Kansas City Wedding Season Arrives

Context . . . 

"Marriage, at least in the U.S., isn't what it used to be. Over the past 50 years, marriage rates nationwide declined by 60 percent. Forty percent of U.S. children are now born to unmarried mothers, twice as many as in 1980."

Nevertheless . . . 

Here's the local high class mag celebrating the lucky few with enough disposable income to buy dinner for a few hundred friends & family whilst celebrating a union that's, statistically, doomed to FAIL . . .

"In every culture, no matter how primitive, there exists some version of the bridal shower. Here are some tried-and-true ways to shower the bride and groom—or the bride and bride or groom and groom—in our own, highly evolved Kansas City culture."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Shower the Couple with Love and Other Stuff: Advice for that Age-Old Ritual, the Wedding Shower - IN Kansas City Magazine

I always bring a tissue to weddings, because I know I'll need it. Even if I drive by Loose Park or the Plaza and see a bridal party being photographed, I get a little choked up. Royal weddings find me glued to the screen, of course, like everyone else.