Wedding bells may start to crack from overuse in Denver.
A record-breaking 8,024 marriages were recorded in 2016, 685 more than in 2015, . The city also recorded 22 civil unions last year.
Marriages have been on the rise since 2007, when 4,774 couples put a ring on it. The biggest jump was in 2014 when marriages increased by nearly 25 percent after Colorado legalized same-sex marriage.
“We expected to break 2015’s record of 7,339 marriages but not by this much. That’s a 9 percent increase,” clerk Debra Johnson said in a statement. “It’s great to be a small part of so much love and happiness each day.”
Couples loved August and seemed to avoid January. The summer month had 980 marriages last year while the winter month limped to the finish line with only 366 marriages, according to the clerk.
The clerk’s office issued an average of 36 marriage licenses a day.
Unfortunately, not everyone is singing along to the Lion King’s “ — 3,274 couples filed for a dissolution of marriage in , according to the Colorado Judicial Branch.
