Two couples made history this week when they got married in the most unexpected, albeit romantic, of all places.

Italian soccer player Luca Ceccarelli and his fiancée, Irene Lanforti, made history when they were married under the very same balcony where legend has it the woman who served as inspiration for Shakespeare's Juliet revealed her love for her real-life Romeo so many centuries ago. The wedding marks the first to take place in this historic location. Read: 10 Greatest Love Stories Of All Time

Never before have two people been married at the House of Juliet despite the obvious … Read More

Cynthia Nixon and her longtime girlfriend, Christine Marinoni, have gotten engaged, The Insider reports. The Sex and the City star announced their plans to marry at a rally for marriage equality on Sunday in New York. Nixon and Marinoni have been together since 2003, when Nixon and boyfriend Danny Mozes, the father of her two children, split up.

Governor David Paterson has introduced a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in New York. If it's passed the state will join Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Iowa in extending marriage equality to all … Read More

If Wall Street was as sensible and straightforward as Dana, the blogger behind Broke-Ass Bride, we'd all be sitting pretty right now and toasting the economy with an icy margarita in hand.

As confident in her style as she is her spending, Dana and husband-to-be, Hunter, are planning a Los Angeles-area wedding on what she affectionately describes as a "broke-ass budget." A broke-ass budget is part frugality, part eco-friendly with a humorous twist that keeps both Dana and her readers laughing all the way to the bank.

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In the midst of a break up, the last thing most us might think about is walking down the aisle—unless maybe you've broken off an engagement. There were guys I've dated for years, and yet marriage would've been the last thing I thought about after breaking up. But when Joe, a boyfriend of only six months, and I called it quits, I couldn't stop thinking that things weren't supposed to turn out this way. I must've been on to something because in just a few months Joe came calling and his "let's get back together" speech was heavy. Something like: … Read More

Our hero gets engaged to the girl of his dreams, a friend of a friend who just so happens to hate the concept of marriage, and who prefers the convenience of an open relationship. Here, how the "marriage contract" materialized. As a freelance journalist, I'm constantly on the lookout for good ideas. Sometimes they come to me in the middle of a shower, or during a walk. But not so long ago, the woman I refer to alternately as my "life partner" or my fiancée, Carrie, stumbled upon an especially bright idea after becoming the unfortunate recipient of an … Read More

From Idexonline.com

According to an American tradition (and thanks to a well-funded De Beers marketing campaign), a groom-to-be should spend a total equal to two months of his salary on a diamond engagement ring. A website designed to help roadmap a groom’s trip down the aisle has posted a diamond engagement ring calculator to help sum up the recommended price.

The site says, “Courtesy of GroomGroove.com, [grooms] can enter their salary information and with a click of a button, figure out how much De Beers wishes they would spend on their bride’s diamond engagement ring!”

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The minute I spotted Andrew on the crowded dance floor, I had one thought: That man is going to carry my baby in a backpack.

It was the hair that got me: wavy, hanging below his ears, but not too full. It told me that he liked to hike, but wasn't too crunchy. It said he frequented rock shows, but not the metal kind.

Our first date was Thursday, the second Friday, the third Saturday. After two years of "my place or yours?" we moved in together. And with increasing frequency—usually at the weddings of friends—someone would inevitably inquire, "So… when are … Read More

For a book that promises to "change the face of man-hunting forever," The List: 7 Ways to Tell if He's Going to Marry You—in 30 Days or Less! (Adams Media/$12.95) is deceptively simple. I'm not ruining anything by disclosing the seven ways here (they're on the back cover of the book itself):

• He'll make the first move.
• He'll call her within 24 to 48 hours to set up a first date. Get Guys Begging For A Second Date: Here's How
• He'll make the first date easy and … Read More