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Runaway Bride (1999)

In the smash hit “Runaway Bride,” Julia Roberts is Maggie Carpenter, a beautiful and talented young lady who has been engaged a number of times and yet can’t seem to make it down the aisle. As soon as she begins the walk toward the man of her dreams standing by the altar, she has a panic attack and turns around to run. Three men have been left in the dust this way, and she’s caught the attention of the tabloids. Reporter Ike Graham (Richard Gere) hears about Maggie and is curious why a woman would get engaged three times and … Continue reading →

When is Divorce an Option?

In 10 Divorce Myths, Heather stated how she rarely reflects on divorce because this is, after all, the Marriage Blog. I don’t like to focus on the Big D either because I believe you get what you give. (Not so much that I’m going to get divorced just from talking about it, but I don’t want to attract thoughts of it and make it a focus in my life.) However, earlier today I wrote Did You Commit to Marriage Before You Even Were? In it I brought up how many of us have learned by example that divorce is okay. … Continue reading →

The Marriage Blog Week in Review June 10 – June 15

This is been an interesting week here in the marriage blog, we started it off with a look at history from 40 years ago and we ended it with a vote that keeps same-sex marriage legal in the state of Massachusetts. It’s been busy enough that you may have missed something, if you did – here’s our Marriage Blog week in review so you can catch up on this week’s articles. Sunday, June 10 Love Letters: Do You Know Who Mildred Loving Is? takes a look at the love story that existed between Mildred and Richard Loving, an interracial couple … Continue reading →

More on Runaway Brides

We were talking about Runaway Brides – Why Do They Flee? earlier today. We talked about cold feet and nervousness, but are those the only reasons why a bride might abandon her groom at the altar? I remember during my wedding preparations, all the hoopla was getting to me and I shared the story of when one of the coordinators approached me and told me that if I wanted to call it off, now was the time before we approached the actual area for the ceremony. The question flabbergasted me then and amuses me now. A wedding is a rite … Continue reading →

Runaway Brides – Why Do They Flee?

I was watching The Runaway Bride this weekend, you know the movie that stars Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. Roberts’ character attempted and fled from three separate wedding ceremonies to men she cared a great deal about. When we meet her, Roberts character is preparing to walk down the aisle for the fourth time, but in each of those relationships – she remade herself to be someone that would appeal to her partner and she wasn’t herself. Runaway Brides So why do brides run away? When Jennifer Wilbanks fled her wedding in 2005, she made up a story about being … Continue reading →