Over 4,000 years ago, the very first weddings were performed when human beings transitioned from living communally towards family group habitation. Babylonians decreed in the code of Hammurabi that a husband must return the dowry of his wife if she bore him no children before dying. A lot has changed since then, but a lot has stayed the same. For instance, wearing a white wedding dress became a tradition after Queen Victoria wore one to her wedding 1840. Today, almost 90 percent of brides wear white wedding gowns at the wedding reception and ceremony.
Did you know that Bride Magazine recently reported that the typical couple spends $27,000 on their wedding and that the typical engagement ring costs $5,847? You might think that a lot of this money goes towards (more…)
