You are being provided with a book chapter by chapter. I will request you to read the book for me after each chapter. After reading the chapter, 1. shorten the chapter to no less than 300 words and no more than 400 words. 2. Do not change the name, address, or any important nouns in the chapter. 3. Do not translate the original language. 4. Keep the same style as the original chapter, keep it consistent throughout the chapter. Your reply must comply with all four requirements, or it’s invalid.
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TILL DEATH DO US PART
 
       As of 2019, one in three marriages were considered “low sex” or “no
sex.” I guess that’s why my married friends envy my single status!
 
            Marriage ceremonies were generally absent in the ancient world.
Two families would often arrange a coupling and the couple would
then cohabitate, constituting a marriage.
 
       Most English-speaking countries began allowing “no-fault divorces”
in the early 1970s. California was the first US state to allow no-fault
divorce in 1970.
 
            The origins of throwing rice at a wedding are disputed, but it’s
believed by many to have started with Romans throwing wheat at new
couples. The tradition eventually evolved to rice.
 
            The Unification Church, also known as the Moonies, has promoted
arranged marriages where couples are wed in mass events. A 1982
mass wedding at Madison Square Garden in New York wed 2,075
couples.
 
            The Greek Ptolemy dynasty that ruled Egypt after Alexander the
Great regularly practiced consanguineous marriage (that is, marriage
to people descended from the same ancestor). Cleopatra was married
to two of her brothers, Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV.
 
       Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher were married for a world record 86 years
before Herbert passed away in 2011 at the age of 106.
 
       The tradition of wedding cakes probably originated in ancient Rome,
where the bride would have bread broken over her head for luck.
 
            The dowry is the price the groom’s family has to pay for the bride.
Once common throughout the world, they are still part of many
marriages in parts of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
 
            The Bible belt doesn’t seem to slow divorce. Arkansas and
Oklahoma have the highest rate of people who have been married at
least three times.
 
       Don’t do it! Studies show that 75% of all marriages that start with an
affair end in divorce. That’s considerably higher than the average
divorce rate.
 
       Men in ancient Greece were expected to marry and have families, but
they also often took young male lovers.
 
       The average length of a marriage in the US is 11 years. Although the
overall divorce rates have declined since their 1981 peak, about 45%
of marriages still end in divorce.
 
       Slaves in the US south weren’t allowed to legally marry, but they still
did. The American slave wedding ceremony involved the betrothed
jumping over a broom to seal the deal!
 
       According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Bertie and Jessie
Wood are the oldest couple to divorce. They were both 98 when they
ended their 36-year marriage.
 
       White wedding dresses didn’t become common until Queen Victoria
married in 1840. She also started the style of the modern wedding
ceremony, which became known as a “white wedding.”
 
            Polygamy has generally been frowned upon or outlawed in most
Western societies throughout history. The notable exception is the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), although the
Church officially banned the practice in 1890.
 
            The 1955 song “Love and Marriage” by Frank Sinatra became a hit
on the radio charts and was later used as the theme song for the hit