Weddings bring the greatest joy and memories a bride and groom could ask for. They are surrounded by their friends and their family as they become legally, and lawfully married for the rest of their lives.
The man's not allowed to see the bride the day before the wedding, it's bad luck they say. It's tradition. For that matter, you've carefully hidden your dress from his view since you first bought it (showing everyone except him). In this way, the wedding becomes an extremely secret affair that seems to find joy in hiding things from the groom.
It's all done in the name of keeping away bad luck. But what bad luck could seeing your spouse-to-be possibly have on a marriage?
The one who comes out victor is said to be the next to marry. But where did that tradition come from? Who decided it would be a good thing to do and why would anyone want the garter-of all things? Tradition has it that the practice began long ago, and was a much more violent affair than you've seen today.
In other words, one of the most common bridal mistakes a bride can make while planning for her wedding is to spend their entire fashion budget on the dress alone.
It just so happens that the idea to not see the bride before the big day came from a time of arranged marriages. Two families would agree to let their sons and daughters marry in order to gain some political, land, or other kind of increase for their own family.
Tradition further dictates that the wedding party would take the couple to their wedding bed. As time wore on, the men would try to seize any part of the women's undergarments that they could in order to secure good luck and fortune.
The bride's parents feared that if he were to do so, he might find her unattractive and call off the deal altogether. As an insurance policy, part of the deal came with going completely blind into the marriage. The bride's veil was even designed to keep her features hidden until the last possible second. It was all a ploy to increase the odds that the groom would go through with the wedding.
So the bride (and her dress by default) was kept completely secret until the day of the wedding. Once the vows were said, the groom could finally look upon his wife.
This good luck has everything to do with the ladies though as it is meant to help him get married. Like the bouquet toss, the one to catch the garter is expected to be the next in the party to marry.
Instead, a couple should only plan for what flowers they want to have at their wedding after they know the season of their marriage and what flowers are readily available.
As arranged marriages have ceased in many of today's cultures, the tradition remains, even though they has less meaning now. Today, many couples uphold the superstition that it's bad luck for your marriage if you see each other a day before the wedding.
The wedding has many traditions that are shrouded in history and superstition. What else can you think of that doesn't quite make sense?
Chapel of the Flowers holds weddings in Las Vegas. Las Vegas weddings especially are filled with traditions that are fun to keep, even if their origin seems lost in the sands of time.
The man's not allowed to see the bride the day before the wedding, it's bad luck they say. It's tradition. For that matter, you've carefully hidden your dress from his view since you first bought it (showing everyone except him). In this way, the wedding becomes an extremely secret affair that seems to find joy in hiding things from the groom.
It's all done in the name of keeping away bad luck. But what bad luck could seeing your spouse-to-be possibly have on a marriage?
The one who comes out victor is said to be the next to marry. But where did that tradition come from? Who decided it would be a good thing to do and why would anyone want the garter-of all things? Tradition has it that the practice began long ago, and was a much more violent affair than you've seen today.
In other words, one of the most common bridal mistakes a bride can make while planning for her wedding is to spend their entire fashion budget on the dress alone.
It just so happens that the idea to not see the bride before the big day came from a time of arranged marriages. Two families would agree to let their sons and daughters marry in order to gain some political, land, or other kind of increase for their own family.
Tradition further dictates that the wedding party would take the couple to their wedding bed. As time wore on, the men would try to seize any part of the women's undergarments that they could in order to secure good luck and fortune.
The bride's parents feared that if he were to do so, he might find her unattractive and call off the deal altogether. As an insurance policy, part of the deal came with going completely blind into the marriage. The bride's veil was even designed to keep her features hidden until the last possible second. It was all a ploy to increase the odds that the groom would go through with the wedding.
So the bride (and her dress by default) was kept completely secret until the day of the wedding. Once the vows were said, the groom could finally look upon his wife.
This good luck has everything to do with the ladies though as it is meant to help him get married. Like the bouquet toss, the one to catch the garter is expected to be the next in the party to marry.
Instead, a couple should only plan for what flowers they want to have at their wedding after they know the season of their marriage and what flowers are readily available.
As arranged marriages have ceased in many of today's cultures, the tradition remains, even though they has less meaning now. Today, many couples uphold the superstition that it's bad luck for your marriage if you see each other a day before the wedding.
The wedding has many traditions that are shrouded in history and superstition. What else can you think of that doesn't quite make sense?
Chapel of the Flowers holds weddings in Las Vegas. Las Vegas weddings especially are filled with traditions that are fun to keep, even if their origin seems lost in the sands of time.
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