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...first children-of-divorce generation to reach marrying age, today's twenty-and thirtysomethings would much prefer a broken betrothal to a "broken home." Breaking an engagement is difficult, but rather than face it with shame, many almost-unhappily-marrieds see it as a wise, even courageous act. Such "disengaged" individuals have become increasingly visible and vocal. Nobody tracks how many engagements are broken each year, and people in the always-upbeat wedding industry are reluctant to even discuss the issue. However, in an online national poll of 565 single adults conducted in August by Match.com/Zoomerang for TIME...
...year. Erin Howlett-Avci, a former assistant registry director at Michael C. Fina in New York City, recalls that she found four different lists under the name of a groom who called last year to check his registry. "Oh, sorry!" the unabashed caller exclaimed. "Those other three are my broken engagements...
...friends and family are also often the best supporters in the aftermath. According to wedding consultant Sharon Naylor, some almost brides are throwing "broken-engagement" showers in lieu of bridal showers, in which guests offer the ex-bride gift certificates for spa treatments and celebrate her independence and courage. When his fiance opted out five weeks before their March 2003 wedding, Michael Manning, 32, a Denver-based marketer, nonetheless held a bachelor party. Friends and family with nonreturnable plane tickets came to a "She Loves Me Not" bowling bash. "What else was I going to do on my wedding night...
...Disengaged Forget J. Lo and Ben. We live in an era of broken engagements. Why are so many couples calling...
Harvard also lost junior offensive tackle Mike Frey to a broken right tibia in the third quarter. During a Fitzpatrick carry, Husky defensive end James Abosi fell on Frey’s ankle, and Frey stayed down on the field for about 10 minutes until he was taken off on a stretcher...