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1、Love and Weddings “Men always want to be a womans first love - women like to be a mans last romance.” - Oscar Wilde,Proverbs and sayings,Marriage halves our grieves, double our joys, and quadruples our expenses. Marry in haste, repent at leisure. Love is blind. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
2、Let your heart rule your head. Wear your heart on your sleeve.,Marriage and Weddings,Family Tradition The United States is “a melting pot“ of cultures each with their own unique Marriage Customs and Traditions. There has been a set of Customs and Traditions generally accepted as common to Marriage i
3、n The United States unless the marriage is a Common Law Marriage.,A General Procedure,Dating is the accepted pre-engagement practice between couples. Families generally establish requirements for the details of acceptable activities, time of day, single or group dating etc. The age, personality and
4、maturity of dating children generally drive the conditions set by parents if the children are still at home. Love between the couples is believed to be a prerequisite to marriage.,A General Procedure,Proposal of marriage by the man and acceptance by the woman results in an Engagement. Couples enter
5、into marriage with the belief that the relationship is permanent. The engagement is marked by the gift of a diamond Engagement Ring from the man(fianc) proposing to the woman(fiance) accepting. A Marriage License is required by all States including a Blood Test and a prescribed waiting period.,A Gen
6、eral Procedure,A Wedding Rehearsal Dinner is usually celebrated between the immediate families of spouses in the late afternoon the day before the wedding. The grooms Family traditionally provides for this celebration. A Bachelor/stag Party is held for the groom and usually sponsored by the best man
7、 shortly before the Wedding.,A General Procedure,A Bridal Shower is usually sponsored by the bridesmaid. It has become very popular now for The bridesmaid to also sponsor a Bachelorette Party for the bride. The Wedding Ceremony is most often performed as part of a religious ceremony each with its ow
8、n specific customs and traditions. On the day of the wedding the groom does not see the Bride until the actual ceremony.,A General Procedure,A Wedding Reception is usually held after the ceremony for all family and friends to celebrate. The Brides Family usually provides for this celebration. A Hone
9、ymoon is taken by the Bride and Groom to a secret place where they go off for their first night together in Marriage. It is thought that the Honeymoon Custom was established to avoid the European Custom Charivari where family and friends banged on pots and pans outside the couples bedroom their firs
10、t night of marriage.,Marriage is a social institution that defines the relationship between a man and a woman. It defines in legal terms the obligations of spouses to each other and to their children. This forms the basis for also defining the rights of the children born into the family created by t
11、he marriage relationship. It takes 18-21 years to raise a child to adulthood.,“Until Death Do Us Part“,The level of commitment required between a man and a woman to sustain a relationship and a home for child rearing is significant. A permanent loving relationship between spouses, and between spouse
12、s and children, provides the best nurturing environment for continuation of society. Societys Principles and Values are passed to children within the Family environment.,“Until Death Do Us Part“,Wedding Ceremony in America,The Brides Dress,The traditional American bride wears a long white gown and a
13、 veil. In earlier times, people thought the veil would protect the bride from evil spirits. The white gown and veil also symbolize innocence and purity The full wording of this popular bridal attire rhyme, which dates back to the Victorian times is something old, something new, something borrowed, s
14、omething blue and a silver sixpence in your shoe. Wearing something old refers to wearing something that represents a link with the brides family and her old life. Usually, the bride wears a piece of family jewellery or maybe her mothers or grandmothers wedding dress.,The Brides Dress,.,Wearing some
15、thing new represents good fortune and success in the brides new life. The brides wedding dress is usually chosen, if purchased new, but it can be any other new item of the brides wedding attire. Wearing something borrowed, which has already been worn by another happy bride at her wedding, is meant t
16、o bring good luck to the marriage. Something borrowed could be an item of bridal clothing, a handkerchief or an item of jewellery.,western culture,The Brides Dress,Wearing something blue dates back to biblical times when the colour blue was considered to represent purity and fidelity. Over time this
17、 has evolved from wearing a blue clothing to wearing a blue band around the bottom of the brides dress and to todays wearing a blue or blue-trimmed garter. Placing a silver sixpence in the brides left shoe is a symbol of wealth. This is not just to bring the bride financial wealth but also a wealth
18、of happiness and joy throughout her married life.,The Brides Dress,The Wedding Car,Sometimes, the couples car is decorated with tin cans, paper steamers, or old shoes, along with a “Just Married” sign. The tin can and the old shoes reflect an old idea that noisemakers scare away evil spirits and bri
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