Facts about marriage you didn’t know

The second Sunday of February every year is celebrated as World Marriage Day. Therefore, February 9th, 2025, corresponding to Bahman 21st, 1403 in the Iranian calendar, is considered World Marriage Day. In this article, we aim to present 50 interesting facts about marriage.

Interesting Facts About Marriage:

The English word “marriage” comes from the Latin word “mas,” meaning male. The first use of this word in English dates back to the 13th century.
On average, a married couple gets only four minutes a day to spend alone together due to work, children, TV, internet, entertainment, and household responsibilities.

The Talmud (a collection of Jewish religious texts) is very strict about prohibiting extramarital sexual relations but also emphasizes sexual relations within marriage, even setting guidelines for it. It specifies a schedule for how often men should “please their wives”: daily for financially well-off men, twice a week for workers, once a week for donkey riders, once every thirty days for camel riders, and once every six months for sailors.

Over 75% of people who marry their affair partners end up getting divorced.

Wedding ceremonies usually end with a kiss because in ancient Rome, a kiss was a legal bond that sealed contracts, and marriage was considered a contract.

February 11, 2025 | 5:41 am