Monday, 28 July 2008

• SUPER-stitions

  Seriously, who has time to post on xanga when they're planning a wedding?!

  Well, me, but not much. So here's a copy and paste of some awesome wedding superstitions that I don't believe in. (taken from an article on mywedding.com)

• Ever wonder why there are so many June weddings? I always assumed that it was because the weather was beginning to cooperate consistently then. However, apparently there is a historical context for this trend as well: Romans believed that Juno, their goddess of woman, blessed marriages that took place in her month.

• Pay attention to what you say when you open your shower gifts! Some believe that everything the bride says as she opens her gifts will be repeated on her wedding night. (Hint: Don’t exclaim that the new corkscrew you just unwrapped is "So cute and compact, how could it possibly work properly?") Also, beware the gift-giving order: the first gift the bride opens should be the first gift she uses (open the champagne glasses!), and the person who gives the third gift to be opened will soon have a baby. It is supposed to be good luck to take all of the ribbons from the bridal shower gifts and tie them together to make a mock -bouquet to be used during the rehearsal.

• Get out your calendar: Plan your wedding on a Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth, Wednesday best of all, Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses, Saturday for no luck at all. I don’t really know what most of this means, but I noticed that Sunday isn’t even included. My husband and I were married on a Sunday, which you would assume is either because we’re Heathens or Jews (there’s one of each in my marriage), but was actually because the reception facility was cheaper that day.

• Hold onto the bling, butterfingers! If the groom drops the wedding band during the ceremony, the marriage is doomed.

• The following are supposed to be good omens on your wedding day: Seeing a rainbow, rain, meeting a black cat, and meeting a chimney sweep. Ok, Mary Poppins.

• Don’t get married at a zoo, or a cemetery. Bad omens on your wedding day include crossing paths with a pig, hare, or lizard. Also, seeing an open grave, meeting a nun or a monk supposedly mean that you will be barren. I would bring birth control on the honeymoon anyway.

• They say that the spouse who goes to sleep first on the wedding day will be the first to die. Red Bull, anyone?

• Why does the groom carry the bride over the threshold? So Mrs. Trips McClumsy doesn’t take a spill on her way in to her new home. This brings bad luck.

• Get married when the hands of the clock are pointing upwards. Somewhere between half-past and the full hour. Or use a digital.

• Back away from the thimble! It’s bad juju to make your own dress. Go ahead and borrow a gown from somebody else, but beware that misfortune will befall the lender.

• Finally, don’t try on your whole wedding ensemble at once before the big day. Some sources say that you should not even try on the wedding dress in its entirety (have it fitted in pieces), but I think you’ll be safe if you just leave off the veil, or the jewelry until show time.