Quote Originally Posted by Tricky Boy View Post
well, a wedding is like.. the thing that 2 people do to show to each other and the rest of the world how much they love each other and want to be with each other for the rest of their lives, it's their choice how they celebrate it
That's precisely my point:

1) roughly 50% of marriages end in divorce, and a large portion of those in a few years, not after like a few decades. So a marriage is no longer a sign of wanting to spend the rest of your life with another person, just some time.

2) Most people express their love emotionally and physically long before marriage.

3) Most people do not choose how to celebrate their love, there is nothing more generic than a wedding. Millions of people do it every year and most follow at least the same overall guidelines.

I am trying to get to the heart of what it is people feel they are getting from a wedding/marriage which you did not answer at all.