Wedding

Do you have any distinct dating and marriage customs in Britain? Dating Dating usually starts in the teenage years although some kids at primary school age are now having boy and girl friends from the age of 8 years and upwards. Traditionally, girls... More

Do you have any distinct dating and marriage customs in Britain? Dating Dating usually starts in the teenage years although some kids at primary school age are now having boy and girl friends from the age of 8 years and upwards. Traditionally, girls used to wait for the lads to make the first move, but these days equality rules. A popular venue for the first date is the cinema (movie House). Under the age of sixteen, parent s permission for marriage must be sought. At 18 you can get married without anyones permission The trend nowadays is to marry later. Many couples are living together first for all sorts of reasons such as finance. See Family Life for more details . . . Weddings Over half the weddings in the UK take place in local register offices and the rest are religious ceremonies of one kind or another. A few years ago changes in the law allowed couples to get married in all sorts of places (known as a civil Wedding Ceremony). Most weddings ta Less