Kacie_bride
06-27-2006, 02:09 PM
The longest known engagement is that of Octavio Guillen and Adriana Martinez, who finally married after 67 years.
The oldest recorded bride is that of Australian Minnie Munro who was 102 when she married her boy toy groom of 82.
New Yorkers Richard and Carole Roble enjoy marrying so much, they’ve taken their vows 55 times.
The most frequent number of bridesmaids is four, including the maid of honor.
The longest wedding dress train was from Germany, and was 515 feet.
In 2000, the average bride was 24 years old and the average groom was 28.
74% of all brides receive a diamond engagement ring. Of those, 60% are involved in picking out their ring while 3% actually pick it out themselves.
80% of brides plan formal weddings.
The number of marriages in the U.S. has averaged 2.25 - 2.4 million every year for the past 20 years.
In almost 50% of US weddings either the bride or groom has been married previously.
62% of weddings have a flower girl, while 56% have a ring bearer.
T
he average wedding costs $18,874 with 186 guests.
17 tons of gold are made into wedding rings each year in the
United States.
The most expensive wedding ever was the marriage of Sheik Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum to Princess Salama in Dubai in May 1981. The price tag? $44 million.
Queen Victoria's wedding cake weighed a whopping 300 pounds.
August is the top month for weddings; June is the second favorite.
On average, 7,000 couples marry each day in the United States.
Weddings are a $25.3 billion industry.
More than half of all weddings take place in the afternoon.
The average engagement is 16 months, up from 11 months in 1990.
The average ring costs $2000.
Destination weddings tripled between 1997 and 1999 - from 3% to 11%.
More than 4.2 million unmarried couples live together.
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The oldest recorded bride is that of Australian Minnie Munro who was 102 when she married her boy toy groom of 82.
New Yorkers Richard and Carole Roble enjoy marrying so much, they’ve taken their vows 55 times.
The most frequent number of bridesmaids is four, including the maid of honor.
The longest wedding dress train was from Germany, and was 515 feet.
In 2000, the average bride was 24 years old and the average groom was 28.
74% of all brides receive a diamond engagement ring. Of those, 60% are involved in picking out their ring while 3% actually pick it out themselves.
80% of brides plan formal weddings.
The number of marriages in the U.S. has averaged 2.25 - 2.4 million every year for the past 20 years.
In almost 50% of US weddings either the bride or groom has been married previously.
62% of weddings have a flower girl, while 56% have a ring bearer.
T
he average wedding costs $18,874 with 186 guests.
17 tons of gold are made into wedding rings each year in the
United States.
The most expensive wedding ever was the marriage of Sheik Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum to Princess Salama in Dubai in May 1981. The price tag? $44 million.
Queen Victoria's wedding cake weighed a whopping 300 pounds.
August is the top month for weddings; June is the second favorite.
On average, 7,000 couples marry each day in the United States.
Weddings are a $25.3 billion industry.
More than half of all weddings take place in the afternoon.
The average engagement is 16 months, up from 11 months in 1990.
The average ring costs $2000.
Destination weddings tripled between 1997 and 1999 - from 3% to 11%.
More than 4.2 million unmarried couples live together.
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