Times Weddings By the Numbers

2007_03_weddingcake.jpgIt's officially spring, and that means lots of NY Times wedding announcements. Twenty-six, to be exact.

Total Number of Weddings: 26 (including Vows column)
Total Number of Same-Sex Weddings: 1

Youngest Bride: 23
Oldest Bride: 65
Youngest Groom: 25
Oldest Groom: 73
Biggest Age Difference: 21 years
Number of Couples Where Bride and Groom Are the Same Age: 4 (30 31, and two couples at 27)

Number of Harvard Graduates Married: 3
Number of Yale Graduates Married: 2
Number of Brown Graduates Married: 2
Number of Columbia Graduates Married: 1
Number of Princeton Graduates Married: 1
Number of Rutgers Graduates Married: 1
Number of NYU Graduates Married: 1
Number of Graduates From Other Area Schools: 6 (Queens College, NYIT, Polytechnic, St. Francis, Fordham, New School)
Number of Graduates From NCAA Tournament Schools: U. Penn, 3; George Washington, 1; University of Kansas, 1; University of Virginia, 1; University of Illinois, 1; University of Wisconsin, 2; Georgetown, 1; Duke, 1
And Number of Graduates From NIT Tournament Schools: Syracuse, 2; U. Mass at Amherst, 1; U. Michigan, 1
And the rest: Muhlenberg, Washington University, U. Delaware, U. Mass Boston, Pomona, Williams, Catholic University, Boston University, Rollins, Pontifical Catholic University, SUNY Oneonta, SUNY Purchase, Swarthmore, University of Hawaii, Emory (2)

Number of Weddings With Couple Photographs, print edition: 10 (not including the Vows)
Number of Weddings With Couple Photographs, online: 4 (not including the Vows)
Number of Weddings with Bride-Only Photos: 0
Number of Weddings Without Photos: 15
Number of Grooms with Glasses in Photos: 0
Number of Brides with Glasses in Photos: 1
Number of No-Teeth Smiles in Photos: 0
Number of Bald or Nearly Bald Grooms in Photos: 1

Number of Grooms Whose Fathers May Be the Next NYC Transportation Commissioner: 1
Number of Brides Who Are Cantors: 1
Number of Brides Who Serenaded Their Husbands With "Come Fly Away With Me" At The Reception In Parents' Brooklyn Home: 1
Number of Grooms Whose Great-Great-Grandfathers Had "business interests included tobacco, New York City streetcars and subways and diamonds in the Congo" : 1

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