Word: grooms
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...your hunches. You would have more confidence in the wedding if this couple had moved in together for six months to test-drive this relationship. You might not worry that she was raised in a broken home, but you do worry that he was married before. And the groom hasn't darkened a church door in years, but the bride insisted they get married in a chapel - you're not sure what to make of that...
...couple has ever invited you over for dinner, you've got a good clue there. Does the groom substantially help with the housework, cleaning, and cooking? If he does, this may be one of the most important predictors of all. We don't usually think about this when they are standing at the altar, but the bride will definitely be thinking about it in two years if her husband has left all the chores to her. A man who does housework is also going to be involved in childrearing - another major benefit to the couple...
...this is a second marriage, for either bride or groom, their odds of divorce are somewhat higher. Remarried families have more complex issues to confront: exes to deal with, and stepchildren to raise. But this risk is often overstated; a middle-class second marriage has only 3% more risk than a first marriage...
...major religions, Catholics get divorced the least. Protestants the most. But what is really important here is not what religion they are, but how devoted they are to practicing their faith. You're right to worry if the bride insisted that they get married in the chapel, when the groom really wanted a wedding at the beach...
...says. In her closet, designer gowns from Dolce & Gabbana and Roberto Cavalli hang next to one-of-a-kind abayas. The dresses are for weddings (at which men and women are segregated), and the special abayas are for covering up at the moment when the groom arrives to collect his bride. Each wedding abaya is designed to emphasize the cut and curves of her dress and the diamonds on the jewelry she's wearing...