Legitimacy

Shotgun Wedding is a wedding which is performed by a family to avoid the embarassment caused by pre-marital sexual relationship usually resulting in the pregnancy. To keep the pregnancy a secret and give it a legitimacy the girl’s parents has to resort to this kind of wedding. Such a thing was considered a taboo almost all over the world for one reason or another. The marriage date if fixed is generally preponed by the unaware parents. The wedding gets its name that boy in such a case doesn’t get away after becoming aware that the girl has become pregnant. So… Read More »Shotgun Wedding