Til Death do you part

[Dr. Tinsley]

If that does explain that part of the vow, I don't know what does.

Since we have many cutures and nationalities (not to mention complete different parts of the world..that and I'm feeling all mushy and stuff) lets share some cultural wedding vows.


I'll starte: Apache Union Blessing

Now you will feel no rain, for each of you will be shelter for the other.
Now you will feel no cold, for each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there will be no loneliness, for each of you will be companion to the other.
Now you are two persons, but there is only one life before you.
May beauty surround you both in the journey ahead and through all the years,
May happiness be your companion and your days together be good and long upon the earth.

Explanation:

Treat yourselves and each other with respect, and remind yourselves often of what brought you together. Give the highest priority to the tenderness, gentleness and kindness that your connection deserves. When frustration, difficulty and fear assail your relationship - as they threaten all relationships at one time or another - remember to focus on what is right between you, not only the part which seems wrong. In this way, you can ride out the storms when clouds hide the face of the sun in your lives - remembering that even if you lose sight of it for a moment, the sun is still there. And if each of you takes responsibility for the quality of your life together, it will be marked by abundance and delight.

[tessadragon]

Here's the english version then:
Do you (groom/bride's name),
take this woman, to be your wedded wife,
to have and to hold from this day forward,
for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer,
in sickness and in health,
to love and to cherish 'til death do you part
according to God's holy ordinance.
And thereto to her you plight your troth?
(Troth means fidelity, or faith)

We also have a couple of little traditions for the wedding day, especially for the bride, such as giving her a sixpence (which is why we can get traditional sixpences, though I think i'm lucky enough to have got a genuine sixpence from my grandfather for it, he died recently and grandma gave me his moneybox of really old money)

Something old, something blue, originated in victorian times although some parts of it originated in much older times.

It was considered unlucky in the past for weddings to take place on a Saturday

It is thought unlucky for the bride to make her own wedding dress

When the bride is ready to leave the house for the wedding ceremony, a last look in the mirror will bring her good luck

It is said that the first partner who buys a new item after the wedding will be the dominant one (so brides often arranged to 'buy' something like a pin from their chief bridesmaid)

Bridesmaids were dressed in a similar way to the bride for the same reason of the bride wearing a veil, which was, in roman times, to disguise the bride and therefore outwit malevolent spirits

It is the best man's duty to protect the groom from bad luck

Seeing a chimney sweep on the way to a wedding is thought to bring good luck, which is why some people hire one to attend wedding ceremonies

Seeing an open grave, a pig, a lizard, or hearing a cockerel crow after dawn are all thought to be omens of bad luck. monks and nuns are also a bad omen. This may be because they are associated with poverty and chastity. They are also thought to signal a dependence on charity by the newlyweds.

In Britain, wedding cakes usually contain fruit and nuts, which symbolise fertility.

In Yorkshire, England, a plate holding wedding cake was thrown out of the window as the bride returned to her parental home after the wedding. If the plate broke she would enjoy a happy future with her husband but if the plate remained intact her future would be grim.

Another old English custom was to place a ring in the wedding cake. The guest who found the ring in their piece of cake would be ensured happiness for the next year.

The top tier of the cake is often kept by couples for the christening of their first child.

Before the use of paper confetti the married couple were showered with flowers, petals, rice or grains. This was to bestow prosperity and fertility on the couple.

A less well known tradition is for the bride's father to give the groom a pair of the bride's shoes to symbolise the passing of responsibility for the daughter to her new husband. A variation of the custom is for the groom to tap the bride on the forehead with one of the shoes to assert his dominance

In Scotland the custom was for a woman with milk in her breasts to prepare the marital bed to encourage fertility in the newlyweds.

In Ireland a laying hen was tied to the bed on the first honeymoon night in the hope that some of its fertility would be passed on to the couple. Eating a double yolked egg was also thought to bring fertility

[Agent Awesome]

We have a few superstitions in the Philippines too:

• If a relative of one of the couples have recently died, they must reschedule the wedding so that it will be EXACTLY a year after the departed relative's date of death

• A bride cannot wear or even see her own wedding dress before the wedding itself, or else it might not continue

• After the wedding, people throw grains of uncooked rice at the newlyweds, so their soon-to-be family will be provided all their needs, especially food

• Giving a chamberpot as a wedding gift is said to bring them good luck

• Giving a knife or any sharp object as a gift is said to bring bad luck as it might lead to a broken relationship

That's all I remember as of now...

[sadie]

weve got one that I know of, it goes something like

if you cheat on the person your going to get married to and you get caught by said person the wedding will not go on, and when ever this happens the wedding is almost always cancelled weird right? its a superstition to be very wary of if I ever heard one.

[Dr. Tinsley]

Sounds like a good plan to me Sadie.

[macgaulyver]

Jun 26, 2011 9:02:36 GMT -5 sadie said:

weve got one that I know of, it goes something like

if you cheat on the person your going to get married to and you get caught by said person the wedding will not go on, and when ever this happens the wedding is almost always cancelled weird right? its a superstition to be very wary of if I ever heard one.

Actually, I'd say that's pretty good grounds for not having the wedding. I can't say that I'd want to be married to a man who has demonstrated himself to be unfaithful:-)

[Purple-Cat-Princess]

There is no 'to death do you part' in a mormon wedding.

[Little]

Jun 26, 2011 13:23:33 GMT -5 Dr. Tinsley said:

Sounds like a good plan to me Sadie.

No, you don't get ideas. T_T