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QOTD - September 8
Haven't done one of these in awhile, so:
Are you superstitious?
Re: QOTD - September 8
As a rule, no.
However bad things DO happen in 3's. I make an exception for that superstitious rule :P
No, not really. Although, I started to become more superstitious after naming our cat Jinx and she then started getting virtually every kitty health problem known to man. So, I occassionally feel a bit guilty about that, although, really, I know her name didn't cause her health problems.
Regardless, the next cat's name is Lucky. Or Good Fortune. Or Healthy.
I only remember the bad things that happened in threes but there have been plenty of times when it was just one thing or two things that never made it to three which are convenient to forget when you have that superstition :-).
I have opened plenty of umbrellas and walked under plenty of ladders and broken plenty of mirrors so I'm not superstitious in general.
Is Murphy's law a superstition? I believe in that.
Not really. In HS when I was more active in tennis, I would want to wear a specific sock, outfit, eat a specific meal, etc. Maybe more of a ritual.
I still won't say "no hitter" or "perfect game" if one is happening in baseball.
I like to think I am not, however I do find that I reassure myself that superstitions aren't real fairly often.
I started using a grocery bag organizer thing we received at one of our wedding showers before we were married. I felt really nervous about it, as if I were cursing our marriage. Taking it for granted. I had to tell myself that if our marriage didn't work it wasn't because of our grocery bag organizer. Well, so far, so good.
This is a rule in our house as well.
HAHAHA! Yup...I am sure you are right. That is funny.
I don't get it. Why would something like this curse your marriage?
Hmm. This is quite possibly an etiquette thing that I'm glad I just learned.
I am very superstitious. I am the only one?
I have been known to get down right crazy with my superstitions. I do the every day ones, like knock on wood, but I also have some really outlandish ones. H says at times I am down right OCD with my superstitions. For example, I have to always have one voice mail of a loved saved on my phone at all times.
When I have more time maybe I'll come back and share some of my crazy for you all.
I thought I heard somewhere that if you started using your shower gifts before the wedding, it jinxed your marriage.
Oh!!! BEFORE you were married. I get it!
I knew when I wrote that sentence the meaning was unclear!
or i can't read ;-)
I don't even know what this means. Every day ones? School me, please.
I think she just means the standard ones. Knock on wood. Tossing spilled salt over your shoulder. Crossing your fingers for good luck.
Not so much...although I do worry about talking about things and jinxing myself. THe last two times the girls got sick, I thought to myself the day before, wow my kids have been healthy lately and bam the next day they are sick. Also when people talk about a certain civic duty they were called to serve, I won't join in the conversation.
My mom won't allow me to walk on the opposite side of something because supposedly there will be a rift between the two people. So lets say we walk into a store and come up to a rack of clothes, If she goes to the left and I go to the right, she tugs my arm and makes me walk on her side.
I've never heard of that before! Interesting.
I had a college friend that did this. We couldn't "split the pole" I think is how she referred to it. :-)