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In late July, I attended my brother’s sister-in-law’s ‘mainstream’ wedding reception. As my family and her family are now a big family (since my brother married her older sister), her mother asked my stepmom and I to dress alike in kebayas—Indonesian typical ‘formal’ dress for women (she even gave us the fabric for the dress)—for [...]

Apparently the ubiquitous ‘credit crunch’ could be affecting our desire to get married.
The Observer observed at the weekend - under the heading ‘We know it’s cheap…but we love it anyway’ - that ‘Living in sin’ was on the up, being:
“Much more chic - and credit-crunch friendly - than dull ol’ marriage”
As you would expect, I [...]

…seems to be the view of The Times of India:
“The accepted view is to look at any amount of money spent on a wedding as a waste. But this view ignores facts. Weddings in certain communities in India have always been ostentatious affairs.
Now, with the economy growing at almost 9 per cent a year [...]