grown-ups: marriage

After watching too much English tv, I used to believe that only men named James could get married. When I realised there were hardly any men named James in Belgium (where I live) I cried for days thinking I'd never find a husband unless I moved to England.

when i was a little kid i used to think that a honeymoon was where after a couple had got married they celebrated by eating honey infront of the moon..is it true i'm still not so sure

I used to believe that I would save my very first kiss for my husband on our wedding day, but I would make my mom and dad leave the church so they wouldn't see me because I'd be embarassed.

When I was about 4, my mum informed me that when women get married they have to change their names. Obviously she didn't explan very well and I went round for weeks telling people "When I get married my name is going to be Sarah so you had better remember it!"

When my mom explained to me that the bridal shower is whan the bride is "showered" with gifts, I took it literally. I imagined it would be quite painful for the bride to have a bunch of heavy packages dropped upon her and that her gown would probably get ripped and she'd get all bruised up. I wondered why they didn't just hand the gifts to her, but then I figured this was the kinda of thing they meant they said "There's no such thing as a free lunch."

When I was 4 I thought the minister gave the bride and groom a brand new last name when they got married. l asked my dad what his maiden name was and my parents burst out laughing. I got so upset because I just wanted to know his old name.

I used to believe that if I put my dad's toothbrush close to my mom's toothbrush, with the bristles touching - like a kiss - they would never fight and be together forever.

When I was around 8 I thought that when people got married they had to have sex in the church in front of all the guests. This embarrassed me so much that when my family was invited to a wedding I tried to run away and hide.

When I was around 5, I heard my mom talking about going to a bridal shower with some other ladies, and I was picturing all these women in the shower together!! I was quite disturbed and was glad I wasn't going.

i used to think that when you went to get married, you picked out a girl from a group that came to the wedding.

When I was little, I used to think that one line in the wedding vows was "Will you have this woman to be your awfully wedded wife"
I could never figure out why you would want to marry that person.
It actually made me giggle durring that part of my wedding ceremony!

My daughters, who are 4 years old, believe that if they kiss a boy, or a boy kisses a girl, they get married! This is becuase they were at my wedding and of course my husband and I kissed and then we were married. I have tried to explain to them but they just don't understand.

When I was about 6, my parents left me and my sister with my grandparents for a few days to go celebrate their anniversary. Me and my sister believed that their anniversary celebration consisted of them dancing on tables in their underwear with roses in their mouths. My grandparents still laugh at us about it to this day.

I used to believe that when I used up all the sheets in my desk scratch pad, I would be married.

I used to believe that when married couples went on their honeymoon they were actually going to the moon, I always wanted to get married because of that.

I used to believe that it was physically impossible to have a child until you got married, up until my surprise cousin came along.