It is still proper etiquette to wait a month or just over a month for a thank you note from the newly married couple because the couple may be on a long honeymoon and just settling into their new lives together.
both the couple must pay for the wedding
It is proper etiquette to only invite people to the shower who will also be invited to the wedding. If the couple is having a private ceremony with only family, then only invite family to the shower. If they are eloping and not inviting anyone, it would be safest not to have a shower because those at the shower would be expecting a wedding invitation.
* It doesn't matter if a person gets married two or eight times, it is etiquette to bring a wedding gift which is usually left at the reception on a special table for gifts. If there is just the wedding and no reception or it's a reception at someone's home then leave the gift there for the couple.
It symbolizes the new life that the marries couple will have together and wishes them the best of health, luck, and times to come.
A social for an engaged couple or already married couple? If it's an engaged couple (such as an engagement party), I'd bring something small, like a bottle of wine and a congratulations card. If it's an already married couple, I would bring a gift if I did not bring one to the wedding (it's okay to send gifts up to one year after the fact). But, if we're talking about just some kind of get together, I'd do a very small host/hostess gift (flowers, stationary, kitchen utensil, etc...)
It is proper etiquette for the parents of the groom to pay for the rehearsal dinner. If it is necessary for the couple to pay then they should set a budget and only spend what they have available!
In the story "Wedding Dance" by Amador T. Daguio, the Ifugao wedding customs include the bride price, where the groom pays with livestock or land to the family of the bride; the wedding dance, which symbolizes the beginning of a new life together for the couple; and the traditional wedding feast, where the community comes together to celebrate the union of the couple.
I don't know about the etiquette in different countries, but here in Ireland it si common for the couple to pick out the ring(s) together - I can't imagine how awful it would be to get a ring which you didn't like and to have to wear it every day for the rest of your life!
Its symbolic for the first task the married couple are performing together in public.
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it's to signify the bond of the married couple to prove that they'll do everything together. or it's just something to do for the couple at their party, they just want to get to that motel and have fun.