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Same Sex Wedding Planners Are Waiting For You
In the last year, five states have legalized same sex marriages. As of September 1, 2009, same sex marriages will be legal in the state of Vermont in lieu of the civil unions that were in place. After this date, couples will no longer be able to purchase a civil union license. You will also be unable to get a same sex marriage license until you have the courts legally dissolve any civil union you have entered into before September 1.
Once you are married in Vermont, you will be unable to divorce in Vermont unless you are a resident of Vermont. This poses a particular problem and dictates that much thought should be put into any marriage but particularly same sex marriage as it cannot be dissolved without residency. Another problem that arises with the new law is that if you are married in Vermont, your same sex marriage will not be recognized in any state that does not have legalized same sex marriages.
As of right now, there are only five states that have passed such laws; New Hampshire, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, and Vermont, the latter of which had civil unions before the law was passed. This is a growing trend that has met with much hot debate across the country with vehemence and augments on both sides of the debate. With the new laws have come wedding planners that cater to same sex marriages only and some that cater to both traditional and same sex weddings alike.
These wedding planners offer the same services for same sex weddings as they would for traditional weddings and provide gay-friendly vendors to work with you in the planning stage. They have a wedding planning checklist that you can follow to ensure that you cover all the bases and fulfill the wedding of your dreams. This also includes the reception planning, guest lists and covers even the smallest details from what type of food that will be offered to deciding on wedding album favors to wedding cameras. Overall, the same sex wedding is just as much fun and just as difficult as any other type of wedding.
The wedding planner will help you in designing the perfect ceremony. They are also instrumental in helping you write your wedding vows, should you need it, and finding commitment ceremony resources. A commitment ceremony is simply a public affirmation of love that is popular between people of the same sex when they cannot get married. But now that several states have legalized same sex marriages, the ceremony is being incorporated into the wedding service and is a beautiful and tender way to present your vows.
Same sex weddings are just another step in our countries forward progress in the war against the prejudices that always plague a new nation. Bearing in mind just how young out nation really is, just over 230 years, and remembering just how bad things were during our history, this is a historic step and will be remembered and built upon for a long time to come. It is for this reason that The United States continues to be a world leader. While we may not have been first in many ways were are the most important as far as history is concerned in this major move towards acceptance, change, and equality.
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The Beauty Of Unique Wedding Favors
Your all dressed up and about to take that giant leap of faith. You talk a look around you and can barely believe your eyes. Everything is so beautiful, and yet nothing is quite as you had once imagined it all those years ago. You use to daydream about this very day. Never in your wildest dreams though, did everything look as perfect as it does at this moment. Your wedding looks as though it were right out of a fairy tale.
There are rose petals scattered beautifully across the floor and the lighting is equal to that relaxing yet romantic tone which is felt when one watches the sun set. Relatives and friends from all across the world have flown into town to bare witness to your beautiful day. Everything from the ceremony itself, down to the wedding favors has been prepared and planned to absolute perfection. The guests are all dressed to impress, and no one can wait for the after party. Ah the after party; imagine all of the guests faces when they see your unique wedding favors.
Imagine basking in the ambiance and joyous approval of everyone present at your special occasion. Surely there will be laughter as well as memories shared. There will also be talk of how well planned out your wedding and wedding parties were. Of course there will also be talks about how genius the wedding favors are and how beautifully they go with all of the dcor. Just think, you have made your fantasy a reality and given new ideas to others on how to create a perfect fairy tale wedding and after party.
Who knows, your dcor alone may inspire others that are present to take that giant leap of faith themselves. Some say that weddings bring out the best in everyone who attends, because it symbolizes something in which everyone tries to attain in their life; true love and acceptance. Regardless of the outcome for your guests, one thing will be certain; they will all remember taking part in your special day. As the old saying goes, “memories are made to be shared”, and so you’re wedding will surely not disappoint anyone present.
When you think of unique wedding favors, what exactly comes to mind? Is it delectable chocolate molds of the bride and groom for all who are present? Perhaps it is specialty mints in a small tin with your pictures on it or even your wedding date on it. One would be surprised to learn just what some people would think of or even consider having as a wedding favor. Despite what it is that they choose though, it is guaranteed to bring smiles to everyone’s face. With so many things to choose from and even to make, you are guaranteed to either find wedding favors that you feel were made just for you and your occasion, or you can even make your own. Some people tend to add their own spin on things such as napkins, table toppers, and even centerpieces. This is greatly encouraged because after all without the bride and groom, there would be no reception or reason to celebrate. So go ahead and get in touch with your crafty side and show all of your guests just how memorable your day truly is.
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Wedding Dresses Galore
In today’s world of instant internet access, you can plan an eloquent and expensive wedding or a cheap wedding that looks expensive in much less time then it used to take and with much less effort. It used to be if you wanted to compare prices on say…, a wedding dress, you would have to drive to different parts of your city to different bridal shops and take notes. Now, with everyone and their brother running a website, the information that you need is right at your fingertips.
The average wedding dress costs about fifteen hundred dollars. The price that comes up most often as an average cost quote is $1505.00. With that in mind, you can get a wedding gown off the rack at a discount department store or bridal retailer for between two and four hundred dollars. These are usually cream-colored dresses made from common synthetic materials. They are just a pretty as an expensive dress and only an expert could tell the difference and they would have to examine the dress.
In the mid-range wedding dress market, you can expect a beautiful dress with a small amount of lace or beading. You can have the dress customized or take it right off the retailer’s rack for between five hundred to one thousand dollars. These dresses are made from an wider variety of materials including some low-grade satins. These wonderfully adequate wedding dresses can be found at department stores, on-line, and in bridal shops.
On the high end, you will want to shop exclusively at a bridal shop that specializes in nothing but wedding dresses and their accessories. You cannot purchase wedding party favors, bridal party favors, flowers, decorations, or cake at these locations. These shops are dedicated only to gowns, catering to new soon-to-be-brides and will dote on you while you shop, taking measurements, and helping you to decide exactly what is right for you through a series of questions designed to help you clarify in your mind what it is you want. A wedding dress of this caliber will cost somewhere between sixteen hundred to five thousand dollars and are made from the finest materials with plenty of lacing and beading options. More often than not, the dress will need to be ordered once all the decisions are made and the measurements have been verified and re-verified. At this point, it would not be a great idea to change your eating habits.
Finally, if you are willing to break the bank, you can purchase a name. Designer dresses, made by famous or well known designers who have plenty of notoriety and have made a career of making fashionable clothing for the rich and the famous, are willing to work with you to design and create your dream dress. These dressmakers are seemingly as varied in style and cost as there are stars in the sky. These dresses range from five thousand and a designer will create a dress worth millions of dollars if you are ready to pay it.
With some dresses, you may want to purchase, at an extra cost, a petticoat, garter, and tiara or veil. Many years ago, it was taboo to wear a white dress unless you were virginal however, time and social thinking has changed its attitude towards this tradition, and anyone can wear a white dress, except the groom, of course. On a more personal note, there is nothing quite more stunning to this writer than the long sleeved, satin and lace, full length and flowing trailed dress that my wife wore on our wedding day. I will never forget how she looked that day and I am willing to bet that on the day I draw my last breath and close my eyes for the final time that is the image that I will see. I will die with a smile on my face.
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A Wedding With Mother Nature
There is one kind of wedding for which you cannot plan. It is one of the most memorable kinds of weddings you cannot plan and also one of the most beautiful. What kind of wedding am I writing about? Unless you have a crystal ball or know how to manipulate Mother Nature, you cannot plan for a rainy day wedding. However, if you are planning an outdoor wedding, it is always a good idea to be ready for any contingency. You will want to make sure that you have an alternate indoor plan or set up enough tent space to cover all of your guests. Everyone who attends an outdoor, rainy day wedding will remember and appreciate it for the rest of their lives; especially of it is done right. Mementos like spring wedding favors and garden wedding favors add to the memory that your guests will carry home with them.
While many people see rain on their wedding day as a negative and sometimes even tragic possibility, you cannot ask for a more beautiful and comforting kind of wedding. To say your vows as a gentle rain patters against the chapel tent is an experience that you will never forget. Distant rolling thunder adds to this calming and tranquil effect that rain has on the human spirit. Believe me, after you have had a wedding like this, for the rest of your life, whenever you hear rolling thunder, you will be transported back to the wonderful memories of your wedding day.
Obviously, you do not want a deluge, nor do you want a tornado whisking your guests away, at least, not all of them. However, a nice rain shower on a warm spring day can be quite romantic and can set the mood for a very beautiful and inspirational wedding. Rain has a cleansing and renewing quality that strengthens the spirit and gives us hope as a species that springs from our eternal earthbound spirit and is one that only man possesses. The final addition of a lovely rainy day wedding would be to have your wedding dcor graced by a color-filled rainbow. Truly, this is something that will make your wedding unique and wonderful.
Another type of wedding that is hard to plan for but not as impossible is a snowy wedding. Now imagine that you are standing on a field of soft white snow with crystalline sparkles glinting in the sunlight, or a new and gently falling snow as it drifts down around you while you speak your vows. A white wedding gives you plenty of creative opportunity for an inventive theme. Even more beautiful would be a Christmastime wedding with its natural decorative beautiful. There are so many wonderful things you can do with a wintertime wedding including ice sculptures and snow festivities that your guests will love.
No matter what kind of wedding you plan to have, getting friends and families together for an event that is such a blessing is a unique and once in a lifetime experience. It is one that you and your spouse will always cherish. If you are planning an outdoor wedding, you can only pray for the event to be blessed with the perfect rainy weather that will make it a worthwhile and one of a kind event that you can keep in your hearts forever.
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The Wedding Party Disease
The tension rises as they glare at each other from behind the bride and groom. Even the preacher notices that something is amiss and that there is nothing anyone can do. Absolutely no one wants to get in the middle of this one. The funny part is, it is a set-up. As the wedding vows are read, the looks that they throw at one another are as sharp as daggers and could cut through solid steel. They are…, the best man and the bridesmaid.
One of the oldest tricks in the book is to take two of your closest friends and insert them into the best man and bridesmaid positions at your wedding in the hopes that they will hook up. The overall plan is that they fall in love and marry. This way they can buy the house next to yours and go out to sushi with you on Friday nights. While the intentions of this plan are pure enough, it hardly ever works out.
The reason this clever little ploy never works out is the positions held within the wedding party. These two otherwise wonderful friends are on opposing forces that drives a wedge between them. It then becomes an illness that has no cure. There are symptoms that give it away quickly.
The bridesmaid sees the best man as the one who is helping the groom take her friend away from her. While she and the bride are discussing whether to get the spring wedding favors or the garden wedding favors, the bridesmaid is wondering who she will find to go cruising the singles bars with. She knows she cannot get mad at the groom, it is forbidden. The best man, on the other hand, is fair game and she is ready to play.
While the best man and the groom are looking at the tuxedo catalog, he is trying to remember which of his other friends plays golf and has best friend potential. While he is happy for his friend and treats the new bride with respect, the bridesmaid needs to be taken down a notch for her role in this obvious brainwashing job. Yes, he thinks to himself, she is devious and has to be dealt with.
It is a disease known only as skipastageitis. There is no known cure for Skipastageitis, pronounced Skip A Stage Itis; you can only treat the symptoms. The saddest part about this is that they actually may have been made for each other but because of this dreaded disease, they will never know about it. The illness is brought on by placing the subjects into positions where they are immediately at odds with one another over every little thing. This is the third stage of a marriage and since they skipped stages one and two, the body is unable to form a bond to the other, causing mild animosity and paranoia.
Fortunately, there is hope on the horizon as new techniques are being developed by leading wedding planners across the planet. In one very promising study, the two subject, best man and bridesmaid, are put into a room filled with foam weapons. After several minutes of avoiding each other, the heat in the room is turned up to an uncomfortable level. The subjects begin to pummel each other with the nerf weapons.
After a half an hour, the temperature in the room is turned down to an more uncomfortable level, causing the bridesmaid to become very cold and start shivering. This releases a natural chemical in the best man’s body that did not have time to develop earlier in their relationship. The chemical, known as chivalry X, brings out the protective and nurturing side of him as he gives her his jacket and tries to keep her warm. While the treatment shows promise, the effects are temporary and the disease begins to assert itself the moment they are released from the study.
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Take Extra Photos At Your Wedding
Having a family member take photos as well as a professional photographer can be flirting with disaster. However, it can also be a blessing in disguise as it will not only keep the pros on their toes but you never know where that one great shot is going to come from. The trick is to make sure to have a reliable and responsible member of your family taking the extra photos and to have a candid conversation of what you expect from their behavior. Most families have a natural or someone who just seems to take great pictures.
Make sure your amateur family member photographer has plenty of film and a firm understanding that they are not to compete with or get in the way of the professionals for which you paid top dollar. Ask them to be as discreet as possible and let everyone know that they can cooperate with your Jr. P man so that it is easier for them to get that lucky shot.
Have your amateur visit the wedding scene a few days in advance so that they can get the layout of the chapel or wedding hall in their minds and get and idea of what shot he could take and from where. Knowing the lighting and layout will be a great help for advanced planning. Make a list of the types of shot you have in mind but be careful not to limit their natural creativity and insight.
Have your family photographer shoot small details and things that a professional might miss. Pictures of guests holding their spring wedding favors or garden wedding favors are always nice. Getting shots of individuals as the enter or as the watch the ceremony from a distance is a great way to get candid and unexpectedly great shots of your loved ones and family that you do not get to see that often. Also, make sure that they know you would like shots of the flowers, table, the cake, and everything else that a professional might only take a few shots of.
Discretion is the key to amateur photography. You simply do not want to see shots of uncle Thaddeus picking his nose at the table or the groom checking out the bridesmaid’s legs as she passes by. Emphasize that pictures of the children all decked out in their Sunday go to meeting best is a great idea. Nothing makes a great album like children being children.
You may want to purchase or rent a really good camera with many features a few weeks in advance and let your chosen photographer run wild with it. Have them practice with different lighting shots and continuous shooting. Having access to the wedding site with the camera a few weeks before with a live subject will greatly enhance their confidence and ability to take great shots without too much trepidation. The best amateur photographers are the fearless ones who have the courage and foresight to take the shot regardless of the light angle or willingness of the subject.
The last and most important tip is the first one we listed. It is vital that your family member photographer stays out of the professional’s way. Introduce them and let the paid shooter know that you have Cousin Harry taking some extra shots. Who knows, he might be able to pick up some pointers from the photographer who does it for a living. If it works out, let Harry know that there might be a few bucks in it for him and then follow through. He or she could be very useful for the next big function in your life. Do I hear a baby crying?
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Cut Corners And Have A Great Wedding
Are you looking for a few ways to cut down on some of the cost of you wedding? Are you just a little over your wedding planning budget and need to find ways to cut a few corners? The following are just a few tips on how to make your wedding slide back under the budget redline and still have a fantastic wedding you can cherish for life.
Shop discount and save. There are many little things that you must buy to have a great wedding. For instance, you do not just need wedding favors you need unique wedding favors. Fortunately, for you, there are plethora’s of discount wedding sites that offer great savings on the wedding extras that can make or break the wedding budget. Just be sure to type discount into the search engine in front of whatever it is you are looking to purchase and you will be home free.
Does the bride, the bridesmaids, the groom, and the groomsman all need to travel to the wedding via limo service? Most of the time, a taxi will cost much less than a limo. Some taxi services also offer van service, which could be beneficial if your group is coming from more than two locations. It may be that you know someone that is willing to use that shiny black SUV of theirs to pick everyone up for the price of gas and a good wash and wax of his or her vehicle. You can even pretty it up with washable markers to tell everyone on the road of the wonderful mission of the vehicle.
Almost every family has a member or two that served in the military. Now if they were a cook, that would be a huge plus, especially if they could be persuaded to cater the affair for a family discount. Military cooks are adept at cooking for a large group of people and contrary to popular belief; most of these veterans are excellent cooks. It is always a good idea to check out the professions of family members. Who knows what kind of talents you will find that you can utilize to save a few bucks. At my friends wedding, they purchased the flowers at a discount through a landscaper that they employed yearly and Aunt Rose made the up the arrangements. A talent she learned through the internet in a floral arrangement class and for which she had flair. This little maneuver alone saved them hundreds of dollars.
Do you really need two hundred and fifty people to attend your wedding? Would two hundred not make just as much noise and save you a couple of thousand dollars? Another trick is to not spin your RSVP’s into a new invitation, instead, deduct the savings and set it aside for the overages that will ultimately appear on some other bill, like the bar tab.
Speaking of the bar tab, no one will know what kind of beer you serve if it is from a keg. There is no shame in going with a medium to low expense when serving beer. Your caterer will also have some tricks up his sleeve as to not exposing the brand of wine or champagne that is served at your wedding. A very discreet conversation may be in order. Also make sure that your server is well experienced in spotting who has had too much and when to say, maybe you should wait or eat something first. Appointing a family member that you trust to watch over possible alcohol based complications is also an excellent and responsible idea. Using these few tricks could save you a few dollars and with some creative thinking, you can come up with many more. The bottom line is to have a great wedding without going bankrupt.
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A Celebration of Family and Joy
A wedding is an expression of love that you invite friends and family to witness. It then becomes a declaration of love or a vow that you will love, honor and cherish each other for the rest of your lives. Wedding planning is also an expression of love, not just to your future spouse but also to the loved ones that you have invited as your guests to share in the joy of this moment.
Every decision from the wedding favors to the location is a way for you to express yourself with the uniqueness and creativity that says I love you and I want to share this with you. Unique wedding favors are just the beginning of a total planning package that will launch you into the future with all your friends and family there to support you and your new bride or husband.
This celebration of love will include the coming together of two separate families in a way that is special. You are the common bond that will bind this new and extended family together through love and respect for the difference that each brings to this new marriage. The way you bring these families together will speak volumes to both sides as you build the memories that they will carry into this new relationship.
The wedding planning process that is based in love and respect is much more fun and productive than entering into the process with stress and worry. If you can approach planning your wedding knowing that the final outcome will be cherished by everyone no matter if there are imperfections because it was a labor of love and no labor of love, no matter how flawed, is ever turned away or unaccepted. Both families will return that love by supporting you and standing by you in all of your endeavors.
Family is one of the most important things in this life and this is made even more special when two families come together through two people who love and respect each other. Get both families involved in the wedding planning process and you will create yet another avenue for these two families to come together. There is more than likely a lot of talent on both sides of the family and if there is one thing that family loves to do, it is step in and help out another family member in need. That is, after all, what families are for and what they are.
What could be more exciting than welcoming your husbands or wife’s family to your wedding celebration and into your heart. To be surrounded by people that you love during what should be one of the happiest and most important moments of your life is a very special feeling. This is why your wedding should be planned with all the love that you can muster. Families will understand that most weddings are made with a budget and that is why they cherish even the smallest of gestures.
With this in mind, make sure that you have plenty of time to plan a great wedding and go into it knowing that it is not just your special day but a day to be shared with family and to be remembered with love by all. Let them know how much it has meant to you and how much it continues to mean that they stand by you and experience the joy that this special day brings.
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The Pulse of Your Wedding
Rehearsal for your big wedding day is not only important, it is vital. That is why they made it a rehearsal dinner, to entice everyone to attend. There is so much more to do than just showing, walking down the aisle, and getting hitched. There is always a lot going on behind the scenes that needs everyone’s complete attention.
This is particularly true if there are children involved in your ceremony. The flower girl and the ring bearer are traditional children’s roles. They have such a short attention span already that they could become distracted very easily and forget what they are supposed to do. It is very important that you spend extra time with them and stress their roles. Also important, make sure someone knows to take them to the bathroom just before the wedding starts. Leave enough time so the bride is not standing around waiting for a child who is still in the restroom goofing off.
Children aside, if the adults have never been in a wedding, as many of us have not, they will not want to go through this without some idea of where to be when the bullets start to fly. Each person will have a mark and will want to know where they need to be.
Every wedding has its own pace. You do not want to get where you are going too quickly or hold everything up by moving too slow and that takes a little bit of practice. The speed or pulse of your wedding makes everything work so set the tone in the rehearsal so everyone is comfortable when it is time for the real deal. The children will definitely need help in this area so be prepared with patience and understanding.
Some priests or pastors will have more than one event, especially I the spring and early summer. He will more than likely be on a time table schedule that will depend on your ceremony coming off without a hitch. This is common courtesy and will be especially true in a morning ceremony. No-one wants the pastor hurrying through a ceremony because he has another and the proceeding is running late.
The rehearsal dinner is an important phase of togetherness and a stage of your wedding where two families come together for a little face time. If all goes well, there will be laughter and joy, with excitement on both sides that the two families will be connected by you and your spouse. It is a very exciting time for everyone and most important for the getting to know you phase of their relationships.
There are certain protocol that depend on you and your spouse attending this vital function. You will want to be ready for anything as not every family will see eye to eye on every subject so make it clear to the two families beforehand that there will be certain subject matter that should remain off limits during the rehearsal dinner. Religion and politics are two very good examples of what the families should avoid or at least keep to a minimum. If there is friction, be ready to step in, perhaps with a toast, to gently lead the discussion to other, less volatile areas if discussion. Pretend to need help picking out wedding favors or ask suggestions for unique wedding favors. Keep them focused on the wedding itself and not their differences.
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The Groom Tamer
Salt or pepper, catchup or mustard, bread or toast, the basketball game court-side or a booth at the opera, guess what, you can stop making these small bothersome decisions. You do not have to worry about them anymore. No, you are not dead; you are getting married. It is the reason you were born. If you think about it, it is a pretty good deal, actually. I mean, women enjoy making decisions for other people. That is why they are so darn good in the workforce and why there should be a woman president.
If a man were in charge of a wedding, we would have some pretty plain and ordinary ceremonies with very little style and zero class. We would have roses, a woman would have roses, and about two dozen other flower varieties that make roses look good. We would have wedding favors; they would languish for years in someone’s attic, closet, or cedar chest. A woman would have unique wedding favors that people would cherish and put on display in their homes.
Men can plan weddings and can come up with beautiful ideas that would enhance the wedding and make it special, but only by thinking like a woman. After the wedding, we would be heading for sports camp or a fishing resort to spend our honeymoons. By listening to women, we instead have a wonderful time lying on a beach being catered to by a staff that wants nothing but our happiness. I would not have thought of it but hey, I will take the beach any day of the week.
From the moment the doctor said, “It’s a boy!” A woman started making decisions for you. Does it sound like a bad thing? Well, you would be wrong to think so. If it were not for that woman taking charge at that precise moment, you would have lain there butt naked, shivering in the cold, crying your heart out. (Just like the last time a girlfriend left me.) Women do everything well but what they excel at is making decisions. I am not necessarily referring to major, planetary stuff, although if they were in charge, there would be peace and the planet would be in great shape. I am talking about everyday stuff, weddings included.
Not for the catch and see if this sounds familiar to you because it is a design that was set up by a clever woman centuries ago and, with the patience born of womanhood, has proven throughout the years to be a huge success. From the day that you were born, you were “groomed” to be a loyal and obedient husband. Every decision in your life was made by a woman. She loved you and cared for you and told you what to eat, (and when to eat it) what to wear, (and how to wear it) and what to say (do I need to say it?)
Then came the day that we grasped at our independence and we took control of our own lives rebelliously. When mother lay our clothes out we left them there on the bed. We chose our own set of clothes from the closet and we left for school leaving her standing at the doorway with a defeated look on her face at least, until we were out of site. Then she smiled at our foolishness. After all, the closet is full of clothes that she picked out, not the man-child.
For the next twenty or so years, we believed we were making the decisions that forged our independence, never realizing that we were being cleverly manipulated into becoming the kind of husband she and your new wife’s mother decided you would be years before you were born. Now, when you walk into a room and your mother, your mother-in-law, and your wife stop talking and smile at you, you jokingly ask if they were talking about you. They will all look at each other and laugh because they were talking about you. They were talking about how well you turned out and they were also discussing how to “groom” your son. Congratulations, you are about to be a dad.
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