Weddings are steeped in tradition, but where did those traditions come from? And how do those customs differ in other cultures? In our new column, “Traditions,” we aim to explore the origins of various wedding customs from the United States and around the world. On the night before a wedding, a purposeful cacophony of shattering…
“I was so surprised that someone was so prepared to love me so much during that process,” she said. In May 2021, Ms. Woodfork and Ms. Ziegler went on vacation for 10 days in St. Lucia. “We really just enjoyed listening to Ella Fitzgerald and being in the pool all day and cooking together,” Ms.…
Marissa Katarina Bergmann was attending a rooftop party in Bushwick, Brooklyn, in May 2021 when she was approached by a man. She had recently arrived in New York from San Francisco to visit friends. “I was sitting there with my heart-shaped sunglasses on, minding my own business,” Ms. Bergmann said, when Retta Abraham sat down…
An awkward elevator ride was all Rosemary Kalonaros and Christena Pyle needed to kick-start their relationship. They recalled meeting in passing at Omnicom, an advertising firm on Madison Avenue in New York City, where they both worked in 2018. But when Ms. Kalonaros switched departments and began working as the global manager for content and…
Hamza Shabbir Choudery was trying to play it cool. He had casually asked his colleague Zabreen Akhtar Khan to grab a bite to eat after work one Friday in the fall of 2017. Ms. Khan and Mr. Choudery, both 27, met in New York the year before as summer interns at Facebook, now known as…
Two years ago, Ms. Lee started Madison Conner Designs, a bridal alterations business. At first, she said, her young age drew skepticism from brides’ mothers and grandmothers. “The first question I would get was, ‘How long have you been doing this?’” she said. “I could tell I was being vetted by them because of my…
For years, Kelley Louise Carter entertained a fantasy about how she was going to meet the love of her life. “We would be in Whole Foods, and he would be wearing a Michigan State University alumni sweatshirt,” she said. “We would both be grabbing the almond milk at the same time, then we’d look up,…
Although Mr. Leavitt is not formally trained in meteorology, his interest in the weather began when he was employed, from 2014 to 2018, at the entertainment company AEG Presents. He worked on the safety alliance team for concerts and became fascinated with the concept of mitigating risk through weather detection. The team used meteorological technology…
A Complete Bridal Wardrobe Brides are no longer focused on selecting just one beautiful dress. As more pre-wedding parties are being added to the calendar of activities and weddings are increasingly spread across multiple days and venues, the modern bridal wardrobe now consists of a collection of outfits. “Brides are really wanting to have an…
In his response, the Ethicist noted: “I’m not sure marriage is the right arena to fight the many genuine inequities in the system of rewards you’ll find in the university, and in our larger society. … But you have no obligation to edit your husband’s papers, and you’ve come to experience it not as part…