Questioning today’s wedding practices

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April 2, 2019 - 10:18 AM

Dear Carolyn: Friends who pretty much grew up and married decades ago find some modern wedding practices to be … well, very interesting. Are we just too out of touch when it comes to questioning destination events to propose, and expectations that parents are to pay for certain pre-wedding parties but not have much of a say? Registries are announced on invitations and gifts aren’t supposed to be wrapped, just bring them.

Any thoughts on broaching this generational disconnect? Are we from too conservative a generation? Or have the times shifted to a grin-and-get-over-it mode? — Disconnected

 

Answer: I think the more you can roll with it and the less you harrumph your way through it, the better. But that’s hardly new.

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