10. Bad Luck To See The Bride Before The Wedding
This tradition has become less and less popular as more and more couples live together before getting married–if you really want the groom to not see the bride before the wedding, that means the groom has to get up super-early or spend the night somewhere else. Some couples will separate the night before for this reason (or to appease conservative family members), but more often than not the groom has seen the bride on the day of the wedding. Older folks may say that this is bad luck, but chances are they don’t know where the superstition came from.
If we followed the superstition, however, the groom wouldn’t see the bride at all before getting married. Back when many marriages were arranged by family members or a matchmaker, the bride’s family would often hide her from the groom until the wedding in case he thought her too ugly and refused to marry her. For some grooms, unveiling the bride at the altar was the first time he’d ever get to see her, and by then it would be too late to say “nah bro, I’m good.” And speaking of the bridal veil…
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