Yesterday was my parent's 20th wedding anniversary. Yesterday, it was my idea, to have a plan chocolate cake (home made), hash brownie and yummy food. We have some drink. Today, we're going to see the Chinese dance, it happened every single year. It's surprise for mom, so dad told me and Sarim not to tell her. Previous, they might have gone to a date. Very romantic things.
What does God say about marriage?
Marriage is important, when man and woman go to Church (if they're Christians) and the pastor or priest say about marriage and thanking God. The couple promised each other, not to cheat each other.
My parents are Muslim by birth, they're from Pakistan. Pakistani's wedding tradition are quite similar to the Indian one. They threw a rose petal. My parents wore a garland of rose, (like a necklace), my dad wore a turban. Every countries have their own wedding tradition.
There' are rules of getting married.
First, don't marry someone who has the same gender (that's not allowed in the Bible)
You cannot marry your parents, even if one of them is a widow.
You can marry your cousin like my Indian paternal grandpa married his cousin who was born in Pakistan
Marry someone who belong to same religion, because if you marry someone who is from different religion, this will often confuse kids, as they have no idea which religion they should choose.
Don't marry who is more than 10 years older than you or 10 than years younger than you. My dad are 2 years older than my mom.
What age do you have to get married?
In history, like in the Middle Ages, the Tudors and others, they used to be child marriage. like bride girls marry to grown man and a groom boy marry to a grown woman. Like King Henry VIII married to his 5th wife, Catherine Howard when she was 16. Lady Jane Grey got married to Lord Guildford Dudley, they were both teens when they got married, and they got executed by the same Queen Mary 1. Jane was either 16 or 17 and her husband was either 18 or 19. Because it was normal for them. But sadly, there are some countries including the Middle East, where child marriage exist.
Some countries, like in UK, the legal age is 18, so most of them who is 18 can get married. In India, the legal age for female is 18 and the male is 21. Some countries, female are 16 and the male are 18. That depend.
Marriage in the Bible
There's so many stories of marriage in the Bible. Like when Abraham's wife Sara passed away, he send some guy to travel to find a woman for his son Isaac, to be his wife. Isaac's wife was Rebecca. These wedding customs in the Bible are quite different
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