---
url: 'https://dri.es/debunking-marital-myths'
title: 'Debunking marital myths'
author:
  name: 'Dries Buytaert'
  url: 'https://dri.es/about'
date: '2006-03-24T03:17:47-05:00'
license: 'https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'
type: blog
tags:
  - Wedding
  - Family
  - Self-portrait
  - Statistics
published: true
id: 37
---

# Debunking marital myths

[image miscellaneous-2006/my-weight-before-marriage]

Picture taken 24 hours before our wedding! In order to successfully debunk marital myths and common beliefs (read: weight gain after marriage) one needs to accurately register the past. Like that, we can fall back on traditional science and math in future.
