Marriage

I've lost count of couples who state that the basic problem in their relationship is lack of communication. Few people seek the true cause of their communication breakdown. What were the factors that stopped them from daily contact, that cause them to fight over the same things over and over and talk about the same issues but still not understand one another?

An Indian bride has walked out of her wedding ceremony after her groom-to-be failed to solve a simple math problem, police said March 13.
     
The bride tested the groom on his math skills and when he got the sum wrong, she walked out.
     
The question she asked: How much is 15 plus six?
     
His reply: 17.
     

When two people decide to marry, they sign an agreement that states that henceforth they will be the most important people in each other's lives.

Couples in Turkey will now be required to acquire a ?license to marry? before they can wed following a new cabinet decision.

?A person who applies for marriage according to the provisions of this regulation must prepare the affidavit and the license to marry,? according to an amended article that was published in the Official Gazette on Feb. 10.

World Marriage Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of February. The day commemorates husbands and wives as the foundation of the family and the basic unit of society and takes place a week before Valentine's Day this year.

The head of a conservative foundation in Turkey has stirred outrage after suggesting that children as young as six-years-old could marry other children or adults, with a number of NGOs and opposition lawmakers preparing to file a complaint for his remarks.

Religious marriages conducted without legal marriages harm women and lead to child brides, Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) head Mehmet Görmez has said.

Speaking live on private broadcaster CNNTürk, Görmez admitted there was an ongoing problem in Turkey with religious marriages being conducted without the legal equivalent.

Pope Francis on Oct. 5 launched a major review of Catholic teaching on the family that could lead to change in the Church's attitude to marriage, cohabitation and divorce.

Macedonia's latest addition to the constitutional amendment on marriage, enacted in summer, is worse than the original proposal as even non-marital unions are now limited to unions of one man and one woman, NGO representatives told parliament on Monday.

The 'wedding dollars' thrown to people dancing at marriages sometimes turn out to be fake