The meaning of wife

"The Meaning of Wife is Kingston’s pitiless meditation on a myth that won’t leave us alone. If you know an otherwise sensible woman who has started drivelling on about white frocks and wedding place-settings, please give her this book. Encourage her to wonder what the act of becoming a wife will do to her relationship. When nearly half of all marriages end in divorce, Kingston asks why women are still in a state of collective pixilation about weddings. We’re hurling ourselves up the aisle like lemmings." More here. In related news, Maureen Dowd slaps her sisters: "In the future, there will be only one face. And if the Oscars are predictive, there will be only one body - big chest, skinny body - and one style. It was bizarre how actress after actress came out in the same mermaid silhouette: a strapless sheath with a trumpet-flared or ruffled skirt."