{"id":24621,"date":"2025-07-26T17:33:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T17:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=24621"},"modified":"2025-07-26T17:36:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T17:36:23","slug":"24621","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=24621","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1480\" data-end=\"1569\">I called David. \u201cChief,\u201d I said, slipping into his old nickname. \u201cExplain this insanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1571\" data-end=\"1607\">There was a pause. Then a deep sigh.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1609\" data-end=\"1655\">\u201cIt\u2019s Dorothy,\u201d he muttered. \u201cEmily\u2019s mother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1657\" data-end=\"1665\">\u201c\u2026Okay?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1667\" data-end=\"1719\">\u201cShe\u2019s planning to show up in her own wedding gown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1721\" data-end=\"1751\">I nearly choked. \u201cShe\u2019s what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1753\" data-end=\"1926\">\u201cShe\u2019s done it before. Bridal shower, engagement party\u2014every time, she finds a way to make it about her. She said she wants to \u2018remind people what a real bride looks like.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1753\" data-end=\"1926\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=24623\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23467\" src=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/340C4489-16D4-4656-9B02-A344BA7D4DAB-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/340C4489-16D4-4656-9B02-A344BA7D4DAB-1.jpeg 905w, https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/340C4489-16D4-4656-9B02-A344BA7D4DAB-1-300x75.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/340C4489-16D4-4656-9B02-A344BA7D4DAB-1-768x191.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I called David. \u201cChief,\u201d I said, slipping into his old nickname. \u201cExplain this insanity.\u201d There was a pause. Then a deep sigh. \u201cIt\u2019s Dorothy,\u201d he muttered. \u201cEmily\u2019s mother.\u201d \u201c\u2026Okay?\u201d \u201cShe\u2019s planning to show up in her own wedding gown.\u201d I nearly choked. \u201cShe\u2019s what?\u201d \u201cShe\u2019s done it before. Bridal shower, engagement party\u2014every time, she finds&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=24621\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24621"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24621"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24625,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24621\/revisions\/24625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}