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Castro says he just did what he signed up to do. "Someone has to do the job, and we did it," he says. "The price was my leg." He plans to return to college--his four-year hitch was up a week after he lost his leg--and marry his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wounded Come Home | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

The country club, the photographer and the band had been booked. China and crystal from Macy's, carefully selected. Orders were coming in on the Williams-Sonoma registry. But 18 months into her engagement, Connie Oberle, 31, a corporate lawyer in New York City, decided not to go through with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calling It Off | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

That's what did it for Mike Santasiero, 33, a publishing production manager. Two of his three siblings were already divorced, scaring him into breaking off his engagement twice--with the same woman. After their first engagement fell apart two years ago, Santasiero thought that he and his fiance had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calling It Off | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

TV and film audiences are certainly familiar with the concept. The dithering bride at the altar has been a Hollywood staple, from 1934's It Happened One Night to 1999's Runaway Bride. Both Rachel on Friends and Carrie on Sex and the City have returned diamond rings. But while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calling It Off | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

But 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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calling It Off | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

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