Why Having a Wedding Makes Sense

“People actually want good memories; they want to be satisfied with their life. They’re not thinking of the future in terms of experiences, they’re thinking of the future in terms of anticipated memories. And you can’t have a theory of well-being that doesn’t correspond to what people want.”

After a sustained outpouring of emotion like that, it’s natural to walk away from that experience thinking the whole thing was fucking amazing. All the good music, the dancing, the congratulatory messages, the repeated exclamations of “I love you”s that are usually pushed down to the depths of the soul… this all leads to a dopamine rush that can co... See more

Planning a wedding serves as a good litmus test for some of the most important things you two will address throughout your relationship:

The importance of a wedding is more about the memories you store about it, and what that symbolizes for you and your partner moving forward. The day itself serves as a big experiment that helps to answer some key questions for the road ahead:

However, when people remark on how ridiculously expensive their weddings were, we feign surprise but ultimately accept that it’s “just the way these things work.”

Or is there something more to weddings that is truly special for the couple? Is there really a unique kind of wisdom that can be gleaned through having a wedding?

Do our friends support our growth, both individually and collectively?

All of us have one, but the contents vary. Inside this portfolio is a mixed bag of loved ones, work endeavors, and interests that we invest our precious time into. This is akin to the individual companies people invest in when building their stock portfolios, but I’d argue that the Happiness Portfolio is way more consequential. Successful stock inv... See more

Reason #3: You get to spend a grand total of 2 minutes with every guest