Comments on: Wedding Graduate: Happy-Zen Lauren

By: MegsDad

MegsDad — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:58:43 +0000

Meg said I would love this post, and I do — especially the pictures. She also thought the Chapel had been built since I was at the Institute, but is was. It is hard to tell from the pictures that the building is round, like a coffee can I see the backdrop behind the altar is still there. We always thought those rectangles looked like money and represented our tuition fluttering down.

Lauren's post was wonderful, especially the part about greeting the older professor. I am sure he did not have anything else to do; I wouldn't. For a lot of us, our teaching schedule gives structure to our lives — and I am sure that the death of a spouse is a time when that structure is needed.

By: Emily

Emily — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:11:09 +0000

This is my favorite wedding graduate post yet. Thanks for the great insights – and congratulations!

By: Meg

Meg — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:49:41 +0000

ESB-
I just like naps. Besides I didn't say I was tired on our wedding day (was) but I wasn't super tired afterwards. I was a little emotionally worn out I think, but we were really peppy on the honeymoon… much more than we expected.

By: Alexson

Alexson — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:07:29 +0000

Lauren and Rebecca, I'm also completly convinced I'll be a big, snotty, teary mess at the wedding. Here's hoping I'm wrong, too.

By: east side bride

east side bride — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:45:06 +0000

You say you weren't tired, Meg. But I seem to remember you mentioning the lack of naps on your wedding day…

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:48:40 +0000

Ha ha, Meg- I think I threw that tidbit near the top of my email to you, sorry I didn't make it more prominent! Cynthia- congrats! I work at MIT and two of my coworkers had weddings there this summer as well- it is a beautiful space! And Rebecca- I definitely didn't cure myself of crying, I was just too full of joy to do so. But I made up for it by crying through the whole first day of our honeymoon. So, you never know!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:40:51 +0000

Not only was all your advice wonderful, I really needed to hear that you were convinced you might cry and then totally didnt! I know its trivial, but I don't want to spend my whole day getting married blubbering, and I'm convinced I will! ( i still have a year to cure this though…
congratulations, a gorgeous wedding!

By: C

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:21:28 +0000

I've been a longtime reader, and usually I lurk out of shyness – but I had to pipe up to say congratulations to Lauren because I also just got married at the MIT chapel, on August 1st! It's lovely to think that the place has seen so many other like-minded, happy brides.

By: Meg

Meg — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:20:11 +0000

Lauren! I can't belive you didn't tell me that was the MIT chapel, so I could put it in the post. My dad is going to *love* this. So. Freaking. Cool.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:59:41 +0000

Mellyelle- my email address is above- send me an email and I can send you more hairstyle pictures! But honestly, after the first failed trial and a second trial to get the perfect updo, I realized that if my hair was up, I felt like I was going to the gym or hadn't washed my hair, and that I felt prettiest with it down. So I showed up on the day of my wedding and just told my hairdresser to curl it with a curling iron (which, in retrospect, I could have totally done myself). Oh well :)