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Bachelorette parties get physical
These days, many women are eschewing the typical party for an activity that gets the heart pumping.
On Love: ‘I felt like I was winning the lottery’
Darrin Richardson and Melissa Harris were middle school sweethearts before she moved across the country. It took a few decades before love brought them back together.
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On Love: ‘This is our life.’
It took William Aberbach and Gerson Frank 50 years to find each other and three decades to tie the knot.
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On Love: ‘I feel like I’m the luckiest person in the world’
For more than a decade after their chance meeting at a Canadian nightclub, Laura Fleming and Jarrod Sharp wondered what might have been.
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On Love: “I had a feeling that there was something right about it”
Deborah Srabstein and Ari Hauser shared their first kiss after a full-moon hike.
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On Love: ‘For the first time in my life, that felt totally right’
Marc Grinberg and Annie Lumerman met by chance and found love even at a distance.
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Wedding advice from Carolyn Hax
Wedding traditions you hate
Hate the garter toss? Don’t want dad to walk you down the aisle? Carolyn Hax explains how to buck tradition.
Weddings, money and trouble
Carolyn Hax on who should pay for the wedding, and what to do when your budget and your wedding plans don’t match.
More I Dos and advice
On Love: Joy Purcell weds Kevin Roach
A high-school romance begun in Marietta, Ga., leads to a wedding in Washington, D.C.
On Love: Erika Barry and Sam Edelstein
A couple escapes their comfort zone teaching English in South Korea.
Kyle Arrington weds VaShonda Murphy
A football pro and a computer analyst wed at the Crystal City Marriott.
On Love: Ashley McNeil and Damian Coleman
A St. Patrick’s Day wedding in the Caribbean featured green ties on the beach.
Jennifer Correa and Nathan Cash wed
A couple who both work at the Defense Department create a happy merger.
Katie Boatright weds Jeff Dawley
Va. Tech grads celebrate their nuptials with a wine-themed reception.
Janza Pullen weds Donnell Reese
A chance encounter in a grocery store parking lot leads to marriage.
Kristy Wessman weds Ross Herman
A snowboarding trip is the turning point for a couple who met in high school and grew to become more than just friends.
Kathleen Youngblood and Brad Gamble get married
Kathleen Youngblood and Brad Gamble wed in Aruba in a small, intimate gathering.
On Love: Whitney Veit and Andrew McGoram
The couple met when Whitney Veit was studying abroad in New Zealand in 2008.
Erin Carter and Alan Golding
Erin Carter and Alan Golding tie the knot at a vineyard in Cape Town, South Africa.
Lisa Freedman and Rick Beller
On the 10th anniversary of their blind date, Freedman and Beller wed in St. Thomas at the Western Hemisphere’s oldest synagogue.
Galleries
On Love: Melissa Harris and Darrin Richardson
After more than 30 years, Melissa Harris and Darrin Richardson reconnected through Facebook.
One year of princess-perfect fashion
The duchess, née Kate Middleton, has dazzled fans and fashionistas in her first year of marriage.
On Love: Laura Fleming and Jarrod Sharp
More than a decade after they met in Canada, the couple finally tied the knot.
On Love: Deborah Srabstein and Ari Houser
Deborah Srabstein and Ari Houser shared their first kiss after a full-moon hike.
Features
Why long-lasting marriages survive
Ellen McCarthy takes a look at Iris Krasnow’s book, “The Secret Lives of Wives.”
An engagement ring’s many meanings
Should women be allowed to dictate an engagement ring’s size/kind/monetary value? Or is it “just another gift”?
Ignoring a wedding RSVP is no way to treat friends
Miss Manners begs the writer to respond even though the invite came sans stamped envelope.
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Date Lab
Date Lab: If this was the best ... we have concerns
A master class in miscommunication.
Date Lab: Think that hair’s a deal-breaker? Think again.
What happens when everything on a blind date just clicks? “It was like I was messing around with a pickax and I hit a gold vein."
Date Lab: He fits her type, but ...
... is he too young, too lawyer-ly or just too “D.C.”?
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