Inglês - PROF. Ms. JAMIL JUNIOR

THE AMERICAN WAY

- Almost 74 percent of American brides receive a diamond engagement ring

- Most American couples decide to get married within the first year of dating

- The average engagement period lasts approximately a year

- The male average age at marriage is 26.7

- The female average age for marriage is 25

- In traditional American families (and in cases where the couple is still relatively young), the bride's family pays for the entire wedding; the groom's family is expected to take care of the rehearsal dinner, the reception given for close family and friends the night before the wedding

- Most American couples do not buy a house (or apartment) and furnish it until after they get married. The couple usually chooses to live in the old apartment or house of either the bride or groom right after the wedding ceremony.                 

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