Para toda la vida

The custom of marriage in the fifties was quite different from today. Marriage was much more linked to religious beliefs than today. Faith moved couples said  "I do" and always, with few exceptions, were married by the Church. Such marriages were for ever and "until death do them part"; no possibility of separations and divorces, at that time divorces were not intended or permitted, were illegal until the 22 of June of 1981, when divorce law was approved.

I put this title to this post ("Para toda la vida") because I have a good example to tell: My grandparents were married in 1955 and ... .for all their lifes. My grandparents have spent almost 60 years married. Such was their convinced that it was forever, they celebrated, in their fifty years of marriage, their "Golden Jubilee", convinced about what they did in 1955 and confident that they wanted to return to renew their vows at the shrine, the same in which they married for the first time.

Those "Golden Jubilee" tried to be an authentic replica of the first: musicians accompanying them to church, ceremony, accompanying musicians to house where they ate typical sweets, food, sweets were tasted in the afternoon ...

In the following photos you can see the two invitations ,the original in 1955 and the "Golden Jubilee".

Abstract: El rito del matrimonio en los años cincuenta era completamente distinto al actual. Se vinculaba muchísimo más a las creencias religiosas que hoy en día. La Fe movía a las parejas a darse el “Sí quiero” y siempre, salvo  muy raras excepciones, eran matrimonios por la Iglesia. No se barajaba la posibilidad de separaciones y nada de divorcios, en aquel entonces no estaban ni pensados ni permitidos legalmente, hasta que el 22 de junio de 1981  fue aprobada la ley de divorcio.