What happened to the NYT wedding section?

[Anonymous]

I like the mini stories. They are so much more special and heartfelt.

The old wedding announcements read like resumes of familial inbreeding and schools/professions. Snooze.

[Anonymous]

I miss the old the ones, esp the ones back in the day when we found out where the bride and groom prepped, where they summered and who the attendants were.

Now it's boring and too PC. Yes, I am a snob.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I miss the old the ones, esp the ones back in the day when we found out where the bride and groom prepped, where they summered and who the attendants were.

Now it's boring and too PC. Yes, I am a snob.

I used to know the bride or groom, or their parents. Now I don't know any of the couples - over 50% LBGTQ, it seems, or people who attended CUNY rather than an elite school.

But that's OK. I don't read their book reviews any longer, either, as I have no interest in reading the books they review.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I miss the old the ones, esp the ones back in the day when we found out where the bride and groom prepped, where they summered and who the attendants were.

Now it's boring and too PC. Yes, I am a snob.

Lots of the "old families" are gone from NYC. The money was split between too many descendants and they sold off the family homes to wealthy foreigners and developers. Their heirs scattered to the winds to FL, TX, CA, CT, the Cape, and Hudson Valley on a permanent basis. The "old families" can't even get into their legacy prep schools because their kids are competing with the kids of Asian, Eurasian, and Latin American billionaires who can write $1m checks for the development fund. The exclusive parts of Manhattan are so much more diverse than even 30 years ago. All the people I know in finance from the "old families" don't even keep a pied a terre in the city anymore, given the rise of nice corporate apartments and AirBnB.

Times have changed considerably.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I miss the old the ones, esp the ones back in the day when we found out where the bride and groom prepped, where they summered and who the attendants were.

Now it's boring and too PC. Yes, I am a snob.

I did like them because when I google people, if I see they had an announcement, I knew they were not my kind of people and I could avoid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I miss the old the ones, esp the ones back in the day when we found out where the bride and groom prepped, where they summered and who the attendants were.

Now it's boring and too PC. Yes, I am a snob.

Lots of the "old families" are gone from NYC. The money was split between too many descendants and they sold off the family homes to wealthy foreigners and developers. Their heirs scattered to the winds to FL, TX, CA, CT, the Cape, and Hudson Valley on a permanent basis. The "old families" can't even get into their legacy prep schools because their kids are competing with the kids of Asian, Eurasian, and Latin American billionaires who can write $1m checks for the development fund. The exclusive parts of Manhattan are so much more diverse than even 30 years ago. All the people I know in finance from the "old families" don't even keep a pied a terre in the city anymore, given the rise of nice corporate apartments and AirBnB.

Times have changed considerably.

Under the authority invested in me by DCUM, I hereby award you the dual degree of Doctor of Sociology and Philosophy (see bolded sentence), Summa Cum[i]. Laude

[Anonymous]

I still love the one where the couple were married to other people and met at their kids’ school and actually talked about it their NYT wedding announcement/story

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I miss the old the ones, esp the ones back in the day when we found out where the bride and groom prepped, where they summered and who the attendants were.

Now it's boring and too PC. Yes, I am a snob.

Lots of the "old families" are gone from NYC. The money was split between too many descendants and they sold off the family homes to wealthy foreigners and developers. Their heirs scattered to the winds to FL, TX, CA, CT, the Cape, and Hudson Valley on a permanent basis. The "old families" can't even get into their legacy prep schools because their kids are competing with the kids of Asian, Eurasian, and Latin American billionaires who can write $1m checks for the development fund. The exclusive parts of Manhattan are so much more diverse than even 30 years ago. All the people I know in finance from the "old families" don't even keep a pied a terre in the city anymore, given the rise of nice corporate apartments and AirBnB.

Times have changed considerably.

Well put. I’d still rather read about these families, where ever they live, than the cringe weddings they feature now. Or so over the top “inclusive” and forced. It’s awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I still love the one where the couple were married to other people and met at their kids’ school and actually talked about it their NYT wedding announcement/story

+1. Eloquent prose used to romanticize a scummy affair sparked at the kids’ school right under the spouses’ noses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I miss the old the ones, esp the ones back in the day when we found out where the bride and groom prepped, where they summered and who the attendants were.

Now it's boring and too PC. Yes, I am a snob.

Lots of the "old families" are gone from NYC. The money was split between too many descendants and they sold off the family homes to wealthy foreigners and developers. Their heirs scattered to the winds to FL, TX, CA, CT, the Cape, and Hudson Valley on a permanent basis. The "old families" can't even get into their legacy prep schools because their kids are competing with the kids of Asian, Eurasian, and Latin American billionaires who can write $1m checks for the development fund. The exclusive parts of Manhattan are so much more diverse than even 30 years ago. All the people I know in finance from the "old families" don't even keep a pied a terre in the city anymore, given the rise of nice corporate apartments and AirBnB.

Times have changed considerably.

Well put. I’d still rather read about these families, where ever they live, than the cringe weddings they feature now. Or so over the top “inclusive” and forced. It’s awful.

What you don't seem to understand is that these "inclusive" couples are now the tastemakers, cultural, and financial elites in the City. That's why they are getting featured. The traditional elites ran away to elsewhere, aren't willing to work as hard, etc.

There's nothing interesting about a 4th generation lay-about living off the trust in Greenwich while they spend their days riding at the barn. And the foreign billionaire kids don't want their names splashed in the paper because it draws unnecessary attention. The paradigm has shifted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like the mini stories. They are so much more special and heartfelt.

The old wedding announcements read like resumes of familial inbreeding and schools/professions. Snooze.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I still love the one where the couple were married to other people and met at their kids’ school and actually talked about it their NYT wedding announcement/story

Oh I remember that! They sounded like truly awful people! So selfish. I wonder if they are still married.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I still love the one where the couple were married to other people and met at their kids’ school and actually talked about it their NYT wedding announcement/story

We need a link!

[Anonymous]

This has happened a few times:

Announcement of parents who met at kids' school: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/fashion/weddings/19vows.html?ref=weddings
Gawker's (RIP) dissection of the announcement: https://www.gawker.com/5715019/homewrecking-couples-scandalous-new-york-times-wedding-announcement

Announcement: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/fashion/weddings/between-reps-at-the-gym-a-strong-connection.html
Jilted ex penned an article about it: https://nypost.com/2020/08/29/i-found-out-my-ex-cheated-on-me-from-his-wedding-announcement/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I miss the old the ones, esp the ones back in the day when we found out where the bride and groom prepped, where they summered and who the attendants were.

Now it's boring and too PC. Yes, I am a snob.

I did like them because when I google people, if I see they had an announcement, I knew they were not my kind of people and I could avoid.

That’s truly and fully insane, but you do you.