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Wife-Carrying: Possibly The Most Bizarre of Couples Activities? (PICTURES)

Wife-Carrying: Possibly The Most Bizarre of Couples Activities?
The Huffington Post UK
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Once upon a time loving someone simply meant saying "I love you". That, and getting married and/or having children.

But things aren't what they used to be and -- call HuffPost UK Lifestyle old-fashioned -- it's all starting to get a bit complicated.

Now there's everything from annual Serbian bride race, where women compete to win their dream wedding dress, to Romanian bride 'napping', where women are kidnapped on the big day and held hostage until their groom saves them.

Then there's our favourite: wife-carrying. We're not talk about being carried over the threshold or given a piggy back when your shoes hurt -- this is a real-life sport.

And we don't know who has it worse - the poor sod doing the carrying, or the upside-down wife who face is in direct shot of any volleying farts.

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The wife-carrying world championships took place in Finland this weekend and the pictures speak for themselves...

Wife Carrying World Championships 2013 Sonkajarvi, Finland
Wife Carrying World Championships 2013 Sonkajarvi, Finland(01 of16)
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Kristiina Haapanen and Taisto Miettinen from Finland competes to win the Wife Carrying World Championship competition in Sonkajarvi, Finland on July 6, 2013. (credit:AP Photo/Roni Rekomaa, Lehtikuva)
Wife Carrying World Championships 2013 Sonkajarvi, Finland(02 of16)
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Toni Kärkkäinen and Heidi Kärkkäinen from Finland compete during the Wife Carrying World Championship competition in Sonkajarvi, Finland on July 6, 2013. (credit:AP)
Wife Carrying World Championships 2013 Sonkajarvi, Finland(03 of16)
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Joni Juntunen and Jaana Haavikko from Finland compete to take fifth place during Wife Carrying World Championship competition in Sonkajarvi, Finland on July 6, 2013. (credit:AP Photo/Roni Rekomaa, Lehtikuva)
Wife Carrying World Championships 2013 Sonkajarvi, Finland(04 of16)
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Kristiina Haapanen and Taisto Miettinen, right, from Finland won the Wife Carrying World Championship competition in Sonkajarvi, Finland on July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Roni Rekomaa, Lehtikuva )FINLAND OUT (credit:AP)
Wife Carrying World Championships 2013 Sonkajarvi, Finland(05 of16)
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Matt Witko and Hattle Archer from England compete to take bronze during the Wife Carrying World Championship competition in Sonkajarvi, Finland on July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Roni Rekomaa, Lehtikuva )FINLAND OUT (credit:AP)
Wife Carrying World Championships 2013 Sonkajarvi, Finland(06 of16)
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Kristiina Haapanen and Taisto Miettinen, right, from Finland won the Wife Carrying World Championship competition in Sonkajarvi, Finland on July 6, 2013. (credit:AP Photo/Roni Rekomaa)
Wife Carrying World Championships 2013 Sonkajarvi, Finland(07 of16)
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Taisto Miettinen and Kristiina Haapanen from Finland compete during the Wife Carrying World Championships in Sonkajarvi, Finland on July 6, 2013. (credit:Roni Rekomaa/AFP/Getty Images)
Wife Carrying World Championships 2013 Sonkajarvi, Finland(08 of16)
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Matt Witko (L) and Hattie Archer (R) from England compete to take bronze during the Wife Carrying World Championships in Sonkajarvi, Finland on July 6, 2013. (credit:Roni Rekomaa/AFP/Getty Images)
Wife Carrying World Championships 2013 Sonkajarvi, Finland(09 of16)
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Joni Juntunen (L) and Jaana Haavikko (R) from Finland compete to take fifth place during the Wife Carrying World Championships in Sonkajarvi, Finland on July 6, 2013. (credit:Roni Rekomaa/AFP/Getty Images)
Wife Carrying World Championships 2013 Sonkajarvi, Finland(10 of16)
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Beau Mynard and Ellie Gresham from Australia compete during the Wife Carrying World Championships in Sonkajarvi, Finland on July 6, 2013. (credit:Roni Rekomaa/AFP/Getty Images)
Wife Carrying World Championships 2013 Sonkajarvi, Finland(11 of16)
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Taisto Miettinen and Kristiina Haapanen from Finland win the Wife Carrying World Championships in Sonkajarvi, Finland on July 6, 2013. (credit:Roni Rekomaa/AFP/Getty Images)
Wife Carrying World Championships 2013 Sonkajarvi, Finland(12 of16)
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Alar Voogla and Kristi Viltrop from Estonia compete to finish second in the Wife Carrying World Championships in Sonkajarvi, Finland on July 6, 2013. (credit:Roni Rekomaa/AFP/Getty Images)
Wife Carrying World Championships 2013 Sonkajarvi, Finland(13 of16)
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Alar Voogla and Kristi Viltrop from Estonia compete to finish second in the Wife Carrying World Championships in Sonkajarvi, Finland on July 6, 2013. (credit:Roni Rekomaa/AFP/Getty Images)
Wife Carrying World Championships 2013 Sonkajarvi, Finland(14 of16)
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Toni Kaerkkaeinen and Heidi Kaerkkaeinen from Finland compete during the Wife Carrying World Championships in Sonkajarvi, Finland on July 6, 2013. (credit:Roni Rekomaa/AFP/Getty Images)
Wife Carrying World Championships 2013 Sonkajarvi, Finland(15 of16)
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Joni Juntunen and Jaana Haavikko from Finland compete to take fifth place during the Wife Carrying World Championships in Sonkajarvi, Finland on July 6, 2013. (credit:Roni Rekomaa/AFP/Getty Images)
Wife Carrying World Championships 2013 Sonkajarvi, Finland(16 of16)
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Aleksander Pihlainen and Siiri Salli from Finland compete during the Wife Carrying World Championships in Sonkajarvi, Finland on July 6, 2013. (credit:Roni Rekomaa/AFP/Getty Images)

See Also: Meet Winners Of 2012 North American Wife Carrying Championship

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