Category Archives: Wedding

the anti-bride

Posted on November 9, 2010 by

I knew I was never going to be a fairy princess bride. Sure, like all little girls, I had the Barbie bride, I acted out weddings like I remembered them from my mom’s soaps. But I remember even as a … Continue reading →

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What my cat just taught me about committment

Posted on September 3, 2010 by

I’m laying in bed next to my husband-to-be and my cat. The cat is not a young cat, but she’s not old either, about 7 years old or so, comfortably mature but not yet past her prime. Because I’m a … Continue reading →

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Vegas, Schoon-sister style

Posted on August 18, 2010 by

I just got back from a Vegas trip commemorating my 29th birthday and, ostensibly serving as my bachelorette party. But since I’m really not a fan of the bizarre, heteronormative fertility ceremony that passes for bachelorette parties, nor am I … Continue reading →

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Go ahead, guess the vegetarian.

Posted on August 8, 2010 by

I met my now-fiancee four years ago, and back then he was just a friend of a guy I was dating. The guy I was dating was gone a lot for work- sometimes for months at a time, and what … Continue reading →

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