Using only the subtlest of references, Belle Waring points to a Pandagon post on the “wedding-industrial complex.” Therein we learn that the average wedding these days costs $27,000. I’m pretty sure that if you look up “freaking absurd” in Wikipedia, you’ll find a picture of that.

The best part is the story about the limousine company that charges an extra $150 if the bride and groom will be riding, and will drive off if they arrive to find a person in a bridal gown who has not booked the “wedding special.” Sounds absurd (and it is, kind of) until you get to

My ex’s stepmother was a caterer and she said she would not even do weddings unless they paid through the nose for it, because she was sick and tired of being the occasion for fights between brides and mothers-in-law or being screamed at for minor and often imagined imperfections.

Fair enough, then. I can’t tell you how glad I am that our whole affair is so much more low-key than that.

In other news, the funniest thing I’ve read this month. Before you go, note that Zoë is five years old.

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