Marriage = love?

The question doesn't even arise. Long gone are the days of arranged and forced marriages. Today, it's obvious: people marry for love, with love, in love. Although «love» seems a big word when you consider that almost half of all marriages don't wait «until death do us part»; divorce takes care of that beforehand. In reality, people now marry under a different impulse: love. This has given rise to a very particular form of reassurance for the spouses: folklore, for both civil and religious unions.

Un, deux, trois et le bouquet est lancé. Les meilleures copines de la mariée s’empressent d’en ramasser ne serait-ce que quelques pétales. Un jour, elles seront aussi les princesses pures, vêtues de blanc, d’un prince qui même avec du bide demeure charmant. Tant de joie, tant de rires, tant de lar