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Dying Girl's Last Wish - A Wedding

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Feb 24th 2009 2:00PM

Every little girl dreams about her wedding day, complete with visions of a big beautiful white dress and, of course, the perfect man. But 9-year-old Jayla Cooper doesn't have a lifetime to wait for Mr. Right. The Southlake, TX, girl has been battling ...
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Arranging Marriages in Pre-School

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jan 28th 2009 9:00AM

I am one hundred percent opposed to arranged marriages, especially when they involve children. That said, however, I can't help but consider marriages for my kids. Mind you, I'm not serious, but I have thought "what if she grows up and marries him -- ...
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Engagement Rings for Men

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jan 17th 2009 5:00PM

It use to be that if a woman wanted to marry, she felt she had to wait until the object of her desire got around to proposing to her. Once she decided she was ready, she had no choice but to hang on, wondering when and if he would ever pull out a ...
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JLo Spied Without Wedding Ring, Claims Divorce "Not an Option"

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jan 17th 2009 2:02PM

Jennifer Lopez left her wedding ring at home last Sunday for the Golden Globes. Marc Anthony has also been out and about sans ring, and has been snapped by photographers chatting up other women and waving his bare left hand around. Sure that means ...
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Tiny German Lovebirds Elope to Africa

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Jan 6th 2009 6:00AM

Considering the impulsiveness of their decision, it was to be a beautiful wedding. A German "couple" packed bathing suits and sunglasses, then headed to Africa to get married "where it is warm." The nuptials were interrupted when the lovebirds were ...
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8-Year-Old Too Young to Divorce

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Dec 24th 2008 9:00AM

A Saudi court has decided that an 8-year-old girl is too young to file for divorce. She is not, however, too young to be married. How is that for mixed up? The child was married off to an (obviously) older man by her father for an $8,000 dowry. ...
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'No sex before marriage' contest has no entrants

by Sandy Maple, Posted Oct 24th 2008 5:00PM

You would think that a contest offering a $10,000 prize plus a whole host of other goodies would be swamped with entries. Not so for the Marriage for a Lifetime contest sponsored by the non-profit organization Marriage Appreciation Training Uplifting ...
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Bristol Palin - Not going to Washington with her family?

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Oct 24th 2008 2:00PM

Bristol Palin may have had her heart set on a summer wedding to fiance Levi Johnston, but her mom, Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin has other ideas. She recently told People magazine that sooner is better. "Hopefully before that," Palin said, ...
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First graders go on field trip to teacher's same sex wedding

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Oct 14th 2008 10:00AM

(Click the photo to see our Top 10 Shocking School Controversies) When San Francisco first graders took a special field trip to surprise their beloved teacher at her wedding, they learned a few things about marriage. "Marriage is people falling ...
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More men taking their wives' last names

by Sandy Maple, Posted Oct 6th 2008 5:00PM

When I married the first time, I was quite young and didn't think twice about taking my husband's last name as my own. That's what a woman does when she marries, right? But when I married again nearly 20 years later, I didn't even consider taking my ...
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Pregnant paper dolls?

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Aug 3rd 2008 11:00AM

Did you ever play with paper dolls? Perhaps you did when you were young. Perhaps, even now, you continue to collect them for nostalgia's sake, or to refrain back to your old days when you didn't have kids and were one yourself. Well, in the world ...
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The maternity haircut

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Apr 6th 2008 1:00PM

I used to have long hair. Long, long, long, hair. The kind that you dream about having when you're a little girl--the kind that makes you look and feel like a princess or like you should always and only be seen riding atop a racing stallion on the ...
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Did Brad and Angelina tie the knot?

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Mar 30th 2008 10:30AM

Can you imagine being Angelina Jolie and trying to plan a quiet, intimate wedding? Can you say impossible? Brad and Angie don't seem like the types to shy away from a challenge, however, and they may have actually pulled it off. OK! magazine is ...
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Commander-in-Chief soon to be Father of the Bride

by Nicole Teed, Posted Mar 14th 2008 4:01PM

While I disagree with almost every political decision President George W. Bush has made while in office, I have to admit that he has a certain charm. And nothing is more charming than hearing a man deal with the fact that his baby girl is getting ...
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Babies and weddings

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Sep 24th 2007 9:25AM

This past weekend I had the good fortune of getting out of the house to attend a friend's wedding. Bright and early Saturday morning my husband and I rented a zip car, packed up our nearly six-month-old baby and his various accoutrement and headed ...
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