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Approximate percent increase in the number of engagement rings sold at Atlanta’s Union Diamond in February: 20
Average cost of an engagement ring: $4,146
Number of single Atlantans with profiles on MySpace.com who say they are interested in meeting people for “dating”: 4,111
Cost of the average wedding: $26,327
Estimated cost of Jennifer “Runaway Bride” Wilbanks’ canceled wedding: $100,000
Percent of people who get married at least once by the age of 50: 94
Percent of people who get divorced at least once by the age of 50: 29
Number of marriages performed in Georgia in 2003: 60,252
Number of divorces performed in Georgia in 2003: 27,693
Length, in days, of the average honeymoon: 8
Length, in years, of the average marriage: 8.3
Sources: Union Diamond, www.myspace.com, www.CNNMoney.com, www.onewed.com, U.S. Census Bureau