It’s a Wedding Toast. What Could Go Wrong?
Things can go terribly astray when raising a glass, but so much can go right, too.
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CreditPeter W. Cross for The New York Times 7 Tips for Avoiding a Wedding Toast Disaster
Saying a few words at the wedding reception? Don’t worry, it should go well — if you follow a few simple guidelines.
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CreditChristine Han Field Notes
Rain: The Uninvited Wedding Guest
Couples discuss how to cope with rain on your wedding day.
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CreditMelissa Lyttle for The New York Times Vows
A Secret Relationship, Until Mom and Dad Needed to Know
The bride’s parents insisted that their daughter not marry outside their tight-knit ethnic and cultural circle.
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CreditMonica Almeida/The New York Times One T.S.A. Line Worth the Wait
Josh Mankiewicz, a “Dateline” correspondent, struck up a conversation with Anh Dang, who was ahead of him in a security line.
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Credit Wedding Gifts That Kick Off the Summer Season
Eight items that will make you want to go outdoors and stay there.
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CreditJessica Hische You’ve Canceled the Wedding, Now the Aftermath
Wedding jitters have long been Hollywood material, but in real life it can be traumatic. Also, six tips on easing the financial and emotional pain.
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CreditLeft, Scott Olson/Getty Images; right, Rebecca Smeyne for The New York Times. Men Who Don’t Wear Wedding Bands — and Why
A number of men, including a presidential candidate, have abandoned the tradition of wearing wedding rings. Some women, too.
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CreditJuliette Borda A Husband’s Transgender Secret Takes Its Toll
A happy marriage unravels as he faces his need to become a woman.
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CreditStacey Bode Kathryn Farley, Richard Lipton
The couple met when the bride was interested in collaborating with the groom on an experimental theater project.
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CreditDeRonn Kidd Alyssa Colbert, Gregory Barrett
The couple met as children as part of the Jack and Jill group, and reconnected years later.
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CreditAnne Reingold Charlotte Ickes, Clayton Crooks
The couple met at Yale and married at the Nantucket Yacht Club.
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Credit Kate Hadley, Sumon Dantiki
The bride and groom received law degrees from Yale.
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CreditIra Lippke, Ira Lippke Studios Jessica Lustgarten, Peter Courtemanche
The couple met at a Phish concert at Bader Field in Atlantic City in 2012.
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CreditPeter DaSilva for The New York Times A Facebook Algorithm Renews a College Crush
A dark, good-looking man popped up in a list of “people you may know.”
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CreditBryan Meltz for The New York Times A Feminist Romance, but Not a Radical One
Both bride and groom are thoroughly modern on women’s rights. But parts of their love affair had an old-timey flair.
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CreditMonica Almeida/The New York Times A Reassessment, 24 Years in the Making
A couple who met decades ago on San Francisco’s subway system reunite.
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CreditBecky Harlan for The New York Times A Lonely Walk in the Rain Leads to Love, Finally
The couple, whose paths kept crossing, realized they could overcome stormy weather.
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CreditIlana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times One Love, Two Steps
The couple met and fell in love over dancing the two-step in Austin, Tex.
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CreditYana Paskova for The New York Times Till Wrinkles Do Us Part: Introducing the Brotox Groom
Marrying men are making appointments with dermatologists and plastic surgeons to look forever good in the wedding album.
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CreditTom Bloom Mothers and Daughters: Whose Wedding Is it Anyway?
When it comes to planning weddings, many millennial brides and their Boomer mothers are seeking to forge a more flexible working dynamic.
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CreditTracey Buyce If Anyone Here Objects to This Union, Bark
Pets participating in weddings? This summer, one photographer in Vermont expects to see them at half the ceremonies he’s working.
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CreditTom Bloom Never Too Old to Hurt From Parents’ Divorce
Even children in their 20s, 30s and older are confused and upset when Mom and Dad break up.
