We thought you may enjoy these wedding statistics....
* 2,190,363 couples wed in the US in 2008
* The world's longest married living couple, Zelmyra and Herbert Fisher of North Carolina, havebeen married 85 years
* $707,051,028 worth of wedding cake and fondant frosting (more than 16 tons) was consumed last year in the US
* The average American wedding costs $28,704
*In Mississippi the average drops to $18,562
* In New Jersey the average jumps to $36,113
* Behemoth David's Bridal claims roughly 30% of the wedding gown market, with dresses that start at $99
* Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal spent an estimated $60 million on a five-day French wedding for his daughter, Vanisha, which included a 1,000 person engagement party at Versailles
*The discount chain Filene's Basement has held it's 'Running of the Brides' event dozens of stores each year since 1947 - at one store shoppers cleared the racks of 3,000 marked down dresses in a record 37 seconds!
* In 1960, an American bride was typically 20 years old and a groom was 23 - today they are 27 and 29 respectively
* December is the most popular month to pop the question, accounting for one in five engagements
*info provided by 'FastCompany'
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Friday, September 4, 2009
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