Ever heard of this tradition?

14 years ago

Heard someone say it's traditional for a wedding to

take place exactly a Year and a Day after engagement...

I've never heard it.

Curious about it's origin and if any of you have

heard it??

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ann_in_florida
14 years ago
First time I'm hearing this one....but there's a lot that I don't know.
trishaw
14 years ago
Never heard that one. But like Ann, I don't know much either!

Trish
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I've had some issues like that back when I used dryer sheets. They can cause a lot of problems. I have difficulty believing it's leftover bleach in the machine for one simple reason: If it's coming from the bleach dispenser, the water should be diluting it so it shouldn't be spots. If anything it should fairly evenly lighten all the clothes in there assuming it's a high enough concentration to overpower the water dilution. Somehow the bleach, if it's bleach, seems like it would be getting on there not only after the wash cycle but also after the rinse cycle and even after the spin it would seem for it to damage only in spots. I assume the clothes are left alone in the room and you're not there with it. I suspect some mischief or an accidental spill in or on the machine are far more believable cause potentials than a machine malfunction. or if you set the clothes on a counter or top of the machine that may have had a chemical spill where it could pick up the problem. Do you use liquid fabric softener or dryer sheets? There are some very real candidates for problems too. And the machines are there and used at your own risk so naturally the management is not going to reimburse you for the clothes. There's probably a disclaimer in your lease/rental agreement and possibly even a caution sign in the room or on the machines. FWIW, to properly use bleach you need to wait a while and let the detergent do its thing before adding bleach. That's the reason for a bleach dispenser. If you add bleach with the detergent, you kill any enzymes in the detergent and according to many it essentially kills the cleaning power of the detergent too so it's a waste of money to put the detergent in there at all in that case.
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jannie
14 years ago
Never heard that one. My boyfriend asked me to marry him on Christmas, we told everyone right away. We were trying for a wedding date in April but I had just started a new job. So we got married in June, on my DH's father's birthday and the day before my own parents anniversary. Even tho we rushed, the marriage has been a good one, lasted 31 years so far.
joyfulguy
14 years ago
News to me, also.

Sue and I got engaged about June (official proposal was above Niagara Falls, late one dark, chilly, windy night - and we quickly got back into the VW bug to return to Ithaca, to move her to Pittsburgh for summer job) ....

... married mid Oct., the next year, in Seoul, Korea.

She said that had I not met her on the dock in Yokohama ... that she'd have gone home to Mother.

ole joyful
terilyn
14 years ago
Never heard that one, we got engaged on February 1st, married February 27th, lasted 28 years so far!
hayjud_mn
14 years ago
In the Bible the time of betrothal or being espoused, was long enough to prove that she was not with child.
wildchild
14 years ago
It goes back to Handfasting. Basically it was the civil ceremony in days of old. Scottish tradition called for the engagement to be a year and a day.
pattico_gw
14 years ago
Well Denny and I blew it then...it was only 6 months from the day I met him, and four months after the engagement....Hehe...he didn't want to let me get away...!!!

Hope that doesn't mean our marriage won't last long.
msmarion
14 years ago
We had a five year courtship. I was only 23 when we met, far too young to get married IMHO. I only wanted to do it once. We will celebrate 28 years in June.
susie53_gw
14 years ago
Never heard of this one either. Larry and I met the first of October, engaged the 3rd of February and married June 1st. Been married 42 great years..

Susie
mary_c_gw
14 years ago
I can kind of understand the Biblical link - make sure she's not pregnant.

But I have never heard of this for any modern wedding. Weddings now usually happen on a Saturday. Can't dictate that without some serious planning. Can you see a young man thinking ahead "Oh, I must ask her on thus and such a date because then a year and a day will work for a wedding." Um, NO.
joyfulguy
14 years ago
Hi Mary C,

Forward thinking not work too well in the courtship game??

o j
mary_c_gw
14 years ago
Forward thinking works fine - but I'll guarantee no young man has heard of that particular "custom".

Because even if it once was a custom, it sure as heck isn't now.
Lindsey_CA
14 years ago
Never heard of that custom. Hubs and I were married on the 5th anniversary of the day we started "going together." This month we'll celebrate our 24th/29th anniversary.
glenda_al
14 years ago
Interesting

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