MetaFilter posts tagged with romance and marriage

Mr. Good Enough

Horace Rumpole — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:29:45 -0800

"Everyone laughs a little too hard for a little too long, not because we find these sentiments funny, but because we’re awkwardly acknowledging how unfunny they are. At their core, they pose one of the most complicated, painful, and pervasive dilemmas many single women are forced to grapple with nowadays: Is it better to be alone, or to settle? My advice is this: Settle!" An interview with the author, Lori Gottlieb Some reactions: "What ticked me off was Gottlieb's, possibly unconscious, propagandizing on behalf of perpetually adolescent men and her advocation of marriage as an economical form of ensured quality day-care." "Well that's a story in the latest issue of the Atlantic Monthly by a single mom who dares to advance the iconoclastic argument that Rachel would have been better if she'd just married the orthodontist."

Romance via vague, anonymous e-mail

ThePinkSuperhero — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:52:22 -0800

ProposalToMary.com I will send out the proposal to Mary to 50 complete strangers, people I don't know – hoping, that they will forward my proposal to as many people as possible, which in turn forward it etc. And some day, I hope, it will reach Mary, after it has travelled a very long way. Guess this guy isn't in a big rush to be with his one true love?

Loyal spouses or lousy seducers?

pwedza — Wed, 02 May 2007 23:01:49 -0800

Are Americans fidelity adepts, or just inept seducers?

Is that a sword, or are you just happy to see me?

cleverusername — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:48:48 -0800

Love in the MMORPG world can be something of an odd topic for those that haven't spent countless hours playing one of these online games. Virtual marriages in the game and online relationships that became real life married couples are odd to the average person. Especially when the consequences just go too far.

Congrats to the Happy Couple!

scarabic — Sun, 30 May 2004 18:54:42 -0800

A Very Christian Proposal-via-Scavenger-Hunt in Starbuck's ~~Headquarters~~ Hometown "The whole day was so much fun, and absolutely perfect. It meant so much to me that Sean included the people that were important in our lives. This really is the best engagement story I've ever heard - I'm overwhelmed that it is actually mine!"

British bachelors beware

TheophileEscargot — Tue, 30 Sep 2003 00:48:13 -0800

British bachelors beware. Rachel Greenwald knows how to find a husband using the techniques of Harvard Business School, and she's bringing her methods to the UK. But it's not easy: she advocates careful 'packaging', putting 10 to 20% of total income into a separate 'find a husband' bank account, cancelling newspaper subscriptions so they can be read in public and getting a third party to contact unsuccessful dates for feedback. There's one change for the UK though: here it's aimed at over-30s instead of the over-35s. I always thought "the Rules" were too spontaneous.

The life of Twine

twine42 — Sat, 05 Apr 2003 14:50:38 -0800

My bet is no-one will care, but I'm marrying my fiancee six months today. Who cares, you say. But think about this... Current UK law means you can either be married by an Anglican minister or by a Registrar. Due to ecumenical fun we're getting married in an Anglican Parish Church with a URC minister and have to get a registrar to stand in the church. Why the religious difference? Does it matter?

stevis — Tue, 09 Jul 2002 01:27:37 -0800

From Big to Aidan to...the ballet dancer? Sex and the City's author and inspiration Candace Bushnell got married to 33-year-old ballet dancer Charles Askegard July 4 on a Nantucket beach in Massachusetts. The couple has only known each other for eight weeks.