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Every Wedding/Marriage event has many steps:
(not all steps being necessary)

  1. Proposal > 
  2. Engagement > 
  3. Court-Marriage (if not having public wedding) >
  4. Pre-wedding gathering > 
  5. Religious Marriage > 
  6. Public Wedding > 
  7. Post-wedding gathering > 
  8. Initial Home/destination arrival > 
  9. Register Marriage legally > 
  10. Honeymoon > 
  11. Final Home/destination arrival > 
  12. Receive Legal Marriage certification > 
  13. Living together >
  14. Have 1st kid (9+months after marriage) >
  15. Gap between 1st-2nd pregnancy (6+months) >
  16. Have 2nd kid (9+6+9months = 2yrs after marriage) >


For some of the above-stated steps;
the following sub-steps may be applicable:

  1. Initial Proposal exchanged between the couple
  2. Decision makers decided by the couple
  3. Decision-makers/couple decide meeting location/method
  4. Discussion among decision-makers
  5. Pre-discussion on no. of people to be invited to the event
  6. Pre-discussion on Financial responsibility split for expenses
  7. Date range finalization
  8. Negotiation among decision-makers on dates
  9. Date finalization
  10. Final decision on no. of people to be invited to the event
  11. Final decision on financial responsibility split for expenses
  12. Event Location appointment/booking
  13. Event location decoration style decision-making & booking
  14. Event DJ/Music appointment/booking
  15. Event music genre/playlist pre-selection
  16. Event Food/catering booking
  17. Event Invitation design/print
  18. Pre-event grooming artist/location pre-booking
  19. Pre-payment for expenses
  20. Event Invitation digital/physical copy sharing/mail
  21. Jewelry & Clothes shopping location/vendor decisions
  22. Actual Jewelry & Clothes shopping
  23. Clothing & Jewelry choice final decisions for main couple
  24. Grooming artist/location booking for main couple
  25. Post-grooming final payment for grooming
  26. Arrival travel arrangements for main couple
  27. Arrival travel arrangements for guests
  28. Re-confirm all appointments with all businesses and people involved
  29. Location visit for requalification before the event starts
  30. Pre-event Photography
  31. Food/catering quality check before the event starts
  32. Event start time
  33. During-event Photography
  34. Location quality/upkeep check during event
  35. Food/catering quantity & quality check during event
  36. Gifts exchange during event
  37. Event ends
  38. Send away treats for guests
  39. Exit travel arrangements for guests
  40. Exit travel arrangements for main couple
  41. Post-event final payment for expenses


Expenses Involved for each step:
  1. location
  2. decoration
  3. DJ/Music
  4. food-catering
  5. invitations
  6. clothes
  7. jewelry
  8. grooming
  9. gifts exchanged
  10. travel

  1. Physical Attraction
  2. Same age group
  3. Humor
  4. Wisdom
  5. Smartness
  6. Practicality
  7. Integrity
  8. Family/Relationship values
  9. Financial stability
  10. Mental stability
  11. Diplomacy
  12. Patience
  13. Sexual compatibility
  14. Class
  15. Caring / Catering
  16. Principles (Morals/Ethics)
  17. Athletic / Physically active
  18. Concern for one's health
  19. Matchable Daily routine
  20. Similar personality
  21. Agreement on spiritual differences
  22. Respect for each other's family
  23. Care towards one's bad habits
  24. Appreciation of one's good habits
  25. Agreement to let-go when there's only disagreement

Basic Criteria for deciding gifts for the receiver:
  1. Useful
  2. Unique (not generic/common)
  3. Value for money for the giver
  4. Appreciable
  5. Cute / Sexy / Cool

Examples of 21st century Gifts you can buy for your loved ones:
  1. Smartwatch / Mechanical watches
  2. iPhone
  3. Amazon kindle for eBooks
  4. Makeup kits
  5. Lipsticks (ask color in advance)
  6. Electric toothbrush
  7. Hair trimmer with Li-ion battery
  8. Dyson hair appliances 
  9. Handbags (ask color and style in advance)
  10. Breathable Formal Black Shoes
  11. Exquisite jewelry (like Rings, etc)
  12. Collection of foreign currencies
  13. Antique art/handicrafts
  14. Collectible Alcohol
  15. Dark/Fruity/Alcoholic Chocolates
  16. Mechanical Skeleton Watch
  17. Pickles/sauces/spices they have never tried
  18. Coffee mug that they will like
  19. Thermally Insulated flask/bottle
  20. Winter Jacket
  21. Legos, Toys for learning
  22. Collectible Pens
  23. Gift cards for stores/restaurants they love
  24. Credit cards
  25. Super Comfortable Casual wear
  26. Collectible Foreign currencies
  27. Small showpieces
  28. Anime stickers for clothes/cars
  29. Eye Frames
  30. Classic bikes/cars
  31. Ties/Bows

Topics to Discuss:

The below listed topics can lead to good conversations as they are evergreen and universal in likeness:

  1. Food
  2. Travel
  3. Movies/TV
  4. Fashion/Clothes
  5. Dance
  6. Family/Loved-ones
  7. Introverted vs Extroverted Nature
  8. What they love
  9. What they want in life
  10. How they want to retire/rest
  11. Investing strategy for savings
  12. What truly satisfies them in their day currently
  13. What they wish they would be able to do everyday or every week
  14. What they would do if they had all the money in the world


Topics to Avoid:

No matter what you think; the above listed topics of discussion are only going to head downhill.

  1. Politics (both National & International)
  2. Economics/Governance
  3. Personal Finance
  4. Personal Savings amount
  5. Religion/God
  6. Education/Achievements/Career
  7. Diet/Health/Exercise
  8. Vegan vs Meat Preferences
  9. Feminism
  10. Sexuality
  11. Comparing parents/siblings success to their own
  12. What annoys them
  13. What they hate
  14. Something you cant wait to ask them even though you know it will be taken negatively
  15. What you already know through them or their friends not to bring up as its a sensitive topic for them

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