventually figured it out but...

I love your color scheme, and just discovered my mother apparently has an aversion to red flowers at weddings. Not sure what the deal is, but can you share photos of your flowers? So I can see what this color scheme looks like (and maybe win my mom over?)

Thank you! I’m discovering this process can be fascinating when it’s not torturous.

I can pass on some advice from a completely different setting (i.e. this is the advice I got about making tweaks to my traditional, conservative religious ceremony to make it more feminist, so not at all your issue, but with some applicable advice):

You are right. I am sorry. That’ll teach me not to comment when tired. I read into the “they” defensively from other threads on Jezebel which can turn against conservative religions quickly, but you wrote nothing to warrant it. Sorry.

I actually take a kinder view (though I may be misreading you) of this—being an Orthodox Jew myself. If wearing sleeves is part of your values, then there are actually not that many options for dressy clothes (it’s getting better, but it’s still tricky) without expensive alterations, so you make do. I don’t know…

Don’t feel too bad; I was told by someone in a bridal boutique that it takes YEARS for stores to actually get dresses that match trend events like Kate’ s wedding, so sleeves are only just becoming more of an option now-ish, so it’s not like you missed it by only a year (and despite this alleged sleeve trend, I think…

It’s also not just the modesty! Remember this post? http://itheedread.jezebel.com/wedding-design… The designer said “It’s a different medium [designing an ebola hazmat suit], but it’s very much in the same world,” Andrews told ABC News, explaining that designing modest gowns for the rigorous dancing of Orthodox Jewish…

Orthodox Jews do this too. It it totally appropriate to stick a long sleeve shirt (and/or tank as needed for the neckline) under a sleeveless dress, even for really fancy things.

Have you seen this? http://forward.com/sisterhood/306… It’s generated cool conversation in my Jewish world.