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Miss Manners' Guide to a Surprisingly Dignified Wedding
Miss Manners' Guide to a Surprisingly Dignified Wedding | Judith Martin, Jacobina Martin
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Bride and mother-of-the-bride rebel against todays monster weddings and explain how weddings can be charming, affordableand excruciatingly correct. Todays brides are bombarded with wedding advice that promises perfection but urges achieving it through selfishness (Its your wedding, and you can do whatever you like), greed (choosing the presents that guests are directed to buy), and showing off (This is your chance to show everyone what youre about). Couples wishing to resist such pressure see elopement or a slapdash wedding as the only alternatives to a gaudy blowout. But none of these choices appealed to a bride who happened to have been brought up by Miss Manners. Judith Martin and her newlywed daughter, Jacobina, explain how to have a dignified ceremony and delightful celebration without succumbing to the now-prevalent pattern of the vulgar, money-draining wedding that exhausts families and exploits friends.
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Lcsmcat
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Not book related, but it‘s our anniversary, and I‘d say my life is a (heart shaped) bowl of cherries. 😀

Ruthiella Happy Anniversary! 🥳🍾🥂🥳 3y
mcipher Congratulations!!! Mine was Sunday ❤️ 3y
Alfoster Sweet!🥂👍 3y
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Soubhiville Aw, happy anniversary! 3y
AmyK1 Happy anniversary! Mine is Friday! ❤️ 3y
Lcsmcat @AmyK1 @mcipher Congratulations to y‘all too! How many years? We‘re at 37 - and I don‘t feel old enough for that! 3y
AmyK1 27! And I don‘t feel old enough for that either lol 3y
fredamans Happy anniversary! 3y
Lcsmcat @fredamans Thanks! 3y
mcipher 18 and same! 3y
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Lcsmcat
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I share Miss Manners opinion of #DestinationWedding. Sorry millennials. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #letstravelaugust @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

GingerAntics Please tell me she thinks they‘re obnoxious and privileged. I‘m a millennial and think destination weddings are terrible. 5y
GingerAntics Thank god. No millennial I know would ever have one. None of us have the money for that madness. That sounds more like spoiled rich kid than millennial. I maintain, I‘ll go to your destination wedding if you‘re paying for me to get there. Otherwise, it‘s not happening. 5y
cherinium I love Miss Manners! Her tongue in cheek and sometimes biting remarks always make me smile. 5y
Lcsmcat @cherinium Me too! I‘ve been reading her since the 80‘s when I lived in the DC area and got the Post. 5y
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It‘s all over but the clean up. #MyDaughtersWedding

BlameJennyJane Yay! Beautiful wedding. You must be proud! 6y
Samplergal Beautiful. Many happy years to them. 6y
Tamra 💚💜 6y
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batsy Lovely 💕 6y
Graywacke Beautiful!🥂 6y
LeahBergen 💕💕💕 6y
Kalalalatja Lovely! 6y
CarolynM So lovely. 💕All the best to the happy couple. 6y
Patchshank 💞💞💞💞🥂 6y
rather_be_reading congrats!! 6y
Cathythoughts Beautiful pic ! Congratulations 6y
saresmoore So many congratulations! Wonderful! 6y
Lcsmcat @BlameJennyJane @Samplergal @Tamra @batsy @Graywacke @LeahBergen @Kalalalatja @CarolynM @Patchshank @rather_be_reading @Cathythoughts @saresmoore Thank you all! It was a great day, and we‘re so happy to welcome a new son into the family. But I wish I had the whole week off to recover instead of just today! 6y
Theaelizabet CONGRATULATIONS! Lovely! 💕💕💕 6y
Graywacke @Lcsmcat wishing you a restful day and that after-everything-went-well-feeling. 6y
Lcsmcat @Graywacke Thanks. Nothing happened that could end up on YouTube so that makes it a win, right? 😀 6y
Graywacke @Lcsmcat 😂😂 If they got through the i-do part, success! 6y
Tamra @Lcsmcat you definitely should have the week off! 6y
Jas16 Congratulations!❤️ 6y
Redwritinghood Congrats! 6y
merelybookish Yay! So beautiful! Congrats to the happy couple. And some well-deserved R&R for you! 6y
Lcsmcat @Jas16 @Redwritinghood @merelybookish Thanks! I think I‘ll recover. 😀 6y
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Lcsmcat
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First we finish the wedding reception flowers. Next we unload the books. 😀 #SaturdayWithMyBaby

Cinfhen Beautiful 6y
Crazeedi Perfect! So gorgeous! 6y
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Lcsmcat
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To all my #buddyread Littens in #shakespearereadalong and #thealchemistread, I will be out of pocket most of today visiting dress shops and caterers and florists with my daughter. I‘ll check in this evening, glass of wine in hand, and participate in our discussions. @readinginthedark @LazyDays

Cathythoughts Happy days ❤️👍🏻👍🏻 6y
merelybookish Congrats on more wedding fun!! 6y
merelybookish And sweet picture! 6y
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Pamwurtzler Wow you‘ll be busy! Have fun! 6y
Lcsmcat @Pamwurtzler So busy. And so much sugar! We both felt a little dizzy after the cake tasting! 6y
readinginthedark Oh fun! 6y
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Lcsmcat
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My daughter posted this on Facebook yesterday. Can I panic now? I haven‘t even found a caterer yet!

Cathythoughts Congratulations ❤️ 6y
Tanisha_A Congratulations! 6y
BookaholicNatty Awwwwwwwww what a beautiful picture!!!!!❤️😍 (edited) 6y
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JoScho Yay!! And you have plenty of time 😊 6y
Lcsmcat @Cathythoughts @Tanisha_A @BookaholicNatty @JoScho Thanks! We really like him. Our daughter would rather elope, but Tony wants a big wedding. So I‘m doing most of the planning. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 6y
sebrittainclark I'm planning my wedding right now. The panic is so real. 6y
Beckys_Books Such a cute couple! They look very happy. 6y
batsy They look so happy 💘 Congratulations! 6y
Pamwurtzler They‘re so cute! Congratulations! And yes, the panic is real! 6y
Ddzmini The closer it gets the more love to share (keep that in mind when the stress get a little high and all will be well 😋😍) 🙏 6y
erzascarletbookgasm Congratulations! 💞 6y
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I just bought this book on Kindle to see if it‘s one I want to send to my youngest daughter, because she just got engaged! I‘m looking forward to being mother of the bride, but even more so to welcoming a great guy into the family. Any #newlywed Littens who read this out there? Was it helpful? I relied on the original when I got married but I know “times have changed.” 😀

Sace Congrats! 7y
britt_brooke Aw, exciting times!! 7y
Jess7 Yay! 7y
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Tanisha_A Congratulations! 7y
AmyG Congrats! What a beautiful ring. ❤️ 7y
SilversReviews Beautiful ring. 7y
LeahBergen Congrats to your daughter! 7y
Redwritinghood Congrats! 7y
OrangeMooseReads Congratulations to you and your daughter 🍾🎊🎉😊 7y
Kalalalatja Congratulations 🎉🎉 7y
ghosthost That‘s wonderful! 7y
JenGrow Congratulations!! 7y
Purrfectpages Congrats! 7y
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Lcsmcat
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Not book related, but I spent my afternoon making 24 of these to hold centerpieces at the rehearsal dinner for my son's wedding next weekend. At least it's #allautumncolors. #octoberlibrary17 @librarylooter @anniekslibrary

Seekingtardis So cute!! 7y
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If you can't take your engagement as an excuse to read Miss Manners columns, what can you do?