Jennifer Thieme writes:

Good call. A wedding is very different from a marriage! The first is a ceremony with a celebration following; the second is a lifelong committment.

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Jeff Herring - The Article Guy writes:

Great suggestion Shel and great response Chris and team!

Jeff

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Shan Ferguson writes:

Being as Karie and I were Married at a church here in town with our Kids her Dad the Pastor and his Wife being the only ones present I would agree with Jennifer,a few weeks later at the same church was a “wedding”with about 150 people present and the biggest party I have ever seen in town yet complete with sheriff’s visit during the process so to me a “marriage” is less hassle and far more meaningful.

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Chinmay Chakravarty writes:

To Jennifer Thieme

Would you please differentiate futher?

After marriage what would be the anniversaries
called? Wedding anniversary or marriage anniversary?

How is wedlock is different from marriage vow or commitment?

What about the dictionaries that give ‘wedding’ as a synonym for marriage and vice versa?

How would the new categories help EzineArticles?

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Edward Weiss writes:

It must be hard when to stop with dividing categories. I mean, you could actually divide the “Wedding” category even further – i.e. “Pre-Wedding Planning” “Post-Wedding To Do’s” and so on.

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Jennifer Thieme writes:

Hello Chinmay,

The anniversary is the “wedding anniversary.” It’s an anniversary celebrating the day when the vows were taken.

“Wedlock” is marriage.

My experience is that a “wedding” is very different from a “marriage,” regardless of what the dictionaries say. I would never say, “After 19 years, my wedding is going better than ever!” That doesn’t make sense. But this does make sense: “After 19 years, my marriage is going better than ever.” See the difference?

I’m not sure specifically how it helps EzineArticles, but I think clarifying a catagory can’t be a bad thing.

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Chinmay Chakravarty writes:

Hello Jennifer

Yes, I agree on this particular instance. But at the same time I prefer to say ‘my marriage anniversary’. I also prefer to say ‘my marriage took place…’ or ‘I got married…’.

The point is of usage. For me the division of the categories is thus superficial. Only one category, either ‘wedding’ or ‘marriage’ would cover everything.

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Vrian Brogan writes:

Hello everyone,

” Wedding” is used as a noun and a verb.
” Marriage” is only used as a noun.

Well it is in the dictionary I have.

So with a category like say “sport” we also have a sub category “golf, tennis etc”, so having both “marriage and wedding under “Relationships” would not be out of place.

This could help EzineArticles distribute more articles through more targeted groups bringing more on topic visitors to our sites.

All in all a good call Chis and team.

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Lance Winslow writes:

Since 77% of the marriages end in divorce, I guess it is about time that one of the categories got split up?

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blake writes:

Most publishers of wedding articles have absolutely no interest in the how-to-save/improve/bulletproof your marriage articles, and vice versa, I’m sure. A great choice.

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Chinmay Chakravarty writes:

Fantastic byte, Sir!

But do you mean to split the weddings or the marriages?

Anyway, it’s all very complicated!

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Lance Winslow writes:

Well here are my thoughts now that you have prompted a larger response. A wedding category is about an event, it is about planning, attire, family get together, good times, etc.

A marriage is about a commitment, emotion and far-reaching love in many cultures. So, since the two categories were never really compatible and the marriage was never fully consumated it is just as well that it is annulled now.

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Shan Ferguson writes:

Actually when I read the posts I started to wonder is there really such a thing as an authority on Marriage?

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Jhong Ren writes:

Yes, it is a good choice as now my articles are more streamlined into the appropriate category. :)

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Lisa writes:

It’s very appropriate to separate these into 2 categories as marriage is usually connoted with married life (relationships) while weddings are more of an event (society). I’m very happy with this move my ezine as I sometimes had difficulty deciding which category I should submit my wedding articles to.

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