“An adult woman should not be so possessive of her own birthday that she begrudges her friends the chance to get married on the same day.” ShouldChanceMarriedAdultsPossessive Author:Mallory Ortberg
“A woman who repeatedly asks a man she knows to be gay when he's going to get married and have children is not trying to let sleeping dogs lie.” KnowsMenTryingChildrenLyingAsksSleepDogGayMarriedSleeping Dogs Author:Mallory Ortberg
“o one is right when it comes to destination weddings. It’s a big ask, requesting people take time off work and fly off to take a cruise just to see you get married, and they’re perfectly justified in saying no if they don’t have the time, the money, or simply the inclination.” PeopleBigsAsksMarriedDestinationTake TimeCruiseTime Off Author:Mallory Ortberg
“I hate to get gender essentialist, but I'm starting to think that a lot of married men have some sort of heterosexually induced dentistry aversion.” ThinkingMenHateMarriedI HateStartingGenderAversionMarried ManDentistry Author:Mallory Ortberg
“I think that it's a great idea to have honest conversations about children before getting married. I also think it's impossible to promise someone, "What I want right now will never change, and as long as I promise you I do - or don't - want a child - or a specific number of children - before we get married, we will never have to experience fear, anxiety, uncertainty, or the pain of not getting what we want, when we want it.” ThinkingChildrenLongPainImpossibleHonestPromiseAnxietyMarriedUncertaintyNever ChangeGreat IdeaI PromiseGetting Married Author:Mallory Ortberg