Yes, of course.

We still have the tradition that the best man "steals" the bride from the wedding and "hides" her in a different location, and then the groom has to go find her and pays the bill when he arrives.

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The tradition has three aspects:

1) It reminds the groom that his new wife is valuable and that he needs to watch out for her safety.

2) It protected the bride from the "ius primae noctis". In this variation, the best man is doing the groom a favor, by hiding his wife from the nobility.

3) It's a historic relic, reminding us of theft-marriage and Beutefrau (war brides).

Ah yes... Witnessed that at an Austrian wedding recently. Never heard of it before but fun was had!

Wild.

First time, I was just like, "Hey where did the bride go?"

Oh, she's been stolen.