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2015 Wedding Trends

As the 2015 wedding season gets underway, couples across the country are spending more money than ever to make their ceremonies memorable and fun. Here are the most popular trends you can expect to see at weddings this year:

Instead of getting married inside a church, many couples are choosing to spit in their parents’ faces

Receptions replacing traditional wedding band with pile of instruments that guests can take turns noodling on

GoPro attached to priest

Saving money by burdening a friend with the responsibility of officiating ceremony

Jumbo shrimp boutonnieres

Oppressive patriarchal foundations of tradition of marriage obscured by quirky reception decor

Stenographers at each table to transcribe guests’ conversations for posterity

Gathering around to watch the first dance between the bride’s and groom’s fathers

Mason jars filled with grandmother’s ashes

Kiosk where guests can place bets on length of time marriage will last




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