Your Wedding: What
If the number seven is considered to be a very lucky number - could there be a luckier day to get married than 07/07 /07, the seventh day of the seventh month of the seventh year of the millennium? And could they make it any easier for grooms to remember their anniversary dates?
Couples tying the knot on 07/07/07 must feel like their marriages are getting a helping hand from fate. When couples started realizing that July 7th falls on a Saturday this year, reception hall bookings sky-rocketed! Want other ways to bring good luck to your 07/07/07 wedding? Yourwedding101.com has taken a look at a few wedding superstitions and how they affect modern marital bliss.
Throwing stuff at the bride and groom as they leave the church
Tossing rice at the bride and groom was said to ensure the couple?s fertility. Other traditions say the rice provides a snack for evil spirits and distracts them from the couple. This tradition is banned in many locations partly because of the mess it leaves and partly because of the theory that pigeons will fill up on rice then go for a drink and explode when the rice swells. I?m not saying it?s a fact and I?m not saying it?s fiction - all I?m saying is either way, it?s cleaner and safer to toss birdseed or flower petals. In Tudor times, guests threw their shoes at the bride and groom for the luck the guests get from hitting the couple or their carriage. Ouch!
Dressing your bridesmaids in gorgeous gowns
Superstition says that bridesmaids wear fancy dresses to confuse the evil spirits about who?s the real bride. Bridesmaids ? use this to your advantage. The less hideous your bridesmaid dress, the less likely your friend?s wedding will be doomed to failure. You?re welcome.
Wearing a veil
I seriously question the intelligence of these so-called evil spirits. Roman tradition claims that brides should wear a veil to hide them from these spirits who apparently have nothing better to do than mess with a year?s worth of wedding planning. Even my two-year-old cousin has outwitted the peek-a-boo game ? when are the evil spirits planning to catch on?
Tossing the bouquet
I think this tradition is actually starting to negatively affect couple?s luck. Nothing gets a single girl scowling faster than the dreaded bouquet toss. A lot of modern women loathe this part of the ceremony because they feel it?s like a flashing red ?desperate? sign attached to their foreheads. Superstition promises that the woman who catches the bridal bouquet is the next to get married. Avoid alienating your female guests by making the bouquet toss open to all women for ?luck in love.? You?re pretty much making your own luck by not putting your friends through this embarrassing spectacle
Hiding the wedding dress from the groom until the wedding day
Some of the wedding superstitions we?ve grown up with are just getting plain ridiculous. Any legit marriage counselor will tell you that your marriage won?t fail because your groom saw you in your wedding dress before the ceremony. It?ll fail if one or both of you isn?t willing to put enough effort into your relationship.
Superstitions can be fun but don?t let them become self-fulfilling prophecies. Marriages take work and some days, no matter how perfect of a couple you are, you?re going to doubt the wisdom of dropping that ?I do.? The couples who are truly lucky are the ones who love each other enough to work through the bad moments and build a better life together. An easy to remember anniversary doesn?t hurt either.
Christie MacLachlan is dreading her fiancées bachelor party. When she is not trying to convince him to watch yet another wedding-themed movie, she writes for yourwedding101.com ? an informative and insightful wedding planning guide with information about wedding speeches, ethnic wedding traditions, top honeymoon destinations and more.
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