The Kids Are Not All Alright … And They’re All Still In Their 30s And 40s

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Certain women want a wedding. They just don’t want a marriage.

Some aging unmarried women are opting for “milestone birthday parties” in the style of a wedding celebration, says The New York Times (NYT).

The NYT profiled Brittany Allyn, who planned a matrimony-themed party for her 40th birthday. Allyn wore a white bridal gown, made a grand entrance “to the sounds of Johann Pachelbel’s Canon in D,” and wore “something borrowed” (a diamond watch).

The NYT also spoke to Sarah Adair, an event planner who has “planned several wedding-style 40th birthdays for clients.”

Allyn’s faux-wedding is self-centered, of course, but it also strikes me as very sad. The NYT makes reference to such celebrations as an act of........

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