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18th September 2016
03:25pm BST

The research found that couples who spent $1,000 or less on a wedding had a significantly higher change at a longer lasting marriage.
However, considering the average Irish wedding costs around €20,000 we're not sure spending less that a grand is particularly doable.
"The hazard of divorce associated with spending more than $20,000 on the wedding is 3.5 times higher than the hazard of divorce associated with spending between $5,000 and $10,000." The study said.
The cost of engagement rings also had a lot to do with the success of a marriage for the 3,000 participants in the study.
"Spending between $2,000 and $4,000 on an engagement ring is significantly associated with an increase in the hazard of divorce." The results found.
The study was to examine the wedding industries attempt at linking a high-cost wedding to a happy marriage. The conclusion of the study explained that the correlation did not exist and that it may even be the opposite.
"We find that marriage duration is either not associated or inversely associated with spending on the engagement ring and wedding ceremony. Overall, our findings provide little evidence to support the validity of the wedding industry’s general message that connects expensive weddings with positive marital outcomes."So perhaps it's worth having a cheap and cheerful wedding in order to have a long and happy marriage.
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