The Death of the ‘Special Day’

When I realized weddings were inherently unremarkable, marriage stopped being so mythical

Hanna Brooks Olsen
13 min readAug 3, 2021

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The engagement posts have slowed some since we turned 30, but not by much. Last year was the first in a while when we didn’t go to a single wedding, but that was because of COVID-19, not because our friends weren’t getting married. They were — just in backyards…

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Hanna Brooks Olsen

I wrote that one thing you didn’t really agree with.