Happily Married to a Biker: Wedding Superstitions in Russia

Friday, May 15, 2009

Wedding Superstitions in Russia

I have grown very supersticious lately, and long before the wedding began researching what wedding superstitions had to offer. A few funny ones arose along the way:

Unluckly wedding days are believed to be Wednesday and Friday
The wedding dress has to be bought or hand made, it cannot be rented or borrowed
Wedding rings have to either be of white or yellow gold
Rain or snow during the wedding day-for luck
If the best man or the maid of honor is single, then the newlyweds will be happy
If the dress tears during the wedding, the mother in law will be mean
For the bride to be happy, her earings have to be put on her by a happily married friend
Wearing worn shoes signifies a happy marriage, hence brides are encouraged to wear their wedding shoes at home before hand
The first glass drank out of after being wed, should be broken-brings happiness
The bride is not allowed to see the groom on the morning before the wedding
When the newlyweds are met with bread and salt, the one who gets the largest piece will be the head of the family

To tell you the truth, we did strictly follow some of these superstitions, and some we outright ignored. Our wedding was on a Friday, we didnt have any rain on our wedding day,and my dress did tear-but I've got the best mother in law in the whole wide world!

2 comments:

VeraJune 7, 2009 at 4:14 AM
These are truly hilarious superstitions. Honestly, I don't believe in all of this. I mean how can one relay on all these things and then say OMG just because none of this happened I am gonna have the happiest marriage EVER!

MAN... even here the discrimination of the woman. ".... the largest piece gets the had of the family.!" LOL

I believe when two truly love each other nothing ever can stop them to be happy and you are right you do have a great mother in law! MUAH!
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Olga K.June 7, 2009 at 4:45 AM
You know you dont belive the bad ones, but the good ones are always malking a nice little change in your day, and sometimes they are just fun to hav around :)
But you are right, it does not pre-set anything. We make our own destiny.
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