Bridal Shower Blues: Of all the traditions associated with weddings, bridal showers might 
be one of the most obsolete traditions remaining. While there’s hope with the new trend of “Jack and Jill” showers (both sexes), it remains narcissistically sexist, greedy, outdated, and well, cheesy.
Shotguns Optional At Shotgun Weddings: A friend secretly got engaged and married all 
within a month. When she finally shared her news, I could not help but squeeze out the question, “Are you pregnant?” Of course, I knew she wasn’t (the Speedy Gonzalez wedding was not a surprise) but I felt mysteriously compelled to put the question out there. And apparently I was not the only one to pose it to her. Just like if someone falls you naturally respond with “Are you alright?” when there’s a race to the altar all you want to know is if there’s a bun in the oven.
How The English Empire Accidentally Created The Wedding Industry: We can thank the 
British for many things: the colonization of much of the world, not passing on their dentistry or cooking skills, our accents, the postage stamp, Mr. Bean, the pay toilet and gravity, just to name a few. But one thing we have never given them credit for is creating the wedding industry. Yes, it’s true. While their neighbors to the south, the French, invented love and the French kiss, the English accidentally invented the wedding industry.
Why Women Change Their Last Name for Marriage: As The Feminist Bride this topic is the most distressing to me. After researching all wedding 
traditions there are three that earn the top obsolete, sexist and promoting inequality – engagement rings, bridal showers and name change. Now, women are starting to understand that third-wave feminism is about choice, but I have to say that when it comes to name change it isn’t an educated one.
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