re: GoT "Middle Ground" Thread - Between Seasons Discussion ***Spoilers Possible***

on their wedding night, it is customary for the bride and groom to be escorted from the wedding hall by the guests (the groom by a mob of the ladies, and the bride by a mob of the men). These 'escort' mobs strip the bride and groom naked, tell baudy jokes (I guess that's to try to make the situation slightly less awkward) then shove them into the bedchamber, and wait outside the door watching and listening.