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  130 Comments April 23, 2009

Why do longtime partners split after getting married?

"I just heard about friends who married after being together for 7-8 years, but end up divorced after the first year or so. Why do you think that happens?"

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  27 Comments February 4, 2009

Getting your offbeat groom involved

This is an awesome opportunity for the two of you to sit down and reconstruct the whole "This is the bride's special daaaaaay, and the groom is just an accessory" bullshit.

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  30 Comments December 19, 2008

How my cat taught me marriage isn't so scary after all

As I watched my cat spew what seemed like a quarter pound of half-digested tuna/chicken feast all over one of my favorite sweaters, a pathetic realization came over me: My relationship with my future husband is like my relationship to the cat …

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