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a party so expensive it requires a lifelong contract to justify the catering.
means The ceremony and celebration in which two people are formally married to each other.
from From Old English 'weddung,' the act of pledging, built on the verb 'weddian,' to wed — which itself comes from 'wedd,' meaning a pledge or security. The same Germanic root surfaces in words for a stake or wager; tellingly, it's also a cousin of the Latin 'vas/vadis' (a pledge or surety) and the source of Gothic 'wadi.' So a 'wedding' was originally less about romance and more about a binding promise backed by collateral — fitting, given the lifelong contract still at its heart.
- average cost
- often more than a year's median rent
- ring finger
- vein-to-heart myth dates to ancient Egypt
- white dress
- popularized by Queen Victoria in 1840
- cake topper
- originally meant to symbolize family unity
- throwing rice
- banned at many venues, doesn't harm birds though