New Takes on Nuptial Rituals

Going to the Dark Side

The average groom probably doesn’t spend a lot of time thinking about his wedding band. It’s going to be yellow gold or a white metal (gold, platinum, perhaps even palladium) and that’s that. Which is why a black ring fits me perfe...

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