<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Weddings are Weird]]></title><description><![CDATA[Weddings are Weird]]></description><link>https://jamlaurie94.wixsite.com/weddingsareweird/home</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 14:21:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://jamlaurie94.wixsite.com/weddingsareweird/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[(Our attitude to) divorce is weird]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is up with the discourse on divorce? 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In fact, I’ll go further than that:...]]></description><link>https://jamlaurie94.wixsite.com/weddingsareweird/single-post/2019/01/20/weddings-are-sometimes-wonderful</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fd6ad12d9864a002d03b726</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2019 10:13:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/300f04_19d43374af3f4062b36602d26183985c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_344,h_611,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jamlaurie94</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kids and weddings: fantasies, toxic messages and the value of ritual]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a child, did you fantasize about your future wedding? 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And by the archives, I mean that file on my laptop I have of things I’ve written that I’m too...]]></description><link>https://jamlaurie94.wixsite.com/weddingsareweird/single-post/2018/10/03/are-straight-people-just-boring-a-plea-about-gender-and-weddings</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fd6ad12d9864a002d03b724</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2018 07:37:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/300f04_0951e12cb87b41309b7275fa22a90fab~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_600,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jamlaurie94</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bureaucracy, romance and the dichotomy of the il/legitimate marriage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Please accept my humblest apologies. I promised you a blog post every two weeks, and I’ve already slipped up on post number two. I...]]></description><link>https://jamlaurie94.wixsite.com/weddingsareweird/single-post/2018/09/19/bureaucracy-romance-and-the-dichotomy-of-the-illegitimate-marriage</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fd6ad12d9864a002d03b723</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 15:14:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/300f04_0a20be8de73047b4a3b95b9a04682893~mv2_d_1500_1889_s_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jamlaurie94</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weddings are weird]]></title><description><![CDATA[... And so is marriage. This blog has a slightly misleading name. It’s really more about marriage than weddings per se. 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