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The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

Unpopular opinion: You dont have to marry a romantic partner, marry your best friend instead

Unpopular opinion: You don’t have to marry a romantic partner, marry your best friend instead

Gabby Felitto, Opinion Editor May 7, 2021

It is my dream to get married in Las Vegas by an Elvis impersonator while wearing a 50s style wedding dress. Now, I've always pictured the romantic love of my life to be waiting at the end of the aisle,...

Setting boundaries? Try holding off on holding hands

Setting boundaries? Try holding off on holding hands

Erin Powell December 12, 2019

During the summer of 2018, I decided to keep myself pure for marriage and save hand-holding for my husband. Only hand-holding. It started off as a joke between me and my friends when we were making fun...

Sophomore Ethan Welch and first-year Sandra Guyette, a biology major at St. Michael’s College, met in 2015 through a mutual friend and began dating a few weeks later. Welch proposed on August 19, 2018.

Tying the knot: married and engaged students on campus

Allie O'Connor, Assistant Culture Editor February 15, 2019

When an undergraduate Public Communication major joined Chi Alpha, an on-campus Christian fellowship, she didn’t expect to meet her husband. The average marriage age for women in the U.S is 27 years...

Marriage is not the only option

Marriage is not the only option

Lilly Sharp April 13, 2018

A few weeks back, Toys R Us announced that it was closing all of its stores. Rather than blame internet retailers for stealing business in their 2017 annual report, Toys R Us blamed millennials for not...

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