I have become strangely fascinated with the NY times wedding section

[Anonymous]

That article was hilarious

[Anonymous]

19:07. DOH. i did not read the link before posting

[Anonymous]

They actually put in a lot fewer details than they used to. For one, they would put in engagements. Then in the actual wedding announcements there were details about high schools attended, debutante balls where they came out, details of the dress and attendants names and of course, important/Mayflower ancestors.

My wedding was in there, so were all my siblings and my parents. We're from NY, that's what you do there....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It would be very anticlimactic to read about the couple that met in community college, both of whom work in management at Chilis, and who are a month behind on the rent for their efficiency walk-up because they spent too much extra money when they went to their parents timeshare this year. The couple is planning to honeymoon in Disneyworld, apropos following their Disney-themed wedding that will include an open bar.

Actually, I think this would be fascinating....

[Anonymous]

Remember the big "scandal" about a year ago when the NYTimes had a feature story in the wedding section about the couple who married after having an affair. As I recall they met at a school function and were pretty blatant. I think is was discussed ad nauseum on DCUM

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It would be very anticlimactic to read about the couple that met in community college, both of whom work in management at Chilis, and who are a month behind on the rent for their efficiency walk-up because they spent too much extra money when they went to their parents timeshare this year. The couple is planning to honeymoon in Disneyworld, apropos following their Disney-themed wedding that will include an open bar.

Does it make you feel good to mock people who are lower down on the socioeconomic ladder?

This is a hypothetical question. The answer as always, at least for 90% of DCUMers, yes.

[Anonymous]

I have $94 in my checking account. How do you know I wasn't mocking my peers?

[Anonymous]

If they were in fact your peers, you would have mentioned it in your response instead of stating the balance of your checking account. I don't think most people with large sums of money keep it in their checking account because of the low interest rate that is offered.

[Anonymous]

Seriously, why does everybody assume that all posters on DCUM are loaded, in posession of an ivy league degree and trying to spread hate? For starters, i cant believe I am being accused of lying about how much money we have in the bank. Not trying to be a rich girl poseur. Trust me, if I had a comfortable buffer I would flaunt it.

I said that it would be anticlimactic to read about a couple like my husband and I. It would. If we married tomorow, our marriage announcemnt would tell of our undergraduates degrees from state schools (jmu and odu), and the irony that we both worked at chilis in Fairfax different summers but never met. We married in a hotel ballroom in fair lakes and now live in a townhouse. Our jobs are both just ok but let us get home by 6 and spend time as a family. And we have equity in our house like mad and are close to paying off our student loans so just wait!! Who knows what new day will dawn that will make us exciting to read about!!! We did honeymoon in Europe so there is that but otherwise...not selling any newspapers.

Go find an imaginary slight elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

It is no longer that prestigious to have your announcement in the NYT. Several years ago--I think right around when a lot of newspapers started folding left and right, the NYT started accepting paid announcements.

I used to read it religiously (as a paper subscriber and online), but they announcements are not as good as they used to be.

[Anonymous]

I used to work in an office that was VERY slow on the weekends but we were required to be there, one of the best parts was getting the NYT wedding section and doing dramtic interpretations of the announcements. Our favorite was a couple who met in Vegas near the pool when she was wearing " a barely there red bikini that would make the women at the playboy mansion blush, as she lay seductivly on her lounge chair he had to take a shot of jim beam before having the courage to approach her"

[Anonymous]

Okay, that Gawker link was hysterical. All productivity here at the office came to a screeching halt.

[Anonymous]

Mayflower ancestors.....people believe that shit? BAHAHAHAHA.....the joke is indeed on them! Next I'll put my DAR membership....BAHAHAHAHAHAHA...........Funny!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is no longer that prestigious to have your announcement in the NYT. Several years ago--I think right around when a lot of newspapers started folding left and right, the NYT started accepting paid announcements.

I used to read it religiously (as a paper subscriber and online), but they announcements are not as good as they used to be.

Agreed. Just last week I was reading this one wondering why on Earth those people got picked. They somehow managed to take out the entire page for their announcement.


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/fashion/weddings/dasha-libin-and-dan-anderson-vows.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&sq=dasha libin&st=cse&scp=1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It would be very anticlimactic to read about the couple that met in community college, both of whom work in management at Chilis, and who are a month behind on the rent for their efficiency walk-up because they spent too much extra money when they went to their parents timeshare this year. The couple is planning to honeymoon in Disneyworld, apropos following their Disney-themed wedding that will include an open bar.

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, why does everybody assume that all posters on DCUM are loaded, in posession of an ivy league degree and trying to spread hate? For starters, i cant believe I am being accused of lying about how much money we have in the bank. Not trying to be a rich girl poseur. Trust me, if I had a comfortable buffer I would flaunt it.

I said that it would be anticlimactic to read about a couple like my husband and I. It would. If we married tomorow, our marriage announcemnt would tell of our undergraduates degrees from state schools (jmu and odu), and the irony that we both worked at chilis in Fairfax different summers but never met. We married in a hotel ballroom in fair lakes and now live in a townhouse. Our jobs are both just ok but let us get home by 6 and spend time as a family. And we have equity in our house like mad and are close to paying off our student loans so just wait!! Who knows what new day will dawn that will make us exciting to read about!!! We did honeymoon in Europe so there is that but otherwise...not selling any newspapers.

Go find an imaginary slight elsewhere.

First, I didn't assume that you're loaded. I just assumed that you're not in the same socioeconomic class as the kind of people you mocked in your first post, and it turns out I was right. Secondly, own the shit you post instead of doing weird backtracking. You were obviously mocking the kind of people you talked about in your first post. Your followup post mentioning that you went to James Madison instead of community college and honeymooned in Europe instead of at Disneyworld does nothing to reinforce your claim that you were simply talking about people like yourself.

And if $94 is truly your balance across all accounts at your bank, you should be spending your time working out your finances rather than mocking the working class on message boards.