Is ‘I Took an Arrow in the Knee’ Slang for Getting Married?
7 May 2018 The origins of many marriage-related rituals are arcane, but we can safely rule out this explanation.
Weddings
The beginning of a couple’s life together as husband and wife marks an important turning point in each of their lives, but the event is also seen as having a happy impact on the rest of society. A new family is created out of what moments earlier were two independent entities, and that’s magic. The happy couple’s passage through the portal to married life somehow reaffirms all that’s right and good in the world, even to the non-participants.
Both weddings and the subsequent carryings-on of newlyweds fascinate us. Considering the importance of the ceremony itself and our paternal interest in the newly married, it’s no wonder so many nuptial and newlywed stories have worked their way into lore.
Engagement Chicken
21 April 2015 Rumor: Preparing 'Engagement Chicken' (a lemon and herb flavored roast chicken dish) will inspire your boyfriend to propose marriage to you.
'The Heel in the Grate' Wedding Legend
30 March 2015 Legend: A bridesmaid walking down the aisle at a wedding caught her spike heel in a floor grate, an usher picked up the grate to retrieve the shoe, and the bride tumbled into the open hole.
Did Jim Nabors and Rock Hudson Get Married?
30 March 2001 A 1970s celebrity rumor played on the not widely known personal lives of its two targets.
Groom Test
27 April 2014 'Dear Abby' letter details an unusual posed to a young man by his fiancée's parents.
Toothbrush Bandits
13 April 2014 A burgled honeymoon couple gets a shock after developing the film left in their camera.
Secretly Videotaped Honeymooners
16 March 2014 Honeymooning couple's sexual activities are secretly videotaped by their hotel.
Embarrassing Wrong Bible Verse on Wedding Cake
3 March 2014 Bride's mix-up results in an inappropriate Bible verse on her wedding cake.
Removal of Titanium Wedding Rings
24 August 2013 Removing a titanium ring from a swollen finger can be difficult, but contrary to rumors it doesn't require amputation of the digit.
Beckham Wedding Plans
25 June 2012 Did David and Victoria Beckham pay off another couple's mortgage to get the hotel room they wanted?
February 29 Proposal
28 February 2012 Custom allows marriage-minded gals to propose to their boyfriends on February 29.
The Bad Bachelorette
7 July 2011 White newlywed gives birth to black child nine months after her wild bachelorette party.
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