#marriage milestone

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

we need to step away from viewing marriage as inherently romantic, or the primary goal of romance. marriage is a legal contract we use to create important ties--financial, medical, next-of-kin, mediating shared property and parental rights. the details vary a lot based on where you are and what paperwork you sign. which is not very romantic! but it does have many real-world effects on our ability to share our lives with our partners.

first and foremost, marriage is a legal right we use to build and protect our families, whatever that family may look like

[captionsy1]

200+ Sweet and Memorable 6 Months Marriage Instagram Captions

Six months of marriage is a milestone that deserves to be celebrated. Half a year together, building memories, sharing dreams, and growing as a couple is something special.

Whether it’s been filled with adventures or quiet moments, this is the perfect time to reflect on your journey and look forward to the beautiful future ahead.

Sharing your love story on Instagram can capture these cherished moments, and a creative caption can add that extra sparkle.

From heartfelt quotes to playful phrases, the right words can beautifully sum up your half-year of marriage, reminding everyone how far you’ve come together.

20 Creative 6 Months of Marriage Instagram Captions to Celebrate Love

Six months down, forever to go. 💖

Half a year of love, laughter, and endless memories. 🌟

Cheers to six months of bliss and many more ahead. 🥂

182 days of love, and I wouldn’t change a thing. ❤️

Our love story is just getting started. 📖

Six months, one heart, endless love. 💕

Halfway to one year and still head over heels! 🥰

Six months later and still my favorite person. 🌹

Every day with you is a new adventure. 🚀

The best six months of my life. 💍

Six months of love, laughter, and happily ever after. 🎉

Grateful for every moment with you, especially these last six months. 🌸

Half a year of being married to my best friend. 😊

Six months of marriage magic and counting. ✨

Our love grows stronger with each passing day. 🌿

Still saying “I do” after six months. 💑

Six months in, forever to go. 🌻

Celebrating 182 days of love, laughter, and endless joy. 🎈

Six months later, and we’re still the best team. 👫

Half a year of marriage and a lifetime of love ahead. 🎇

Read: 200+ Creative 6 Months Of Marriage Instagram Captions to Celebrate Love

[bidotorg]

Today, we take a moment to celebrate a historic milestone - the anniversary of South Africa legalizing same-sex marriage. 🇿🇦🏳️‍🌈 On this remarkable day, South Africa not only became the first country in Africa to recognize love in all its forms, but also set a precedent for human rights and equality across the globe. This day serves as a reminder of the progress we've made, and the work that still needs to be done. Let's continue to fight for love, acceptance, and equality for all. Today we celebrate love, human rights, and the beautiful rainbow nation of South Africa. 🌈❤️

[back2bluesidex]

Girl Crush - MYG

Part of my Milestone Drabble Request Game. Find the request here.

Read the follow-up drabble, Afterglow.

Pairing: Husband!Yoongi X Wife!Reader

Theme: Angst, Unrequited love au, arrange marriage au

Wordcount: 1.5k+

Summary: It was and is Min Yoongi, who you fell in love with over the course of charity galas, executive meetings, quarterly gatherings, parties and so on. And he never once looked in your direction. But then again, there are very few people Yoongi really looked at.

Based on Girl Crush by Harry Styles (Cover).

Warnings: unhappy marriage, unrequited love, yoongi loves someone else. this is very painful.

Minors are not allowed in this blog!!

A/N: I had this idea sitting on my head for a long time now. Thanks to @jimintaemin for requesting this and giving me a chance of writing this. This is very angsty just as you wanted. Hope you like this. Hit me back with your feedback!:)

“I've got a girl crush… Hate to admit it but I’ve got a heart rush… It ain’t slowin' down”

“I assume you already know that this is a marriage of convenience, a negotiation between two companies. And I hope you will not expect anything from me. As long as it’s about responsibilities, I am okay with those. But don’t expect anything more.” Min Yoongi had said, cold and stoic, as if not conversing but stating some flat facts related to stock prices. 

He was not wrong. Whatever he had said are indeed facts and there was nothing you didn’t already know.

So you stood there, standing as still as a porcelain doll, ready to fall and break at any given moment. 

“And just so you know… I have someone.” he finished, diverting his eyes from you even though he never really looked at you properly. 

Although you were glad that he didn’t. You were more than happy that he didn’t witness tears rolling down your face, gathering below your chin and dropping down at the immaculate fabric of your wedding gown. 

Do tears leave stains? You hoped that was not the case. 

It’s not that you pictured a fairytale married life for you. You know arranged marriages come with more cons than pros. You knew you would have to pay the price.. but at the same time you had no choice. You were even more reluctant to do anything because it was him. 

It was and is Min Yoongi, who you fell in love with over the course of charity galas, executive meetings, quarterly gatherings, parties and so on. And he never once looked in your direction. But then again, there are very few people Yoongi really looked at. 

It was foolish for you to expect a man of his stature would not have someone to love, to be loved by. And it was even more foolish for you to think, you can be his wife, a real one.. and lead a life with him. 

However, now you know it’s impossible. And the realization made you feel helpless, caged and broken. 

“I won’t expect anything, I promise, but in return… Can we at least be friends? It will make things easy for both of us.” you’d uttered upon managing your voice and emotions. 

Only then he looked at you, like really looking at you with a small smile playing on his lips, he’d said “sure.”  

That was the moment you realized you had a girl crush. And it was the woman who managed to make Yoongi, your husband, fall in love. 

“I got it real bad.. Want everything she has That smile and that midnight laugh.. She's giving you now.” 

You thought, you would be angry. You thought every possible darkness would cover your senses, when you’d meet her for the first time. 

But wrong… you were. 

You had so many prejudices about this woman and you hated her with every drop of blood your body owns but all of it evaporated in thin air when she smiled at you standing right at your and yoongi’s door. 

She is beautiful, she is kind, she is loveable… and maybe everything else you can’t ever be. 

“Thank you so much, Y/N. I never thought I was going to see Yoongi ever again.” she’d murmured as she stood close to you in the kitchen, preparing dinner for you three. 

You had stared into her eyes then.. Trying to find mockery and a hint of brazen victory telling you, “you’re only his paper wife. I own his heart.” 

But again.. Again you were disappointed. 

In her eyes, there was no mockery, no pretense, no dishonesty.. Rather only understanding and kindness. Only then you understood why Yoongi loves her so much. 

Why will it never be you and always be her.  

That night as you stood at the balcony, enjoying the stinging sensation cold wind brought to you, you heard them laughing.

It was the first time you heard Min Yoongi laughing. Even though faint and muffled, you could still sense his happiness through the sound. 

Min Yoongi was finally happy... for the first time since the wedding ceremony... and you were not the reason. 

All of a sudden, you were jealous again, even though you were not sure if you had the right or not. 

“I want to taste her lips… Yeah, 'cause they taste like you I want to drown myself… In a bottle of her perfume”

You didn’t know what you were thinking when you invited her to your and Yoongi’s honeymoon. 

Both of your and his parents have been pestering you to set out for the trip. You have been using excessive workload as the excuse and you assumed Yoongi to do the same.

But a week ago, everything went south when Yoongi had a fight with his father. As a result, flights were booked, accommodations were chosen and you two were notified only two days prior. 

That night, Yoongi didn’t come back home. And when he did, he didn’t speak a single word to you. 

The visible frown on his forehead and the cold aura that oozed from him, made you want to make him smile, made you invite his lover to the trip secretly.  

She was already there when you two reached and you will never forget Yoongi’s reaction when he realized what was happening. 

The grumpy cold Yoongi broke into gummy smiles and giggles as soon as he saw her. They kissed right in front of your eyes and you silently cried. 

Oh how you wish, you could taste him too. How you wish, he would hold you like that, caress you like that. 

How you wish… he would love you like that. 

“I want her long blond hair… I want her magic touch Yeah, 'cause maybe then… You'd want me just as much”

��“Babe, could you please turn your head a little? Yes.. yes just like that.” 

You watched the man as he clicked photos after photos of the woman he loves, seemingly trying to document her beauty for a long long time.  

You watched her as her long blond hair flowed like a waterfall down her shoulder, wind ruffling it gently making her look even more beautiful. 

“Let’s take a selfie, will you?” she shouted at him and he chuckled. 

He buried his head in the crook of her neck, inhaling her scent, he said, “you smell so nice.”

You wondered, what she smelled like, what perfume did she use to make Yoongi look this satisfied. You even considered asking her, purchasing a bottle and drowning yourself in one of those if that means Yoongi would love to smell you too, he would curl himself around you late at night. If that means Yoongi would want you, just as much. 

“I don't get no sleep… I don't get no peace Thinking about her.. Under your bed sheets”

“Where are you going?” confusion dripped through Yoongi’s voice. You stopped at your tracks and turned to face him. 

“I will sleep in the other room. You two should have your space. I will send her in as soon as I am there.” you smiled at him, even though your heart bleed invisibly inside your chest at the thought of how they would spend the night together. 

“No, Y/N. We will adjust. You sleep here in the suite.” Yoongi commented, as firm as a verdict, as he stepped towards where you stood. 

“But Yoongi, I am alone, what would I do with all this space?” you sighed. You definitely didn’t want to be left alone at the honeymoon suite, decorated for the newlyweds. You hate it. Totally loathe the decorations. Those giant red hearts had been mocking you since the moment you stepped there. You might tear those to pieces if you were left there alone, raising endless questions regarding such an act. 

“You have done enough. You have done much more than you needed to and I feel like I’m taking advantage of your kindness. So, please… stay here. Enjoy the stay. We will manage.” giving you one of his tight lipped smiles, Yoongi slipped out of the room to spend the night with his lover. 

That night when you slid inside the covers, which smelled awfully like him because he took a nap earlier in the evening, you started breaking down. 

Your hopes, your dreams, and your heart all started crumbling right before your eyes. You held the duvet tightly around yourself and pretended it was yoongi wrapped around you, it was Yoongi, whispering sweet things in your ear, it was Yoongi, telling you that he loved you. 

Somewhere you knew, Yoongi is actually doing all these things in real-time but.. Not to you.. Not for you. 

You closed your eyes, tears streamed down your cheeks and wetted the pillow. You imagined your life as her… as your girl crush… as the woman your husband, Min Yoongi, loves. 

“I've got a girl crush… Hate to admit it but I’ve got a heart rush… It ain’t slowin' down”

[trashcanwithsprinkles]

They arent marrige chopsticks

Like no hate to zhongchi and tartali shippers or the ship itself

But the chipsticks thing is horribly misinterpreted based on lack of research and cultural understanding.

Dragons phoenix pairing has two meanings

Auspisiousness and harmony

And

Joyful celebration and harmonious union.

They are gifted to newly weds because of these symbolisms but giving someone dragon Phoenix chopsticks does NOT inherently mean marriage. Its just a common thing to give.

Not only that but dragon phoenix things are also given between business partners for the same reasons. If you want to have a long lasting and harmonious business relationship with someone or continue to have one, then you can give them many things, but dragon phoenix gifts are just as common.

Why specifically chopsticks? Because it ties in with childes inability to use them. Theres no deeper meaning. It literally says it right there that he hopes childe will practice with them. It shows his thoughtfulness and attentiveness and giving a sincere gift like that just makes it all the better as a gift to give to someone who you want a lasting partnership with.

Like make as many headcannons as you want idc i can see how it got misinterpreted

But dont say its canon when its not and you dont know anything about chinese culture other than rumours and poorly researched new articles made by americans.

i knew this already obviously, but i'm posting the ask despite the tone just in case someone didn't know bc it's true some people just aren't familiar w this

please get some reading glasses anon, bc i said the chopsticks being given was canon, not the ship or the fact they're marriage chopsticks or anything. the ask was asking where the chospticks thing came from and if it was fanon, so the answer is no, it's canon, zl does give chopsticks to childe. like that's a fact, headcanon or no, marriage meaning or no. that- that was the point of the ask. you know that, right?

why are you getting pressed enough to send such a long ask over a fan gag on a random fan blog (of many) on a fan fic (of *many*) on a fan ship on something the game, given the company's track record, is very obviously using as ship bait...? unless you didn't clock that last bit in. in which case- uh. well nothing i can do there for you

[uwmspeccoll]

Milestone Monday!

Crowning Love 💒💍

On this day, February 10, 1840, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha at the Chapel Royal in St. James's Palace. This marriage was significant because it united the British monarchy with the German nobility since Albert was a German prince. The two shared a deep and loving relationship, characterized by a strong partnership. Victoria was just 20 years old at the time, while Albert, her first cousin, was 21.

This royal wedding established traditions that continue to be practiced today. Departing from the previous custom of private nighttime ceremonies, Victoria wanted her subjects to witness the bridal procession, so she held hers during the day. This led to the highly publicized royal weddings we see today. She also wore a white satin dress at a time when the norm was to wear a variety of colors, ranging from red or pink to brown or black.  This sparked a surge in white wedding dresses, ultimately contributing to the established tradition we see in modern weddings today.

The couple had nine children, and their offspring married into various European royal families, earning her the nickname "the grandmother of Europe." After Albert's premature death in 1861, Victoria mourned deeply and wore black for the rest of her life, contributing to her public image as a figure of mourning and loss. Their love story remains one of the most romantic in royal history.

--Melissa, Special Collections Library Assistant

The images featured come from:

The Enchanted Dolls’ House Wedding by Robyn Johnson was published in New York by Handprint Books in 2007. Our copy is a 1st American edition. This adorable pop-up book presents the fashions, customs, and traditions of weddings held in Victorian England. 

The Queen’s Tact, a humorous poem written by New Zealand author and biographer Hector Bolitho, was published in London by Nicholson & Watson in 1938. It was produced by William Clowes and Sons, who were known for developing the use of steam-powered printing presses. The mounted illustration was created by British artist Steven Spurrier. 

[franollie]

i do sometimes wonder how the gang's chemistry and dynamics would shift if they actually did have to co-parent a baby because realistically none of them should have children. ever. but the idea of dropping a baby in the hands of five incredibly unqualified alcoholics is oh so very amusing to me

[andreainlove]

aur jo bhi bolo, the most scandalous way to get married is mixing red gulaal with sindoor and applying it in the hair parting on holi

[shannonsketches]

Told my Fortnite Bulma Friend tonight that their name in my phone, (“Wife (Allegedly)”) got a little love on tumblr, and they said they haven’t seen a marriage certificate onscreen, so I said come to think of it in the manga Vegeta calls Bulma his wife but I don’t ever remember her calling Vegeta her husband, and they hit me with “Clingyyyy”

[mysticbeaver]

Grown man Rolf choking up when Kevin presents him an engagement ring

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

I just had a whole actual married, mother of two adult woman be the first person older than about 21 to actually accept the fact that I don't want to get married and be willing to talk through what that means for me, instead of trying to convince me that I'll change my mind as I get older. I'm going to fucking cry

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[ankahikoibaat]

It's my 15 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

[bidotorg]

🎉🌈 On January 1, Austria, Estonia, Luxembourg, and Norway all joined the right side of history by legalizing same-sex marriage! 💍❤️ These milestones remind us that love knows no borders. 🏳️‍🌈 Here's to a brighter, more inclusive future where everyone can say "I do"! 🌍✨

[astriiformes]

Turns out working in a queer history archive means learning a lot about the personal quirks of local Queer Elders of national historical significance

[arsenalgbt]

what if i told you i finished the second to LAST chapter of deckai dysfunctional arranged marriage au?