Yesterday,
a
bride-to-be
reached
out
to
the
r/LawSchool
community
seeking
some
advice
on
her
upcoming
nuptials.
As
it
happens,
the
blushing
bride
doesn’t
blush
much
when
it
comes
to
her
academic
record
and
wanted
the
legal
community
to
help
her
with
her
wedding
vows.
It
seems
the
law
school
graduate
wants
to
include
her
class
rank
from
a
T14
program
in
the
couple’s
vows.
You
know,
a
little
less
“with
this
ring,
we
link
our
lives
together”
and
more
“with
this
ring,
hey,
let’s
discuss
my
LinkedIn
profile.”
Apparently
that
clause
didn’t
survive
the
groom’s
latest
redline.
Undeterred,
Gunnerzilla
here
took
to
the
Internet
for
support.
She
would
not
get
it.
The
original
post
is
gone
now,
but
it
played
out
as
a
tale
in
four
acts.
Act
I:
Should
I
mention
my
class
rank
in
my
wedding
vows?I
was
planning
my
wedding
with
my
fiance
when
we
started
discussing
wedding
vows.
He
really
doesn’t
want
me
to
mention
it,
but
I
graduated
from
a
T14.
What
we’ve
learned
here
is
that
her
fiancé
possesses
the
good
taste
to
refuse
her
“class
rank
dowry
offer”
and
that
the
bride
has
sufficiently
little
respect
for
his
opinion
that
she’s
outsourcing
the
matter
to
r/LawSchool.
Is
the
first
reading
from
the
letter
of
Latham
extending
my
job
offer?
Act
II:
Edit
#1:
I’m
a
little
concerned
at
the
amount
of
people
that
think
this
is
a
“joke”
or
a
“shitpost.”
I
was
thinking
of
mentioning
it
in
a
casual
manner,
something
along
the
lines
of
“Baby,
without
you,
I
wouldn’t
have
been
able
to
have
graduate
_x_/
_xxx_
from
law
school.”
Something
humble
that
makes
him
seem
like
the
good
guy.
What’s
wrong
with
that?
I’m
a
little
concerned
at
the
amount
of
people
that
thought
it
wasn’t
a
joke.
To
be
clear,
the
Venn
diagram
of
“mentioning
it
in
a
casual
manner”
and
“including
it
in
your
wedding
vows”
are
two
distinct
circles
separated
by
several
parsecs.
A
wedding
is
the
most
formal
occasion
most
people
will
ever
participate
in
unless
the
line
of
succession
to
the
British
crown
falls
to
them
or
they
attend
a
Cravath
funeral
(and,
yes,
we
know
that’s
not
real).
Nothing
about
it
is
a
“casual
manner.”
Even
shotgun
wedding
etiquette
calls
for
the
fancy
shells.
Speaking
of
Venn
Diagrams,
“something
humble”
and
“mentioning
my
class
rank
from
a
T14”
don’t
have
much
overlap
either.
But
to
answer
her
question
“what’s
wrong
with
that?”
it’s
that
it
only
tangentially
“makes
him
seem
like
the
good
guy.”
It
centers
the
vows
back
on
her,
just
fishing
for
recognition
from
the
audience.
The
groom
is
a
“good
guy”
only
to
the
extent
he’s
dimly
reflected
in
her
accomplishment.
Which
is
how
patriarchal
marriages
worked
for
years,
but
not
something
worth
perpetuating
in
reverse.
Put
another
way,
if
you’re
listing
the
handful
of
traits
that
make
him
the
most
important
person
in
your
life,
is
“he
was
around
while
I
aced
Torts”
really
the
making
the
list?
Hopefully,
there’s
something
more
there.
Act
III.
Or
maybe
more
of
an
intermezzo.
Edit
#2:
I
think
this
reached
an
audience
outside
the
legal
community.
No,
buddy,
the
legal
community
also
thinks
this
is
nuts.
But
it
is
telling
that
she’s
so
convinced
that
lawyers
would
back
her
ramming
her
C.V.
into
her
wedding
vows
that
she
imagines
the
mocking
commenters
must
be
hordes
of
non-legal
interlopers.
Finale:
EDIT
#3:
To
whomever
reported
me,
acting
concerned
about
my
mental
health
all
because
I
want
to
be
the
center
of
attention
on
my
wedding
day,
YOU
CAN
GO
TO
HELL!
And
so
we,
perhaps
unintentionally,
get
the
truth.
Stripped
of
all
the
“make
him
look
like
the
good
guy”
pretense,
our
bride
wants
to
insert
her
class
rank
into
the
event
“because
I
want
to
be
the
center
of
attention
on
my
wedding
day.”
But
the
thing
is…
she
will
be.
It’s
a
ceremony
specifically
crafted
to
make
her
the
center
of
attention.
From
start
to
finish,
it’s
all
about
her
and
if
a
bride
fears
that
she’s
not
going
to
get
enough
attention
without
talking
about
clerkship
opportunities,
then
she
might
want
to
revisit
the
rest
of
the
run
of
show.
Here’s
the
original
post
in
full:
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