Vows

He Fell Behind Early but Caught Up Fast

By VINCENT M. MALLOZZI

Aaron P. Bernstein for The New York Times

Kathleen Thompson walks to her wedding ceremony at White River State Park.

An Indy 500 racer finally catches up to his high school crush.

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State of the Unions

Cherishing Life’s Ferris Wheel Ride

By JANE GORDON JULIEN

Deidre Schoo for The New York Times

Stuart Weger, 45, leaning into his wife, Alexandra Mann, 49, in their Upper Manhattan apartment.

No matter what, a couple never misses morning coffee and a yearly trip to Coney Island.

Olimpia Zagnoli

Wedding Q.&A.

Orange is the new black tie, and when the bride and groom seem to value your present more than your presence.

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A Team’s Loss Is Their Gain

By VINCENT M. MALLOZZI

Petrit Lunji/Vesa Photography

The couple met in 2010 when they were at the same bar to commiserate over a loss by their alma mater’s basketball team.

Alison Goldberg and Gregory Kalikow

The bride is a lawyer; the groom is an executive with a real estate development and management group.

Nicole Holland and Ryan Lee

The bride and groom each received a dental degree from New York University, where they met.

Nikka Lanzarone and Daniel Smith

The bride is an actress; the groom is a veterinarian.

Amy Rosenberg and Benjamin Rand

The bride is an executive at Hill & Knowlton Strategies, a public relations firm; the groom is the director for public-private partnerships at Medgar Evers College.

Lydia Sizer and Nathaniel Rosenblatt

The couple lives in Abu Dhabi, where the groom is a consultant on Middle East affairs for a cybersecurity company.

Cara Walsh and Dylan Byers

The bride is a graphic designer; the groom is a media reporter for Politico.

In the News

Rise in Divorce in Iran Linked to Shift in Status of Women

By REUTERS

Weddings in Iran have long been an over-the-top affair with families spending thousands of dollars to celebrate a union. But now some couples are splurging on an entirely different sort of nuptial celebration: a divorce party.

A couple posed for wedding photographs against a backdrop of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong on Oct. 1.

Sinosphere Blog

Love Blooms Amid the Umbrellas in Hong Kong

By MICHAEL FORSYTHE

The barricaded areas in the financial district have served as a backdrop for wedding and graduation photos, as young Hong Kongers intertwine their personal lives with the historical significance of the protests.

Slide Show

Highlights From Bridal Fashion Week

Held shortly after a month of ready-to-wear presentations conclude in Paris, Bridal Week in New York City is a relative bastion of traditionalism.

Wedding Album

Unique Wedding Accessories

The Vows section of The Times publishes an occasional series of readers’ wedding-related Instagram photos, called Wedding Album. This month’s theme is one-of-a-kind wedding cakes.

Lens Blog

Same-Sex Couples, at Ease at Home

By RENA SILVERMAN

Sage Sohier’s photos of same-sex couples were inspired, in part, by her father — who never admitted he was gay despite having lived with boyfriends.

This Land

A Couple Gaining Independence, and Finding a Bond

By DAN BARRY

After a federal inquiry in Rhode Island turned the workplace of their repetitive jobs upside down, a couple with intellectual disabilities is marrying, learning to budget and adjusting to a new freedom.

At Tarboosh Hookah Bar in Clarksville, Tenn., Madison Sloan, from left, mingled with the owner Fatah Hantouli, Jennifer Kennedy, Abdel Hantouli and Wael Qoutmosh. Clarksville is great for single women, with its ratio of 145 employed men to 100 women.

The Upshot

The Best Places to Find a Mate (Who Has a Job)

By DAMON DARLIN

Clarksville, Tenn., might be fun for single women. We look at other places where, according to research, the odds are good for both sexes.

Unhitched

Together on the Road to Divorce

By LOUISE RAFKIN

Valerie and Clark Tate’s wedding took place in 2000, and while they “unhitched” in 2007, they remain legally married, share a home and are raising their son together.