Someone is getting married and I'm here to tell you all about the traditional
British or wedding hello everyone, I
n anticipation of the royal wedding I thought this was a perfect opportunity to discuss the culture and the traditions surrounding a
British wedding now this subject is huge there's so much
information that,
I could give to you
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ke a look. right let's talk about weddings. someone that you fall in love with. you're free to choose who you want to
marry and when you want to marry them. it's not uncommon these days for a
couple to spend a lot of time together sometimes years before marriage in UK ns western culture even is
suggested. many couples even live together for many years and in some
cases, like in my case, couples will have a child before they decide to get
married and actually marriage isn't always a step that a couple decides to
take. some people don't believe that it's good for a relationship or even
necessary to get married and whatever decision that people make surrounding
marriage it's all accepted in the UK. we're very liberal and open-minded we
just want people to be happy. so who can get married? well there are
three basic rules both parties have to be 16 or over. the second one is that you
have to be available to be married so you either have to be single or you have
to be divorced from a previous marriage so legally you've been taken out of that
marriage or a widow. you're a widow if your previous partner who you were
married to is now deceased if they die you become a widow in which case you're
free to marry again, and finally you cannot marry someone you are closely
related to. now from now on I'm going to be referencing a heterosexual couple
because that's what my knowledge base is and what my experience is. if there's
anything you'd like to add that is more suited to your situation then please do
share it with us in the comment section below so we can all learn together. so in
a traditional heterosexual couple in the old days, and still quite a lot now but
it is changing, it's expected for the man to propose to the woman. a woman can
propose to a man but it's traditionally done in a leap year. don't ask me why
it's very strange. so traditionally a man would propose to
the woman, now in the old days a man would first ask permission from the
woman's father or at least the woman's family to ask if he could propose to the
woman. these days a man generally just goes straight to the woman and asks her.
he will get down on one knee and he will present a ring (typically a diamond ring)
and he would ask the question "will you marry me" and then the lady gives her
answer either yes, no or I need some time to think. something to note, a proposal is
also sometimes referred to as asking for a lady's hand in marriage
so if she says yes everyone's happy the engagement is announced to the world and
everyone celebrates. there would normally be some form of engagement party and
then the planning starts. of course it depends on when you decide to book your
wedding. some people decide to have a very long engagement. I've known people
who have been engaged for years and years and years and there are two
reasons for this. perhaps it's because the timing to get married is not quite
right because of illness or family issues or work perhaps, but also some
people delay the wedding because weddings in the UK are very expensive
but once the date is set and everything is being planned. 
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