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You won't believe some of these fun facts!
Coffee Break Romance
It's reported that more than 10,000 marriages
a year now are directly traceable to romances
which begin during coffee breaks.
Engagement LengthsThe average engagement lasts 6 months.
First Love
Two out of five marry their first love.
Wearing a Wedding RingThe reason that the engagement ring and wedding band
is worn on the fourth finger of the left hand is because
the ancient Egyptians thought that the "vein of love"
ran from this finger directly to the heart.
Go Ahead and Kiss
A team of medical experts in Virginia contends that you're more likely
to catch the common cold virus by shaking hands than by kissing.
Strange But True
In Pennsylvania, Ministers are forbidden from performing
marriages when either the bride or groom is drunk.
Median Age for Marriage
In 1970, brides were on average 20.8 years old when they married,
while grooms were 23.2. Americans are now marrying later in life.
In the year 2000, brides were on average 25.1
with their grooms averaging 26.8.
Morning Kissing
Studies indicate that a man who kisses his wife good-bye
when he leaves for work every morning averages a higher
income than those who don't. Husbands who exercise the
rituals of affection tend to be more painstaking, more
stable, more methodical, thus, higher earners. Studies also
show that men who kiss their wives before leaving in the
morning live 5 years longer than those who don't.
Oldest BrideMinnie Munro became the world's oldest bride when she married
Dudley Reid at the age of 102 on May 31, 1991. Reid, the groom,
was 83 years old.
Oldest Groom
Harry Stevens was 103 when he married 84 year old Thelma Lucas at
the Caravilla Retirement Home in Wisconsin on December 3, 1984.
Phone Proposals
6% of men proposed to their girlfriends over the phone.
Romance NovelsRomance Novels are more popular than
ever. 53% of all mass market paperback
books sold in this country are Romances.
Romance novels earn more money in the
USA yearly than baseball! So, what's
the national pastime?
The Longest Engagement
Sixty-seven years, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
The happy couple finally wed at age 82!
