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[11:48.91]The last reading.
[11:51.04]Engagements
[11:52.84]The period of engagement is the time
[11:55.93]between the marriage proposal and the wedding ceremony.
[12:00.04]Two people agree to marry when they decide to spend their lives together.
[12:05.65]The ...

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[11:48.91]The last reading.
[11:51.04]Engagements
[11:52.84]The period of engagement is the time
[11:55.93]between the marriage proposal and the wedding ceremony.
[12:00.04]Two people agree to marry when they decide to spend their lives together.
[12:05.65]The man usually gives the woman a diamond engagement ring
[12:10.16]and places it on the third finger of her left hand.
[12:14.61]It is thought that a blood vessel or nerve
[12:17.04]in that finger goes directly to the heart.
[12:20.79]Americans generally are engaged for a period of about one year
[12:25.69]if they are planning a wedding ceremony and party.
[12:29.55]During this time, friends of the bride may hold a party.
[12:34.53]Women friends and family members give the bride gifts
[12:38.30]she will need as a wife.
[12:40.84]These could include cooking equipment or new clothing.
[12:46.09]Friends of the groom may have a bachelor party for him.
[12:50.16]This usually takes place the night before the wedding.
[12:53.88]Only men are invited to the bachelor party.
[12:57.89]It is considered the groom's last night out as an unmarried man.