All Things Converge

Getting along (too?) well with your exes is sweeping the nation, and “Dear Prudie” is hearing about it:

Q. I Want My Ex to Officiate at My Wedding: I plan to be married soon. My fiancé and I don’t want a big to-do but would like to mark the occasion with a small ceremony and invite immediate family and a few close friends. This is a second marriage for both of us. My ex-husband and I remained civil to one another for the sake of our children. Once the hurt of our failed marriage had healed, we developed a friendship based on mutual interests and shared history. My fiancé and my ex get along well, and we occasionally socialize with him and his significant other. My ex is a judge and as such is able to perform weddings. My fiancé and I talked it over and would like to ask him to marry us. We haven’t asked him yet and aren’t sure he will agree, but we want to extend the invitation. Problem is when I mentioned our plan to my sisters, they had a fit. They said it would be tacky and would make other family members uncomfortable to have my ex marry us. I know it’s an unusual situation, but it is also something we’d really like to do. Are our plans just too “out there”?

Now, add in a Blind Item Revealed from everyone’s favorite celebrity gossip source, and one begins to wonder: why is everyone being so mature all of a sudden? What happened to casually lifting a glass and making a half-smile in your ex’s direction when you find out you’re at the same party? And did you have/would you have exes AT your wedding?