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Love and marriage
Some interesting tidbits about marriage:
>> The average engagement lasts six months.
>> Longest marriage: Canadian hunter and trapper Joseph Henry Jarvis (born June 15, 1899) and wife, Annie (born Oct, 10, 1904), were married for 79 years.
>> Median age for marriage: In 1970, brides were on average 20.8 years old when they married, while grooms were 23.2. Americans are now marrying later in life. In the year 2000, brides were on average 25.1 years old and their grooms 26.8.
>> Oldest bride: Minnie Munro became the world's oldest bride when she married Dudley Reid at the age of 102 on May 31, 1991. Reid, the groom, was 83 years old.
>> Oldest groom: Harry Stevens was 103 when he married 84-year-old Thelma Lucas at the Caravilla Retirement Home in Wisconsin on Dec. 3, 1984.
>> Proposals: One in five men proposes on one knee. Six percent of men propose to their girlfriends over the phone.
>> 2.3 million: Number of marriages that take place in the United States annually, almost 6,400 a day.
>> 75: The number of marriages performed in Nevada per every 1,000 residents annually. The Silver State is by far the national marriage leader. Hawaii is ranked second, with 20 marriages per every 1,000 residents; Arkansas is third, with 15.
Source: Star-Bulletin news services
Of the 97 million Americans who are 45 or older, almost 40 percent -- 36.2 million -- are single. About 15.4 percent of all Americans in their 50s are divorced; 6.2 percent have never been married, and 4.4 percent are widowed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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