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Whenever I see couples in their wedding outfits wandering around Central Park I wish I’d gotten married at least once. Why? So that I could wear my wedding outfit and walk around the park and make people take pictures of me, or maybe eat ice cream and pretend my groom just left me. In fact, I’d love to wear a wedding dress all the time, on the bus, on the subway, in the supermarket… I’d love to go to a bar in a wedding dress, with all the ruffles and petticoats and everything, and tell guys I’m not looking to get married. “No,” I’d say, “I’m only interested in having fun, but I like to be prepared for anything. You never know! So, do you like children?”

For a girl who’s never been married, and never even considered being married, I’ve sold quite a few wedding cartoons. (I always say I do cartoons about things I don’t understand!) I ended up selling a variant on this idea (no doubt funnier than the rejected one above), which I can neither point to or post now because it hasn’t appeared in The New Yorker yet. But when it does, I’ll pipe up.

Meanwhile, if you’re not too depressed from doing your taxes, get your wedding dress (or tux) on and go take a walk in the park!

Posted Tuesday, April 11th, 2006 at 6:00 am under TNY, rejected cartoons. Feel free to trackback from your own site. All images on newyorkette.com are the intellectual property of Carolita Johnson, and you must ask (and receive) express permission to use them or reproduce them in any way whatsoever.