Why Having a Wedding Makes Sense

If you told me that your budget to buy a car was $30,000, but then I see you pull up with a $100,000 vehicle, I will naturally have some questions.

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

Reason #2: A wedding solidifies your union into a concrete memory of support

It really struck me then that a wedding is not about you nor your partner – it’s about everyone else. It’s to celebrate the impact your loved ones have had on your ability to grow together, and reaffirming the investments in one another’s Happiness Portfolios. Sure, you might only get to spend 2 minutes with each guest during the course of the wedd... See more

Reason #3: You get to spend a grand total of 2 minutes with every guest

For every photograph of my wife and I laughing wildly at our wedding, there was an uncaptured moment from months prior where we were back at home, stressfully planning the logistics of the entire day. For every loved one throwing their limbs out on the dance floor, those very limbs were stuck on a crowded airplane a day earlier, flying out to Vanco... See more

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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Even though I intuitively felt like the wedding was great, I wanted to give some time to reflect on it because sadly, our memories aren’t as reliable as we’d like them to be. You see, when you experience a blend of events all at once, the mind has this tricky tendency to pick a few emotionally charged moments, and have them define your memory of th... See more

If you want to have dozens of eyes on you and endless pictures taken of you for an entire day for doing nothing but existing, the best way to accomplish that is by having a wedding. In fact, being the central character of a wedding is one of the best ways to receive constant attention while putting in the least amount of effort on the day of.