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THE RELIGION OF THE IGNORANT

The Wedding Psychology
There are a number of turning points to which members of the
Religion of the Ignorant attach great importance. Weddings are one
of these. So important are weddings, especially to women, that they
imagine that when that day comes, all their dreams will come true.
The fact is though, that for many people, their wedding day is most
problematic and distressing, because weddings often turn into
nightmares due to the tension and lack of submission to destiny.
Not only are the bride and groom and their families calculating
their own benefits, but the guests are all calculating their own inter-
ests, too. Engagement and wedding parties are ideal occasions for
families to find prospective spouses for their own children. They
therefore dress their sons and daughters as lavishly as possible and
take them along to these events.
Emotional speeches are made at weddings. Some people weep
for no reason. Even they themselves do not know why they are cry-
ing. Those closest to the family and the elderly weep the most, never
forgetting to mention how they personally raised the bride or
groom.
The bride's dress and hair preparations begin early in the morn-
ing. The hairdresser's bill will be excessive. Everyone is full of joy and
generosity on that day. The bride's family tip the hairdresser and his
staff with a generosity hitherto unseen, and seek to appear aristocratic
and wealthy. On that day, everyone behaves like a professional-
events organizer. They shower orders and money right and left. The
mother distributes money to everyone for all sorts of things, neces-
sary or otherwise, and the father makes a scene because of that.
During this time, people frequently withdraw into corners to weep.
Then it is time for the photographs. People sit down before the
photographer in front of a cloth background with pictures of clouds

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