myTakes: Marriage & Weddings

“…We’ve been together for a long time… Will you marry me?” “Yes! I do… but wait, can I keep our future house if our marriage was to fail, tho?” (If you don’t know what a prenup is, it’s short for a prenuptial agreement....

1- Blackening of the Bride- Scotland During this pre-wedding tradition, the bride is captured, then covered in mud , molasses etc...by her family and friends then finally paraded publicly for the community to see. 2-...

If your woman is a classic girl...then, by all means, get her the classic cut, the classic setting... You can't go wrong there. But, if she's not into the over the top lavishness and bling of the classics, she may find...

It had always been on my bucket list that I wanted to be there one day where someone just spontaneously proposed to someone. You always hear these stories on the news or videos posted on YouTube, and I always thought they...

On June 26, 2015, gay marriage was legalized in the United States of America. The news was everywhere. Many people like me rejoiced, not because I'm gay, but because love won that day, pure and simple. Finally my friends...

Recently my husband and I celebrated our anniversary, and for his gift I decided to secretly pose for a boudoir photo shoot. Now I did not arrive at this decision lightly mind you. Allowing strangers to witness me in...

1. Be sure you love Him It shouldn't be an infatuation, it shouldn't be for a pregnancy, it shoulcn't be for conveniance, it shouldn't be for fun or out of boredom. be sure you really love him. 2. Be sure he loves You...

Paris, Barcelona, Prague, Rome or Venice... Yes, these are the cities everyone remembers when you say "romantic", "proposal", "dreamy", but there are some other and original places for traveler couples. So after traveling...

Yes, it is men who are technically designated in the Bible to be the leaders and “rulers”. But that sort of leadership and rulership doesn't mean that women should serve men. To the contrary: Matthew 20:25-28 “The rulers...

I promise to let you be whatever you want in Monopoly as long as you don't stick me with something lame, like the thimble. I promise that if we are trying to survive in a zombie apocalypse and you get bit, I will let you...

I plan on marrying...eventually. 1. I will annoy them when I want attention. I want attention often so I will annoy them till they give it to me. Not because I'm clingy but because it makes me feel wanted and loved. 2....

Marriage is much, much more than a piece of paper The act of saying vows to each other and committing to lifetime love is what's important, not the certificate you can hang on your wall later. It isn't as simple as...

If you've spent 5 minutes on Pinterest, you've seen what some very lucky and very well off husbands and wives have managed to put together, no doubt with an equally high priced wedding planner, that have made you and just...

It's no surprise that many feminists frown upon marriage, seeing it as a manifestation of patriarchy and inequality and mining for all the injustices against married women by their husbands and viewing it as an impediment...

1) When he is the only one who laughs in a group at your horrible joke.. but teases you about it later 2) When he is your mirror.. He tells everything that is wrong and right with you 3) When you can spend the whole day...

Since we were little we've been told how our lives are going to play out. We're going to go to elementary school, then high school, then we will go to a good college, then we will get a decent job, then we will meet...

There is no perfect time period that decides whether or not you and your partner will stay together forever. Things happen, good or bad that will always alter, harm, or strengthen whether a marriage will work in the long...