Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i find those announcements a bit driven by socio-economic class. most of the couples profiled are of means, legacy family background and have gone to the ivy league schools. every now and then they will throw in a middle class family (teacher, officer, etc) and a minority or two.

do a google search on this - bloggers have poked fun at this reality for years.

Ya think??!!

I'm wondering if there's a little more to it than that. I.e., they don't get all that many submissions from the Taco Bell night managers. A little while back there was a couple where his dad was listed as a school janitor, and it made DH and I very happy. But the whole status thing about getting in the NY Times is probably way more important to higher incomes, in fact even subscribing to the NY Times is probably a high income/high education thing.

My colleague's friend was featured in NYT's wedding section earlier this year, and the coverage was NOT flattering. Actually subtly mean. Whether or not a person deserves putdowns any other day of the year, IMHO, wedding putdowns are out of line.

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:i find those announcements a bit driven by socio-economic class. most of the couples profiled are of means, legacy family background and have gone to the ivy league schools. every now and then they will throw in a middle class family (teacher, officer, etc) and a minority or two.

do a google search on this - bloggers have poked fun at this reality for years.

Ya think??!!

Anonymous wrote:i find those announcements a bit driven by socio-economic class. most of the couples profiled are of means, legacy family background and have gone to the ivy league schools.

Of course! We read it for fantasy. DuUuuH!

i find those announcements a bit driven by socio-economic class. most of the couples profiled are of means, legacy family background and have gone to the ivy league schools. every now and then they will throw in a middle class family (teacher, officer, etc) and a minority or two.

do a google search on this - bloggers have poked fun at this reality for years.

It's a lot of fun - and sometimes you see wedding announcements of famous people!

There was that entire old Sex&the City post that had Big's wedding announcement to Natasha and I think it was Samantha that said it was the 'woman's sport section'. Another episdoe was when Charlotte finally got her wedding announcement in there and there was a 'hitler mustache' due to a smear in every edition.

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. Thanks for the link PP but now I'm reading the scoring articles on Gawker. Glad it's week where a lot of folks are out.

I was going to suggest the Gawker posts! Hilarious.

This is OP. Thanks for the link PP but now I'm reading the scoring articles on Gawker. Glad it's week where a lot of folks are out.

As Carmela Soprano once said, "it's the women's sports section."

Here it is, hysterical

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6769919/matrimonial-moneyball

Here it is, hysterical

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6769919/matrimonial-moneyball

You are not alone! There was a really funny article about this once, I'll link it if I can find it

The announcements often times have strange, TMI details and long biographies of the parents are included.