CHAPTER 141: Hallucinogens

"ON LEAVING THE BACHELORETTE BRUNCH"

BY RACHEL WETZSTEON

Perhaps you've seen it before, but a dear soul in your life falls head over heels in love and suddenly there's a ring on their finger. You're overcome with delight that they have found the love of their life, but…You also mourn what you will never again have. I have watched and stood by many loved ones as they have been happily married. I am often in awe of the lifelong commitment my friends and family have made; their happiness in someone else makes me tease and squeeze and hug them for the joy of it. But that doesn't mean our friendship is not altered. In "On Leaving the Bachelorette Brunch," Rachel Wetzsteon puts into words what I have so often felt when another friend ties the knot.

Because I gazed out the window at birds

doing backflips when the subject turned