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[Dragonchampion]

Yeah, was working on my fort, gettng the army ready, when suddenly, I see this popup message. I immediately hit the A key and checked...

Since when does marriage cause an alert?

[Urist Imiknorris]

Since before I started playing DF.

[twwolfe]

its usually buried in the anouncements about how dwarves can't reach that fancy silk sock

[Qinetix]

its usually buried in the anouncements about how dwarves can't reach that fancy silk sock

"Fancy Silk Sock"  - Wat?... Ooh

Anyways it always pop ups , its normal (great a marriage , here come the kid snatchers)

Wait a alert? Thats a announcement -_- ... derp

[slothen]

i have never seen a marriage announcement.

[darkrider2]

You can go into the announcements text file and change just what announcements pop up.

[Namfuak]

I think that it is now possible for two dwarves to have a child before they are married, and this automatically marries them (but doesn't come up as a message, just the "Urist McMother had a baby").  I haven't been able to provide any evidence though, since I don't like to micromanage my dwarves that much.

[NewSheoth]

I've had a lot of dwarven children born outside of marriage, means a female dwarf gives birth and there's no marriage, and she's not married to anyone already, but has a lover. In some forts I never get a marriage. In others, every single dwarf has the wedding itch.

[Girlinhat]

The frequency of marriage may depend on dieties?  If there's a god of marriage and childbirth, perhaps weddings are more common?  No proof behind this AT ALL, just speculation.

[Musashi]

And what exactly is the difference between a married couple and lovers? Just the official announcement?

[Urist Imiknorris]

Dwarves wait until they're married.

[CapnUrist]

I think that it is now possible for two dwarves to have a child before they are married, and this automatically marries them (but doesn't come up as a message, just the "Urist McMother had a baby").  I haven't been able to provide any evidence though, since I don't like to micromanage my dwarves that much.

Most of your married dwarves will arrive on the area already married as immigrants. I usually only see this marriage message once every couple of forts, and it always provokes the same question:

What is a formal wedding celebration among dwarves?

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[Urist Imiknorris]

I see the message all the damn time. It's almost entirely because I use 1-tile meeting areas.

[Hans Lemurson]

I see the message all the damn time. It's almost entirely because I use 1-tile meeting areas.

1-tile meeting areas can also result in your fortress's children all becoming legendary in every social skill.  I would advise just using it to get marriages and then switch to a standard one later unless you want your entire population to blink blue.

[SkyRender]

I dunno, I've only ever seen a marriage when I've allowed Dwarves to idle.  And that doesn't tend to happen much in the first 5 or 6 years of any given fort.