I watched The Wedding Plan our last night just as I was like, oh, I'm talking about it.

Oh, my God.

So, can we talk about it?

Because, you know, it's like, I know that movie, like, the back of my hand.

I mean, I love J-Lo, but like, I have not dipped into a rom-com from that era, I guess.

Every moment of it felt kind of like, man, you factored an awkward to me.

Oh, it's so, I mean, completely.

That era, like, is like the era of the cultural stereotype, like, it's just like the worst of

shorthand.

Like, one trope after another, although there's a great line when the boss of her little wedding

planning operation is like, I've done things, no innocent planner should ever have to write.

I didn't think of you when I heard that line.

Right, it's a good line, that's actually a good line.

I'm Hana Rosen.

This is Radio Atlantic.

If you're getting married this summer, I pity you.

Not because of the marriage.

I'm sure that will be fine, but because of the wedding, social media seems to have totally

changed the game for the average couple.

Every wedding is now supposed to look like a luxury wedding, and yet somehow cost a lot

less than an actual luxury wedding.

But the weirdest thing for me is that weddings still exist at all.

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