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Article: Always a Bridesmaid, Never the . . . Groom
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- June 30, 2008
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The girl I loved married another man last summer. Their
picturesque ceremony was on the lawn of a mansion overlooking the
Manhattan skyline. I stood by her, as a bridesman.
"Do I have to wear a dress?" I questioned Sara after she asked me
to be in her bridal party.
She laughed. Like the groomsmen, I would wear a navy suit, she
said, but I would stand on her side.
Sara and I met five years ago at a recruitment dinner for
prospective New York University graduate students. My plan was to
spend the evening socializing with the professors who'd be deciding
my admissions fate, but Sara had such an irresistible zeal that I
spent the entire time chatting with her. We spoke often after that
night and ...