"Why were they getting married in the first place? Is there some “tradition” that explains that too?"
You mean you've never heard of the tradition of getting married?
May I ask, where are you from?
49 posted on 09/21/2013 8:05:09 PM PDT by Heart-Rest
(Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Gal 6:7)