Open Thread

I started my career as a wedding photographer seven years ago. I photograph the LGBTQ community almost exclusively, because the wedding industry can be

Back in my day—ten whole years ago—wedding planning was somehow, impossibly, even more frustrating than it is now. But in another way, those pre-Instagram

A few months ago, Maddie wrote a post about trying to get her husband to handle more of the emotional labor in their household. Working on that post as

“Remember a few years ago, when I spent Christmas Eve at your mom’s house, and my phone didn’t get any of the texts from my sister on Christmas morning

For the first decade we were together, the holidays were a (literal) drag. In fact, we dragged ourselves all over the state and the country, working to

This morning, I woke up and immediately (deliriously) checked my phone for election results. Then I woke up enough to remember the polls weren’t even open

A few weeks ago, I got a weekend call from my girlfriend who was a few weeks away from getting married. Once we got passed the “How are yous,” she launched into it.

We were right in the middle of the Kavanaugh hearings when I lost my well-honed, socially trained ability as a woman to deflect the misogynistic shit being

When my husband and I got married, the major holidays were pretty easy to parse out between our two families. His family is in California, about two hours

A few weeks ago, Maddie put out a call to find out what problems are people inventing for your weddings. Turns out our family and friends are inventing