Prudence has not been altogether abandoned. The cost of the wedding is unlikely to be anything close to the astonishing national average of 12,000. 5. Still, an iron chancellor can't be too careful, especially when he has abolished the married couple's income tax allowance . Scottish weddings are not especially noted for conspicuous consumption. But they can be fun, particularly in Gretna Green .
Marriage is an institution.
It is also a vast industry which sells hard, not least on the internet . You can even find out whether you and your life-partner are compatible . A canny groom could offset worry about the expense of getting hitched by browsing through some of the upmarket suggestions for that most loathsome of matrimonial adjuncts, the wedding list . It just hasn't happened. I hope it does.