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Connonym Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 02:42 AM
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Have you ever noticed that weddings tend to happen in clusters? Warning: Possible sexism
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It seems like when one couple announces an engagement very shortly thereafter a couple more engagements will pop up in the same pool of friends/acquaintances. Is it just the people I know? Is it bridal oneupmanship? Keeping up with the Joneses? Coincidence?

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  -Have you ever noticed that weddings tend to happen in clusters? Warning: Possible sexism Connonym  Sep-28-07 02:42 AM   #0 
  - It's possible that one couple deciding to get married may inspire other couples  billyskank   Sep-28-07 02:43 AM   #1 
  - It's because women think marriage is like a lotto or something, so if a friend "wins",  Rabrrrrrr   Sep-28-07 05:45 AM   #2 
  - Shouldn't you say SOME women?  SarahBelle   Sep-28-07 07:12 AM   #6 
  - You are correct - I left out the "some" in the subject line.  Rabrrrrrr   Sep-28-07 07:43 AM   #7 
  - It's in our rule book  RubyDuby in GA   Sep-28-07 11:12 AM   #11 
  - And at some moonie mass matrimonies, 10,000 couples 'wed'. How's that for a cluster of nuts, honey?  HypnoToad   Sep-28-07 06:11 AM   #3 
  - There should be a name for it. This is happening  Phentex   Sep-28-07 06:50 AM   #4 
  - no woman wants to be the last in her circle of friends to get married  Magic Rat   Sep-28-07 06:54 AM   #5 
  - I'd buy that explanation  JVS   Sep-28-07 06:22 PM   #18 
  - I think it has more to do with cycle of life..the clusters tend to  yellowdogintexas   Sep-28-07 08:25 AM   #8 
  - It's like having kids  Robb   Sep-28-07 08:26 AM   #9 
  - damn, is that how I got pregnant?  Connonym   Sep-28-07 09:30 AM   #10 
     - You mean, by a monkey?  Left Is Write   Sep-28-07 03:06 PM   #14 
        - I didn't know you'd met my ex  Connonym   Sep-28-07 06:20 PM   #16 
  - Most people tend to hang out with people in similar circumstances  skygazer   Sep-28-07 11:16 AM   #12 
  - My sister and her friends all got married within about a year of each other  WildEyedLiberal   Sep-28-07 12:31 PM   #13 
  - It's like mowing the lawn  Oeditpus Rex   Sep-28-07 03:20 PM   #15 
  - My guess, when you meet someone new you're quick to introduce their friends to yours  Taverner   Sep-28-07 06:21 PM   #17 
 

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