The Japanese term for a Shotgun Wedding is “Dekichatta kekkon,” which translates to “oops-we-did-it-marriage.”
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The longer you spend dating somebody before marrying, the less likely the marriage is to end in divorce.
Black cats are good luck in Britain and Japan. Black cats may have been universally seen as bad luck, but that isn’t the case for Great Britain and Japan. New brides are given black cats to bless their marriage in the English Midlands. In Japan, black cats are a symbol of good luck for single women.
John married Helen Taylor in 1951, a widow with a daughter from her previous marriage.