Wedding Day Rosé

My great-grandparents got married in the early 1900s, and their marriage started off a bit differently than most marriages today. One day, Rose Jannoti got all dolled up, and Joseph Ramondii got to look at her and decide if he wanted to marry her. He must have liked what he saw because the two were married shortly after. So this pseudo-arranged marriage might seem strange to us, but despite this, they stayed married for over 70 years and had five children, and while things weren't always easy, I always remember them laughing and smiling together.

While I think it's a fantastic story, I am glad our family traditions have changed over the last century. Though it still seems crazy that this was how families started not that long ago.