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"If you read Storked! you know I&amp;#x27;m single. A single mom. But, hey, that doesn&amp;#x27;t mean I&amp;#x27;m not dating. It doesn&amp;#x27;t mean I don&amp;#x27;t have really adorable male platonic friends-who are good dancers to boot! So why did my friend (not a super-close one) invite me to her wedding at a posh NYC locale without a guest? I don&amp;#x27;t know either!I&amp;#x27;d been looking forward to the wedding. I participated in the laid-back engagement party, high-tea shower and bachelorette party--the big day was approaching. Woo! As I awaited my invitation in the mail, I thought about the cute, sexy, older guy I&amp;#x27;d been seeing on and off and how I couldn&amp;#x27;t wait to ask him to be my date. When the invitation finally came, I could not believe my eyes. It was addressed to Ms. Christine Coppa. That&amp;#x27;s it! People, I&amp;#x27;m a 29-year-old woman! A mother! An author! How could I be invited to this ritzy, classy, &amp;quot;black-tie-preferred&amp;quot; wedding sans a guest? Especially considering I didn&amp;#x27;t really know that many people attending. (Maybe there was a budget or a cap on guests--who knows!) A few gals that I did know who were married, engaged or dating someone &amp;quot;serious&amp;quot; were invited with a guest--not me. I checked &amp;quot;regretfully can&amp;#x27;t attend,&amp;quot; sent a gift and forgot about it. My friends told me to just suck it up and attend. &amp;quot;Maybe you&amp;#x27;ll meet someone!&amp;quot; one enthused. Hi...this isn&amp;#x27;t Wedding Crashers! I don&amp;#x27;t understand how someone can go to the trouble to tell people on an invitation to basically wear a tux and gown (ooooh, it&amp;#x27;s soooo formal!) yet not invite an adult with a guest--ahem, etiquette! Tell me, have you ever been invited to a wedding sans a guest? Did you attend? Did you meet someone? Would you have not attended if you weren&amp;#x27;t invited with a guest? (Maybe I&amp;#x27;m just sensitive!) Full disclosure: I attended four weddings this fall. All with a guest, except the last (on 12-19) because he was snowed in. Come visit me every day on Storked! for more! More on weddings: * As a guest, what&amp;#x27;s your least favorite tradition? * My BFF did not ask me to be a bridesmaid: Yessssss! * While wedding planning, let&amp;#x27;s remember to keep our sense of humor, shall we? * Do you ever feel like you&amp;#x27;re never getting married? More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;#x27;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow Glamour on Twitter."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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