"Daravi;c-18036695" wrote:
"kaiwrysims;c-18036585" wrote:
Isn't weddings related to romance
Historical speaking, no it isn't related to romance, a wedding was a contract between two families to knot the ties in business or politcal issues and made sure the woman of the one family is sufficiently supplied by the male part. It was not romantic. Young women didn't really had much choices to marry their love if the father said no. The man had to prove the financial independence before he got the marriage permission, that was the reason in the big age difference then. It was also a popular means of keeping a wide variety of populations under control. The romance part came up in the second part of the 19th century, and it was a new concept which was seen sceptical.
Agreed, you can BE romantic about weddings, but a wedding is basically the ceremony to start a marriage, which is at its heart a legal contract, keeping people together. Ideally this will be between two people who love each other and are willingly commited to each other, but it doesn't have to be. Romance/love is a lot more about the actual relationship between two people, how they treat each other and live their lives together - which can happen with or without a wedding involved. And is what I was actually interested in from a love pack.