Why do so many people getting married in June?


	Why do so many people getting married in June?

mugofcoffee

4-27-2007 4:57 AM

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marriage, june, august, people, married.

mugofcoffee says:

this theory has been surpassed now: August is the month in which many people are getting married now!

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4-29-2007 4:29 PM

dfiskey

i got married in june- i can assure you, it was more about the weather than honoring 'juno'....fyi-- it rained.

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