| Mr and Mrs Nayar are finally on honeymoon. It | | | | pomp and ceremony, one wonders what could be |
| has been a nuptials with rather lengthy festivities. | | | | next. Anything else in their life surely will now fade |
| One wonders how often the I do's have to be | | | | into insignificance against this kind of over the top |
| said? It seems that once is not enough anymore. | | | | celebration. How does one cope with this let |
| Elizabeth Hurley and her now husband Arun Nayar | | | | down? To a lesser degree, the 'ordinary' people |
| have pledged their troth three times in the past | | | | have also elevated the whole wedding event to a |
| weeks. The pledges were spread over continents, | | | | height that was unheard of in past generations. |
| performed in different traditions and were | | | | Only royals were inclined to be lavish. It's not |
| celebrated with umpteen changes of outfits, | | | | uncommon for brides to spend thousands of |
| jewellery and attendants. | | | | Pounds or Dollars on a dress, which will only be |
| Does this overwhelming excess mean that they | | | | worn once, flowers and decorations for a few |
| will not be divorced in the next few years? Maybe | | | | hours, food, drink and entertainment that is |
| the divorce rate is so high because people only | | | | lavished on guests who in many cases hardly |
| promise once to love each other till death do | | | | know the wedding couple. Aunts and uncles come |
| them part. On the other hand, perhaps its only | | | | out of the woodwork for these events. |
| celebrities that need to promise more often. | | | | Whatever the reasons are for people to need to |
| That's because they are so important. Important | | | | spend so much money on getting married, it |
| people need to do things more lavishly, otherwise | | | | regrettably does not make the relationships last |
| they have no meaning. And Elizabeth Hurley and | | | | longer. In fact it could be interesting to see |
| husband must be important if the magazine | | | | whether couples married in a magistrate's court |
| publisher Hello! is prepared to pay a reported | | | | with a few mates in attendance, and a |
| amount of £2mill for the pictures of the | | | | celebratory glass of something in the pub across |
| wedding. That is really a bizarre amount of money | | | | from the court, might have a better chance of |
| to pay for wedding pictures. | | | | doing the 'till death do us part' thing. Anybody with |
| Having started out their married life with such | | | | some stats? |