Place all of the I Love You Rituals squares on the velcro line across the belly of your teddy bear. Then place the name square for the child you are working with on the teddy bear’s heart. Then, encourage the child to choose the ritual that they want to use by placing the ritual square on the teddy bear’s heart beside his or her name.

Northern BorneoHoneymoons are supposed to be full of hanky panky time, but we doubt there’s much of that going on with members of the Tidong community in Northern Borneo. That’s because for three days and three nights after their wedding, married couples are not allowed to use the bathroom, according to Allen Smith, author of Watching Grandma Circle the Drain. That’s right, no number one or number two!

To ensure they adhere to the rules, family members guard their bathroom ’round the clock. This is said to be done as a protective measure so that the couple will live a long and happy life with lots of children, which kind of makes sense.

If you can get through 72 hours of pure torture together, you can get through anything. ScotlandPlanning the bachelorette party, giving sound advice and holding the train of your dress are all part of a bridesmaid’s duties. But in Scotland, the more dedicated your wedding party is, the more trash you’ll be covered in.

Before the wedding, brides are attacked and doused in curdled milk, dead fish, spoiled food, tar and feathers (basically anything you could find in a dirty dumpster) and then taken out for a night of drinking. Zuma games. According to cultureledger.com, the gist of this centuries old tradition, called “blackening the bride,” is to prepare the bride for any humiliation or problems she’ll come across during her marriage.

Photo credit: via Flickr. Marquesas IslandsPlanning a destination wedding to Tahiti?

Just make sure you don’t bring stilettos! On the Marquesas Islands, it is tradition at the end of a wedding reception for the bride and groom to walk all over their friends and family.

Seriously, everyone lies down and creates a “human carpet” that the couple has to tread through to get to the door and be sent off on their honeymoon. This is according to the book Planet Wedding: A Nuptual-pedia, and no explanation behind the meaning of this could be found. ChinaAre you the type of person who always cries at weddings? Well, in China every woman is that type, according to Chinadaily.com. In a bizarre tradition, the bride must voluntarily turn on the water works one month before her wedding. Over the course of the month, her mother, grandmother, aunts and sisters join in on the cry fest. Delving further into crazy land, on her wedding day the bride must sing a “crying marriage song” and is judged by the congregation by how beautifully she can accomplish this.

We don’t know about you, but we’ve never been able to make crying look good! MauritaniaHitting the gym with a personal trainer for some pre-wedding workouts is pretty much tradition in the U.S. In Northwest Africa though, the bigger the bride, the better. According to Marie Claire, in order for a man to flaunt his prominent status, he needs a fat wife. Stomach rolls, stretch marks and overlapping thighs are all indications that he is wealthy enough to keep his wife satisfied. In a ritual called Leblouh, girls from the ages of five to 15 are sent to “fat farms” and force-fed thousands of calories (around four times the amount of calories an adult male bodybuilder takes in each day!) in order for them to gain weight rapidly, thus preparing them to be declared fit for marriage.

But don’t assume it’s all ice cream pints and girl talk; the ritual is serious. Women are often beaten when they refuse food and many develop health problems that stem from obesity. Flinthook switch.

I Love You Rituals Choices Spinner. View all.Spin the I Love You Rituals Choices Spinner, then perform the I Love You Ritual that the arrow lands on. Includes seven I Love You Ritual cards, plus space to make a couple of your own. Remember the four connection ingredients: eye contact, touch, presence, and a playful situation!