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Weddings

Cash Is King for America’s Pandemic Newlyweds

Forget the fancy blender. More couples are asking for money these days because they really need it. 

Photographer: EkaterinaPichukova/iStockphoto/Getty Images

After the first year of the pandemic put many nuptials on ice, Americans started getting married with a vengeance when summer arrived.
Even now, couples are still rushing to tie the knot—albeit with additional precautions given the latest infection wave.

Were it any other time, this matrimonial flood would have family and friends scrambling to buy gifts, a prospect made worse this year due to supply-constrained retailers and pumped-up prices.