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The Scientific Reasoning Behind What You're Feeling

So who's feeling what? Engagements are fraught with emotion. From the anticipation that comes from perhaps suspecting he is about to propose to the sheer joy when it becomes down-on-one-knee reality.

Then, there’s the delight of sharing the news with loved ones, and sometimes the buzzkill when an aunty intimates you could have done better or his mum’s smile seems a little forced.

After this comes the months-long planning process, and if there’s anything that’s going to test your love it’s invitation font selection, calculation of per head catering costs and whether or not his nephew’s grunge band Stinkfinger will provide the entertainment. (‘Think of the money we’ll save, babe.’)

All of this, of course, is carried out in the name of having a perfect day. One of sheer unadulterated joy. Recent scientific research, however, has gone some way to explaining why weddings produce such intense emotions in not only the bride and groom but the guests also. And while the setting, dress, menu and smooth unfolding of events undoubtedly play their role, some suggest it’s your body that makes the day what it is thanks to a rise and fall in the hormone levels of all involved.