Why Having a Wedding Makes Sense

As a couple, there are many ways to build your collective Happiness Portfolio, but the best way to do it is to spend time with the people you love. Maybe you’ll host a family dinner for someone’s birthday, go to a friend’s place to play some board games, and so on. The reason why this is so effective is because not only are you investing your own t

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(d) How do you handle disagreements between the people that are most important to you?

(c) What does money mean to you, and how well do you budget it?

(b) How do you celebrate your small victories?

(a) How do you communicate your frustrations to one another?

Planning a wedding serves as a good litmus test for some of the most important things you two will address throughout your relationship:

Reason #3: Planning the wedding reveals a lot about each other’s priorities and values.

This powerful symbolism of the wedding is what makes it so important well after the day has passed. It marks a moment in time when the net of support has been cast, with each of your loved ones acting as a node in this net. It’s something you can reference as you move forward with your partner, especially as you start making some big life changes (... See more

A wedding is probably the only event where all three of those big questions can be simultaneously answered in a way that you truly feel it. The answers won’t hit you like a tidal wave, but instead you’ll receive them piece-by-piece as the day progresses. And the more concrete the “Yes”es are, the more empowering the wedding becomes as a long-standi... See more