American Marriage Customs

Americans in the marriage issue, the preaching feelings first: the freedom of interaction, the freedom to choose a spouse, the freedom of love. Men and women in love, generally do not need to be introduced to the matchmaker, parents also rarely interfere. The freedom of sex is the concept of love of many Americans. They believe that men and women do not have to do too much to understand, beautiful appearance, strong body, sexy temptation, enough to form the basis of feelings. They attach importance to the marriage contract: before marriage, men and women to the law firm to sign a "marriage contract", the main content is the ownership of the money after marriage, the sharing of household chores, the prerequisites for divorce and so on. They also talk about the freedom of divorce, the divorce as a happy event to be celebrated, the divorce rate of the whole society is very high.

The traditional wedding ceremony of the Americans is unique. Generally speaking, their wedding highlights "new, old, borrowed, blue" features. The so-called "new" means that the bride must wear a new snow-white dress, to show the beginning of a new life; "old" means that the bride's head of the white veil must be old (generally used by her mother to get married), to show that they do not forget their parents' kindness; "borrowed" is a traditional American wedding ceremony is strange. "Borrowed" refers to the bride's handkerchief is borrowed from her girlfriend, to show that not forgetting friendship; "Blue" refers to the bride is wearing a ribbon must be blue, to show that she has obtained the love of the heart. Modern American weddings are held at the local courthouse, officiated by a judge. The bride and groom often wear no gowns, receive no gifts, and have no wedding reception. There are also weddings held outdoors in the form of a picnic, only the parents of both sides, siblings and other people can participate. They attach great importance to wedding anniversaries, believing that as time passes, one year is more precious than the other. The names they give to each wedding anniversary are very interesting: the first year is called Paper Wedding, the second year is called Cotton Wedding, and the next is Leather Wedding, Wooden Wedding, Iron Wedding, Copper Wedding, Ceramic Wedding, Crystal Wedding and so on. From the fifteenth year onwards, every five years there is a name, they are: enamel wedding, silver wedding, beads wedding, coral wedding, ruby wedding, sapphire wedding, emerald wedding, diamond wedding. On each of these festivals, couples often give each other gifts, mutual praise and gratitude, so that each other feel comforted.