That's the question that Jezebel.com asked this weekend, and I figure maybe I should give my answer.

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This post from LJ user theelusiven cracked me up:

The Nuptial-Industrial Complex: Hi! Great to see you! You know, you've only been wearing that engagement ring for over a year now. You owe it to your friends to get married soon. They aren't going to be around forever, you know. You don't want to wait until you're a fat old embittered hag of a career woman who can't pop out the babies anymore, because he'll leave you for the Emperor's Club!

Me: ::sigh:: No, not right now. I'm just taking a look at some informal wedding dresses to take a break from deconstructing Article III. Don't go getting your hopes up.

TNIC: ::grumbles:: Okay! There's this dress: see how pretty it is, with the flounces! And the train! You're not a real woman if it's not bright-white and floor length, and he'll think you're so beautiful with that extra few yards of cloth dragging the ground and slowly turning black!

Read the whole hilarious post/conversation. (And yes, I found it in my referral logs. I find a lot of good stuff there.

Dan Savage recently blogged about Engagement 101, a creepy wedding industrial complex rag that features coverlines like "The hottest celebrity ring trends." The best one reads "Have you found THE ONE? How can you tell?"

Dan actually went to far as to scan the terrible quiz you can take to find out if you've found "THE ONE." (Crucial clue: what he gets you for your birthday!) It's awful and amusing.