‘Yes, I still do’: The real reason I renewed my wedding vows

“One of my cousins rolled her eyes when I told her we were going to renew our vows,” Marina admits. “She just saw it as an excuse for a party or something quite indulgent because we were already married.” Marina, a solicitor, decided to renew her vows at a ceremony in Sligo last June. She says she was surprised by the reaction of some family and friends. “There’s this perception that it’s an American imported...