If you did this on your wedding day, you're more likely to get a divorce - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Life If you did this on your wedding day you’ re more likely to get a divorce By You Magazine - July 9, 2018 The cost of a wedding in the UK is the highest it’s ever been. According to wedding planning website Hitched, couples now spend an average of £27,161 on their big day, and it’s a number that seems to continue to spiral year on year. However, breaking the bank on your nuptials does not necessarily a happy union make. In fact, recent research from financial experts in America has revealed that brides and grooms who spend more on their wedding day are more likely to end up divorced. Getty Images Economics professors Andrew Francis-Tan and Hugo M Mialon surveyed 3,000 married couples in the US, and found that the act of spending more money on both the engagement ring and the wedding itself held a clear correlation with couples who ultimately split. ‘Specifically, in the sample of men, spending between $2,000 and $4,000 (£3,000) on an engagement ring is associated with 1.3 times greater hazard of divorce as compared to spending between $500 (£376) and $2,000,’ they explained. When it came to the wedding itself, ceremonies that cost less than £753 (massively under the UK national average, we might note) reduced the likelihood of divorce, while those who dropped £15,000 or more on the celebration were 1.6 more likely to part ways. Getty Images The one area where you can afford to splurge? Your honeymoon – as the professors discovered that embarking on a trip of a lifetime after your wedding was ‘significantly associated with a lower hazard of divorce.’ Slashing your budget is one thing, but earlier this month, a different set of statistics highlighted another, possibly even more depressing indictor that divorce could be on the cards in future – being ‘giddily affectionate’ as newlyweds. A study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology showed that ‘couples who divorced after seven or more years were almost giddily affectionate, displaying about one-third more affection than did spouses who were later happily married’ – often because they were ‘disillusioned’ about their relationship in the early stages. So, should we all be instigating cheap weddings and minimal lovey-dovey behaviour from now on? The choice is yours – but the findings certainly make some serious food for thought… RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Everything we know about The Crown season 5 Aldi s exercise equipment is on sale with up to 50% off The best Halloween events for 2022 across the UK Popular in Life The You magazine team reveal their New Year s resolutions December 31, 2021 Susannah Taylor The TLC tools your body will love January 23, 2022 How to stop living in fear February 6, 2022 Susannah Taylor My pick of the fittest leggings February 27, 2022 Women’ s Prize for Fiction 2022 winner announced June 17, 2022 These BBC dramas are returning for a second series June 30, 2022 Susannah Taylor gives the lowdown on nature s little helper – CBD April 17, 2022 The baby names that are banned across the world April 27, 2022 The Queen has released her own emojis May 26, 2022 Sally Brompton horoscopes 27th June-3rd July 2022 June 26, 2022 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved