"A groom in a wedding is like a stalk of celery in a Bloody Mary. It looks nice, and kind of makes things official, but it could be removed and not really missed. But a wedding as understood in the Western world—complete with the rings, dress, flowers, ice-sculpture, DJ, and cake—without a bride? Unthinkable."
—
Dan Savage,
The Committment
The big day
In your wedding suit today
Like on the big day
Yes you're looking fine
The big day
Sign on the dotted line
The big day
It's your wedding march today
Wedding And Engagement Tropes is an index of the wedding tropes found on this wiki. Since marriage is a powerful force in human life, it shouldn't be surprising that it is also a powerful organizing force in fiction as well. For after the wedding, see
Marriage Tropes.
Most of this is
Newer Than They Think: most "wedding traditions" in the English-speaking world (like the big white dress and the huge, figurine-topped wedding cake) are derived from
Queen Victoria's wedding to Prince Albert as well as some of the weddings of her daughters.
So, anyone want to go to a wedding?
Tropes:
