Two Weddings And A Funeral

Saves time and energy!

Such beautiful memories they'll always have.

"Do you take this young woman, who pretty much resembles the dead young woman, what with being her sister and all, to be your lawfully wedded wife?"

Good taste should never be an impediment to wedded bliss.

Don’t be all judgy. The dinners were paid for. I just hate waste, don’t you?

The real question is, which sister did he spend the wedding night with?

In Victorian England it was illegal to marry your deceased wife's sister. Does anybody know why?

I can’t wait for the American romcom version starring Diane Keaton as the mother of the brides!

Waste not want not!

[quote] “In Victorian England it was illegal to marry your deceased wife's sister. Does anybody know why?”

I don’t know about this Victorian thing you mention, R6. But I believe that the Catholic Church had always considered it a sin to marry your dead brother’s wife or fiancé since before Henry VIII as it was perceived in Liviticus, “Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of THY BROTHER’S wife.” Henry Tudor’s brother Arthur was all set to marry Catherine of Aragon, but he died before they could wed. His brother Henry was pushed forward not merely as next-in-line to be king, but as Catherine’s new fiancé (Henry VIII required a dispensation from the Pope to marry Catherine). If I understand it correctly, it was a kind of biblical homosexual incest warning: if you have marital relations with your brother’s wife (or betrothed), it was as if you were having sex with your own brother.

The bride's family were obviously desperate to get rid of their unmarried daughters, in India they are considered a financial burden and a social embarrassment.