Weddings are getting bigger and more expensive. What is the reason for this? Is it positive or negative development?

In recent years, more couples have tended to spend a large sum of

money

on employing professional companies to organize their

weddings

, with the five-stars hotel and the video team. In the following, I will explain why it is happening and argue that it is a negative development. I argue that

weddings

have become more grand and expensive as

people

are more materialistic in current society. They do not find inner and spiritual

satisfaction

important; rather, their

satisfaction

comes from possessing more

money

and luxury products. To maximize their happiness, they show off their richness to friends and families by having grand and expensive

weddings

. I suggest that

this

change in the social atmosphere is a negative development.

Firstly

,

people

falsely believe that successful marriage is materialistic as their

weddings

. They have to provide their partners with

money

, houses, and cars to maintain their relationship.

However

, the crucial point of a successful marriage should be love and promise. The couples truly love each other and promise to live together regardless of any future difficulties.

Secondly

,

people

wrongly believe that inner and spiritual

satisfaction

is not essential. It is true that our life cannot lack

money

, though our happiness

also

comes from inner and spiritual

satisfaction

that

money

cannot buy.

For instance

, completing a marathon competition can

also

make us feel satisfied and joyful, yet we can only achieve

this

by practising hard. In conclusion, I point out that todays'

weddings

reflect

people

's materialistic character and that

this

is a negative development as

people

misunderstand the true meaning of successful marriage and happiness.