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JEW YORK — Sexual inter-
.’birse is number nine on a list of
10 most important parts of
riage.
Ping^Bfht. list was drawn up bv two
’ 'airily, life experts, Dr. Sol Gor-
Inii and Dr. Kathleen Kverly.
:wec K'don heads the Syracuse l 'ni-
8 iity Institute for Family Re-
ch and Education and Ever
ts former executive director,
jresident of Ed-U Press in
ettesville, N.Y.
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together or singly.
— Not compromising who
you are or want to be, or what
you want to have — like chil
dren, a career, or faithfulness to
each other.
— Tolerance for weak spots
— such as being tired, clumsy or
irritable at times — and for
opposite points of view.
— Acceptance of each other’s
likes and dislikes and levels of
energy.
— Sexual intercourse.
— Sharing household tasks.
Drs. Gordon and Everly also
3i gg o>»he list:
Love, sensitivity and re-
ipei t for each other.
anyowB—A sense of humor and play-
aresitiMness.
engthoB— Honest communication
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The days of tying the knot
while pulling the rip cord dur
ing a free fall at 2,500 feet are
gone.
Traditional weddings are
back in style.
“They’re not getting married
in T-shirts or while skydiving
anymore,” said wedding photo
grapher John Apai. “Every
body’s going back to tradition.”
“Weddings, themselves, are
back in style,” said Carol Lewc-
zak, a bridal fashions sales
woman. “There are more peo
ple getting married now than
ever before.”
Barbara Tober, editor of
Bride’s Magazine, has been
closely watching the wedding
business nationwide for the past
17 years.
“Marriage hasn’t been this
strong since the 1940s when all
the men came home after World
War II,” she said. “Marriage has
now come back as a very strong
institution.”
With this return to the tradi
tional comes a renewed interest
in old-fashioned components of
the wedding ceremony and re
ception — special clothes, flow
ers, music, food, wedding cake,
photographers and celebrating
the happy occasion with family
and friends.
“Traditionally, everyone
list the 10 least important parts
of marriage:
— Simultaneous orgasms.
— Having identical interests.
— Having perfect children.
— Keeping up with the
Joneses.
— Having only the same
friends.
— Home Box Office.
— Full disclosure — especially
of events prior to marriage.
— Lots of money.
— Microwave oven.
— Home computers.
chooses all-white wedding cakes,
with no plastic pillars or swans,”
said Matthew D’Agostino, gen
eral manager of a bakery.
“Then in the 1960s it swung
the opposite way. The cakes had
flowers the color of the brides
maids’ gowns, plastic cham
pagne glasses between the tiers,
fountains beneath the cakes and
lots of other frilly effects,”
D’Agostino said.
“Now couples want simpler,
more traditional wedding cakes
like before.”
As for wedding apparel,
“Over the past five years, I’ve
seen a change back to the more
traditional look,” said John Olla,
manager of a formal wear shop.
“In the 1960s and early ‘70s
you had wild colors with wide
lapels, and heavy ruffled shirts.
“Nowadays, the men are
wearing wing collar shirts, small
bow ties with the band collars,
and even cummerbunds.
“Even the colors have gone
back to the traditional, more
conservative black, white and
gray.”
Bridal gowns also have been
changing since the 1970s, Tober
said.
“Dresses are very feminine,
with lots of pearls, crystal and
lace. They are not bigger than
life like (Princess) Diana’s, but
they are pretty and elegant.”
Flower arrangements are
being made to complement the
bride’s gown, said florist Joan
Maguire.
’ “For example, some girls
wearing a Victorian style dress
would choose a high and airy
bouquet with such flowers as
gardenias, white roses and lilies
of the valley.”
Maguire said most women
choose real flowers for their
weddings, rather than silk. The
most popular flower this year
seems to be the white rose.
Videotaping of weddings is
another passing “fad,” photo
grapher Apai said.
Traditional wedding photo
graphy is still very popular. Cou
ples are turning away f rom spe
cial effects pictures, Apai said,
and instead are choosing a small
number of formal portraits and
going “heavy on the candid
shots at the reception.
“It was the younger brides
who always went big for the spe
cial effects,” he added. “Nowa
days, women seem to be older
when they get married.”
The average bride is older
than 22, not 19 like she used to
be, and has worked and traveled
more, Tober said.
Older, more mature brides
are making slight changes in tra
dition.
“Basically, the reception is
traditional, with the food, band
and wedding cake,” said Ken
Gilmore, a restaurant maitre d’.
“But many times they don’t
have the bouquet and garter
throwing ceremonies or do the
hit where they feed each other
after cutting the cake.”
To Tober, this means that,
“People want to be married and
stay married. The 1980s prom
ise to he an incredibly romantic
decade.”
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