Bride's uncle joke

Congratulations my girl! said the bride's uncle. I'm sure you'll look back and remember today as the happiest day of your life. But I'm not getting married until tomorrow, protested the bride. I know, replied the uncle, that's exactly what I mean. To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman, you must love her
a lot, and not try to understand her at all.

Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer. (Edgar Watson Howe)

That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse. (James M. Barrie)

A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over. (Honore de Balzac)

He described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining pit, his uncle had been down the pit, his brother had been down the pit, and of course he would go down the pit. (Barbara Castle)

When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. (Mary Oliver)

That is ever the way. Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse. (J. M. Barrie)

The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book when he saw it. I was the typical African woman, I'd done this privately, I wanted him to look at it, approve it and he said he wouldn't read it. (Buchi Emecheta)

I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous. (Kim Weston)

When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great. (Vera Wang)