“You have to have something sacred to you and the people around you.

“I just think it’s really a part of your life that you gotta keep to yourself,' Jay-Z said, per NBC. 2008 interview with 'Vibe,' Jay-Z explained why the couple hadn't confirmed their wedding. Jay-Z explained why they kept the wedding secret Blue Ivy’s name may be a reference to the Roman numerals for 4, IV. Beyoncé is known to love the number four. To mark their wedding, the couple got matching tattoos on their ring finger of the Roman numeral IV, per People. “It’s just material and it’s just silly to me.” “People put too much emphasis on that,” she says. She explained why she didn't wear an engagement ring in the lead-up to the wedding. She explained that she opted for a small ceremony because 'it's been my day so many days already.'

It’s not about interviews or getting the right photo op. In October 2008, months after the small ceremony, Beyoncé confirmed it had taken place during a 2008 interview with Essence magazine, as TODAY reported. The couple ultimately got married on April 4, 2008. I feel like you have to get to know yourself, know what you want, spend some time by yourself, and be proud of who you are before you can share that with someone else,” Beyoncé told Seventeen Magazine. So that was my rule: Before the age of 25, I would never get married. I really don’t believe that you will love the same thing when you’re 20 as you do at 30. “No one expected me to run off and get married.

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