A bride and groom stand at the altar. | Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images
I have been a bridesmaid six times. I’ve traveled across the country and outside of it to see my friends get married. I’ve planned bachelorette parties in New Orleans and gone to bridal showers in Arizona. I love love. It’s a beautiful thing to witness. But it adds up: the dresses, the flights, the gift.
According to Karen Dunak, a history professor at Muskingum University and author of As Long as We Both Shall Love: The White Wedding in Postwar America, weddings used to be a whole lot simpler. “It...
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