Marriage Fun Facts

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17 Jun 2006 10:29 PM

Continuing in the spirit of good communication makes for a happy marriage, here are some fun facts to share with your spouse and other married couples you know. They are all clean-feel free to send to your friends at church. It is a little known fact that often the people of the 16th century didn't have the means to bathe everyday, in fact so much so that they typically only bathed once or twice a year. One of the months was May, subsequently June became the favored month for weddings. It is said that this is also the reason that brides carry a bouquet of fragrant flowers down the aisle as well. The average wedding has 180 guests, is planned for 7-12 months beforehand, and costs around $20,000. Eighty five percent are held in a church or synagogue. Over half take place in the early afternoon, and Hawaii is still the most popular honeymoon destination for newlyweds. Seventy five percent of the bride's rings are diamond, while less than half of the groom's rings contain the same stone. Here are some of the modern wedding trends, compare these newer ideas with ow your wedding went for a (hopefully) humorous conversation with your spouse, leading to laughter and connection, two of the best aspects of marriage: A big trend in weddings now is to have them in unusual spots-zoos, hilltops, and underwater. Black and white style pictures have replaced color photographs. Today's modern couple seems to favor the "photojournalistic" style of photography, and many brides have given up on the planning part of the wedding and hiring wedding planners to do all the work. This is probably due to the increase in working brides-over 40% of all brides work. You probably know that a lot of couples choose to elope, and the number one destination for that is Las Vegas, Nevada. But did you know that over 230 marriage certificates are issued each day? Statistically, married people live longer, smile more often, and are healthier than single people; however, 20% of men and 10% of women forget their wedding anniversary. There are some hard facts about marriage as well, so read and feel grateful: The environment that allows children to thrive the most is provided by the natural family. The safest place for children is living in an intact married family; the most dangerous is a home where the mother lives with a boyfriend. The safest relationship for women is marriage; the most dangerous is cohabitation. The intact married family is the best mental health, school preparation, and drug prevention "program" there is. Divorce affects about 1 million children each year. One generation of broken marriages feeds the next generation of broken marriages. The rate of divorce among couples who have lived together before they marry is twice the rate of divorce among those who have not lived together before marriage. Children in broken families are more likely to commit juvenile crime. A child is 50 percent more likely to die during infancy if born out of wedlock. Marriage also provides the safest environment for a child before birth.

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