Which leads to the next best piece of marriage advice – and that is to look first to your own actions before you start assigning the role of the unreasonable party to your partner. It’s easy to take a partner’s opinion for granted. Of course he wants to go to great aunt’s dinner party (despite the fact she won’t speak to him) because he goes to all your family functions – of course he’ll cancel the other engagement he had. With people tending to get married after they have finished school and started a career, the chances of them having accumulated some assets beforehand is greater. The couple may want the agreement to specify that each person will retain ownership of any property he or she brought into the marriage. Another provision might specify that in the event of the marriage breaking down, one spouse has the right to stay in the family home (at least for a certain period of time) and will receive a certain percentage of the family assets. For women, the traditional wedding vows were slightly different and stated that the bride promised to “love, cherish, and obey” her husband. This is now considered out of date by many people and so in most traditional wedding ceremonies, both the bride and groom make the same vows to each other, and the notion of the bride “obeying” her husband is abandoned. The Wedding Ceremony The most formal type of wedding ceremony in ancient Rome was celebrated in front of 10 witnesses. The bride was passed from her father’s household to her new husband’s. A less formal ceremony could also be conducted in front of five witnesses. This was actually the more common form of marriage ceremony at the time. For many countries there is honor in the arranged marriage, their families are helping them choose whom to marry. Those people that hold the tradition find it like betrayal if the bride or groom decides against marrying each other. It is very much like a slap in the face. In fact it is so serious that if a bride decides not to marry she is put to her own death and if not she will surely know the shame she has put on her family. You only get one shot at first impressions, so consider all options you have available. A Catholic wedding processional begins with the priest followed by the groom and best man that enter through a side door. They wait at the altar for the groomsmen and bridesmaids that enter in pairs. The two that stand furthest from the groom and bride are the first to enter.