1. One example of ancient marriage is medieval marriage which was used to keep inheritance in the family. Today marriage is not only about financial support but many more factors come into play when making the decision to get married.
2. Many poor and middle class couples are waiting until they are more financially stable until they are getting married.
3. The wedding traditions include the the groom not seeing the bride before the wedding, making sure to do the chair dance at the reception, breaking the glass at the ceremony and standing under the chuppah. A jewish man breaking the glass at the ceremony symbolizes joy and everyone says mazel tov once broken. They break the glass because even it joyous situations you must remember the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem. If I were to marry a Jewish man I would want him to participate in all wedding traditions that belong to his culture. I would want to integrate them into my traditions but I think having a good mix of both traditions is important to show where we came from and how we are taking those traditions and continuing them.
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