My friend Anna is getting married this weekend. In true Anna fashion, it is being held in a campsite, with s’mores replacing the more traditional wedding cake. By all accounts, it was stacking up to be a wonderful weekend.
That is, until things got complicated.
I was always aware that Anna came from an extremely religious background. [...]

I am beginning to wonder how my friends became so cliched.
It certainly couldn’t be by simple virtue of the diamond rings displayed on their ring fingers. It is not as though they are the first of my friends to get married, many of whom who have managed the transition from girlfriend to wife with relative [...]

My 10 year high school reunion is this summer. Facebook groups have been formed and dates are being thrown around.
I find this both exciting and a little petrifying.
Unlike seemingly the rest of the world, I didn’t hate high school. 
(My last years of elementary and first years of junior high were a whole ‘nother story. My [...]

I posted this on my blog a few days ago– but it seemed too perfect in scope not to post here, too!
Perhaps by virtue of our Canadian and career-ist nature, the bulk of my friends did not rush into wedded bliss right after high school. Sure, there was the one couple who married essentially when [...]

I’m not too sure when I became the resident expert on cohabitation.
It could be that, seven months into living in a new apartment with my guy, I am still deliciously giddy about the notion of waking up to him every morning, and he still finds me bearable and perhaps a little cute, despite my tendency [...]

This week’s guest post is by Just Jinny over at  A Real Girl in the Real World. 

 
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There seems to be a certain schedule that young people are being held to.  It isn’t written anywhere, or blatantly talked about.  Just a general consensus that is often hinted at, sometimes in a very obvious manner.  It seems [...]

I once read that North America could be conceptualized as a cult of the couple. Inherent in many of our norms and traditions is a belief that marriage is an inevitability. Everyone will end up married, we presume, and, furthermore, everyone wants to end up married. If you are single, of course you don’t want [...]

As with most of us, I went to several weddings this past summer, varying from more traditional Chinese to casual Western, cupcakes to multiple tiered cakes, ornate white gowns to less conventional coloured ones.
What also varied was across marriages– the brides’ decisions regarding their last name. In fact, of three brides, one each chose to [...]

It really bothers me that once a girl reaches her mid-twenties, a lot of people think it’s all of a sudden time for her to settle down. At family get togethers there are always awkward questions. Friends getting married and people looking at me expecting me to flash some bling at them and yell out [...]