Couples hold onto ribbons during a special ritual during a mass wedding event at Lincoln Center on July 11, 2022. Sara Naomi Lewkowicz for NPR hide caption toggle caption Sara Naomi Lewkowicz for NPR Couples hold onto ribbons during a special ritual during a mass wedding event at Lincoln Center […]

Krista Gramstad of South Carolina, an October bride, said she sometimes wishes she and her fiance had just eloped. The 31-year-old has already spent an estimated $10,000 on her wedding and is trying to figure out ways to cut additional costs. But with high demand and inflation driving up prices, she said […]

James Wilt, razor-sharp in a jet-black suit, stood between his two daughters: Melinda Stone on his left, beaming in a white, floor-length gown, and Mary Wilt to his right, in a sparkly knee-length dress. Ms. Stone, 56, and Ms. Wilt, 51, each held their 79-year-old father’s hands, and all three […]

Elizabeth and Jake Landuyt say their wedding was like a fairytale.  “The ceremony was perfect,” Elizabeth said. “Everything we could have dreamed of,” Jake added.  That is, until Elizabeth’s father was giving his speech during the reception. “Just a minute in, he was interrupted by some of our guests,” she […]