# An insufferable wedding announcent. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 23, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170 "2016-06-23T17:43:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/1 "2016-06-23T17:43:39Z")
> **[This Hipster Marriage Announcement From The New York Times Is The Most...](https://postgradproblems.com/this-hipster-marriage-announcement-from-the-new-york-times-is-the-most-insufferable-yet/)** > > And so we meet again. I know I've said this before, but this time I mean it – this is easily, without question, the worst New York Times marriage announcement to date. The amount of submissions I got expressing reader disdain for this couple was so... I’m not convinced that this is even real. It’s hard to find just a few paragraphs that do this justice, you have to read the article, but here are some examples. > [@](#): > > When Nathaniel Peters goes for a walk, he often sings aloud, which may be a genetic trait. His great-grandparents were Maria and Georg von Trapp, who founded the Trapp Family Singers with their children and whose story was the basis for “The Sound of Music.” > [@](#): > > When asked for words to describe himself and his friends, he replied: “You could try ‘heady.’ On the one hand, we are people who enjoy lots of books and investigating particular questions having to do with the human existence, or God, or the nature of beauty. But at least three of us are capable of cooking dinner to Taylor Swift and enjoying that, too.” > **[This Hipster Marriage Announcement From The New York Times Is The Most...](https://postgradproblems.com/this-hipster-marriage-announcement-from-the-new-york-times-is-the-most-insufferable-yet/)** > > And so we meet again. I know I've said this before, but this time I mean it – this is easily, without question, the worst New York Times marriage announcement to date. The amount of submissions I got expressing reader disdain for this couple was so... ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/2 "2016-06-23T17:50:22Z")
Friends with breadifits. Oh dear God. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/3 "2016-06-23T17:51:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Growing up in Carmel, Ind. FWIW, that’s the most insufferable place a person can possibly grow up in Indiana, and it goes to show something that she says “Carmel,” and not “Indianapolis.” Carmel is basically a suburb of Indianapolis where all the insufferable people go to live. Saying you live in Carmel is basically announcing to the world that you are both insufferable and rich. If you are insufferable and a hippie, you live in Broad Ripple. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/4 "2016-06-23T17:53:50Z")
From the link. > [@](#): > > Mr. Peters, 30, also appears to have inherited Maria von Trapp’s exuberant climb-every-mountain attitude.\*\* “You know that look that a golden lab has when chasing a tennis ball — that’s how Nathaniel chases life\*\*,” said Ryan Sayre Patrico, a friend. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/5 "2016-06-23T17:54:40Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > FWIW, that’s the most insufferable place a person can possibly grow up in Indiana, and it goes to show something that she says “Carmel,” and not “Indianapolis.” Carmel is basically a suburb of Indianapolis where all the insufferable people go to live. Saying you live in Carmel is basically announcing to the world that you are both insufferable and rich. If you are insufferable and a hippie, you live in Broad Ripple. Every word of this is 100% true. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/6 "2016-06-23T17:59:10Z")
Utter twats. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/7 "2016-06-23T18:00:25Z")
It’s sounds like they’re perfect for each other. The rest of the universe may have a problem. > [@](#): > > Mr. Peters described the music as: “Joyful, rich, lush. Lush like a forest, not like an alcoholic.” Thanks for the heads-up, Mr. Peters - I would never have guessed. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/8 "2016-06-23T18:32:36Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > It’s sounds like they’re perfect for each other. The rest of the universe may have a problem.Thanks for the heads-up, Mr. Peters - I would never have guessed. > > Regards, > Shodan Well, no, you wouldn’t, because you are a uneducated bottom dweller not working on a graduate degree in theology from Boston College who sings opera to himself. You can’t be expected to know there are meanings to “lush” that aren’t “connoisseur of Boone’s Farm.” ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/9 "2016-06-23T18:40:58Z")
Peters sounds like someone I really would want to punch in the face for being so twee and douchey at the exact same time. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/10 "2016-06-23T19:26:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Mr. Peters described the music as: “Joyful, rich, lush. Lush like a forest, not like an alcoholic.” I keep hearing it in Ellen DeGeneres’ voice, as part of her stand-up act. It’s perfect for that. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/11 "2016-06-23T19:27:54Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Every word of this is 100% true. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/12 "2016-06-23T19:32:39Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > From the link. > > > [@](#): > > > > Mr. Peters, 30, also appears to have inherited Maria von Trapp’s exuberant climb-every-mountain attitude. “You know that look that a golden lab has when chasing a tennis ball — that’s how Nathaniel chases life,” said Ryan Sayre Patrico, a friend. > > 😃 Makes me think of [this meme.](http://img.memecdn.com/FUCK-YOU-BALL_o_34761.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/13 "2016-06-23T19:34:13Z")
> [@](#): > > When Nathaniel Peters goes for a walk, he often sings aloud, which may be a genetic trait. His great-grandparents were Maria and Georg von Trapp, who founded the Trapp Family Singers with their children and whose story was the basis for “The Sound of Music.” It may be that Maria and Georg had other children, but the “Trapp Family Singers” were not biologically related to Maria. Of course, the children were quite musically inclined before Maria showed up in their lives. Still a little misleading. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/14 "2016-06-23T19:48:02Z")
> [@](#): > > When Nathaniel Peters goes for a walk, he often sings aloud, which may be a genetic trait. Assholery may indeed be a genetic trait, though penetrance is believed to be environmentally-influenced. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/15 "2016-06-23T19:51:13Z")
There’s a link to the NY times article at the bottom of the OP’s link. It should be read in all its original glory. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/16 "2016-06-23T20:03:50Z")
Having recently discovered that the NY Times maintains a ‘society’ section (and that it’s filled with stuff like this), I developed a new appreciation for the fact that not only is there still a class of wealthy elites in this country, but that they are just as self-absorbed and clueless about their privilege as they are portrayed in their caricatures. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/17 "2016-06-23T21:33:21Z")
This is what generations of inbreeding leads to! I think what really boggles my mind is that these people think there is nothing odd about that announcement. That they think they are acting normal, that everyone is like them, or wants to be like them. Excuse me, but I’m going to play a CD in my car now. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/18 "2016-06-23T21:36:51Z")
> [@](#): > > When Nathaniel Peters goes for a walk, he often sings aloud, which may be a genetic trait. “My Favorite Things” or “Edelweiss”? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/19 "2016-06-23T21:38:15Z")
“The couple created a 16-page illustrated pamphlet to guide the 172 guests through the carefully curated nuptial Mass” :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: “But seriously, can you think of a worse situation to be in than sitting at this gruesome twosome’s dinner table singing in fucking harmony?” Heh. I was trapped in such a situation one time – it was pretty bad. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/20 "2016-06-23T21:40:40Z")
As Samuel Butler said of the Carlyles, “It was good of God to let them marry one another, and so make only two people miserable, instead of four.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170.md?page=2)