"Marriage was historically a religious covenant first and a government-recognized contract second."

I have to say, the older I get, the younger everyone else looks. I think 24 year olds are 17. I think 17 year olds are 12.

A median would be more telling, yes.

These studies are not accurate—first of all they are a self-selected group of highly-involved brides (Knot members), second they should really report out the median cost, not the average. The typical US wedding spend is actually closer to $15K.

Ditch the stupid favors, anyway. We didn't bother with them, and I can't remember what any of the ones I've ever gotten at a wedding were. That's how special they were.

Not sure...

You may see at it as signing two halfbacks, but Chip Kelly sees at it as signing one fullback.

i have been very preoccupied with the thought of dying lately. i can't even leave the house without worrying if i am going to die somehow that day (car accident, falling chunk of ice, random act of violence, etc) and have been wondering if i should seek out some therapy. then i saw this article. i am going to find…

Jezebel hates Megan and Hanna from Girls, two women characters that are the typical Jezebel reader. Self-hatred much?

I'm sorry (no, I'm not) but the article and headline sounds like something from "30 Rock" meant to highlight the decline of journalism.

She gets all of the applause. Cuz y'know, whenever I tried to do cool shit at 15, it went like this:

I spit out water reading those. I wish you could come with me when my mom inevitably drags me to one of these things.

If I ever have a daughter, I would want to know that she can kill for domination, control, and humiliation if that's what she chooses.

I am very passionate on the subject of pockets and would happily lose my shit at the prospect of a piece of clothing with pockets in it because WHO WOULDN'T?!

A.k.a., "Eau de Deadspin:"

When Jodi gets out, her and Casey are going to open up a B and B together, "Mornings are Murder!" It's a couples retreat.

It was so much easier to imagine celebrities being funny and clever before Twitter.

To be fair, I didn't click the link either and had to read the paragraph three times to find it because the color scheme isn't very friendly to people with even moderate red-green colorblindness like myself. So there's that.

It's good but it's not

I feel like I should state that I am not proud that I want to roll my eyes. I'm a bit older than probably most gawker commenters. I'm a lesbian. My coming out was difficult and fraught with all sorts of stuff.