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Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, and Something Blue

June 22, 2009 at 5:00 pm (Uncategorized) (indecision, traditions)

I had been planning a series of posts on this little tradition, but have been second guessing my choices since I started drafting posts.  So instead of revealing the good stuff just yet, I thought I’d ask you guys for some help.  First, though, here’s a quick refresher of their symbolism:

Something Old is meant to represent the link with the bride’s own family and the past particularly mother or grandmother or even most distant relations. Something old is symbolic of continuity.

Something New represents good luck and success and the brides hopes for a bright future in her new married life.  Wearing a new item on your wedding day conveys the message that you and your husband are creating a new union that will endure forever.

Something Borrowed is to represent to the bride that friends and family will be there for her on the special day and in the future when help is needed. “Borrowing” is especially important, since it has to come from a happily married woman, thereby lending the bride some of her own marital happiness to carry into the new marriage. Anything can be borrowed but it must be returned afterwards.

Something Blue in ancient times is the symbol of faithfulness, purity and loyalty.

I feel strongly that nothing can do double duty.  No old, borrowed, blue things for me.  But do you think that they all need to be objects the bride wears?  We have a couple of really special somethings that are  vital to the wedding that could qualify, but I’m not sure they count.  Should we split up our somethings, so O and I each have two?  Should we each try to find our own four special somethings?

I’m struggling with something borrowed in particular.  Does it count if it’s something borrowed from your mom?  I don’t know if it does.

So what do you think?