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Ann Althouse: Engaged to Commenter from Her Blog

Monday, March 30, 2009 12:20 PM - By Elie Mystal

Althouse engaged.jpgAnn Althouse, law professor, blogger, from ATL Idol judge, has gotten engaged to a commenter on her blog.

Thank God I’m married. Seriously. I’m so glad that I don’t have to look for love in the comments. Thank you, sweet chocolate Easter Bunny Jesus. I will sacrifice a dozen colored eggs in your honor.

Andrew Sullivan has the bare bones facts:

Ann Althouse gets engaged to … a commenter on her blog. The post that got the ball rolling. Ten days of emailing … and she was ready.

And here’s part of Althouse’s response to Mr. Sullivan:

Andrew, I don’t think you’ve understood the time line here. And why link to the nasty Pandagon on this one? Your post is really disrespectful to me. If you’d watched the Bloggingheads you linked to, you’d know that my fiancé is someone who has interacted with me in writing on my blog for more than 4 years. We decided to meet in person after an exchange of email in December. We met in January and then, after a some additional email, decided to meet again in mid-February, and then we fell in love. We decided to get married after 2 more weekends and a 10-day spring break.

Well Ann, you have our congratulations. And since I don’t know what else to say, I’ve just turned on the LEWW-signal. Maybe we’ll get some expert commentary shortly.

Update (2:37): After the jump, LEWW answers the call and weighs in.

No Comment Possible [Daily Dish]
Love in the Time of Commenters [Bloggingheads]
Uh Oh. [Althouse]

Here’s what our very own Legal Eagle Wedding Watcher has to say:

What really strikes LEWW about the Althouse engagement isn’t the heedless trailer-park lunacy of pledging your troth to someone you first laid eyes on in January. It’s also not Andrew Sullivan’s alleged heterophobia, or the fact that Althouse’s diamond is a genuine Canard (as in “Canardly see it”).

What really bothers—and baffles—us is that Althouse has stated her intention to forgo the guaranteed attention/drama/self-promotion goldmine of an actual wedding, opting instead to marry her commenting swain in tasteful seclusion. The legal wedding-watching community will be poorer as a result. Ann, we beg you: At least register for something crazy.

In all seriousness, LEWW loves love. We wish Althouse and her beau the best, and we remind readers that there are far tackier ways to fall in love than through the written word. Also, many of the weddings we comment on will end in divorce, including some where the bride and groom have known each other longer than three minutes. Congratulations, Ann — and if you change your mind about the wedding thing, please send photos.

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