The New York Times’ marriage announcement page also has a feature called “Vows” where one of the lucky couples has their story told by a reporter. Weddings are rites of passage where ghosts abound. But usually these stories are sappy lovey-dovey accounts of how romance blossomed. Last week’s Vows section is no exception. And boy is it one for the ages. Now, I was absolutely horrified when I read it (linked on Twitter by John Podhoretz with the note “Boy is this going to be discussed at my kids’ Upper West Side School this week, and discussed, and discussed.”). He was right. The story lit up the twitterverse and blogosphere and made it into other media coverage, too.
Reporter Devan Sipher tells the story of Carol Anne Riddell and John Partilla. They met in pre-kindergarten. Not their own, mind you. Their children attended the same Upper West Side school. They were both married and had five kids between the two couples.
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