Bridal Veils, A Tradition Revealed!!   

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I, honestly, hadn't put much thought into it at all....just a tradition to me. Now I know better :)

Marsha

I think I might have heard that before and doesn't it go along with asking who gives permission for the bride to be married when the father walks the daughter down the aisle? I might understand that if she wasn't "of age" to be married, as might have been done more often "back in the day". My parents had to return a second time because my mother wasn't old enough and needed my grandfather's signature......she was 20 and needed to be 21. I think they were trying to elope!!

It is quite logical. I have seen this in many church weddings and I myself experienced wearing the white veil on my wedding and being lifted up. At that material time I have no idea what it meant. Should I have known the real reasons I would not consent to wearing a veil as I don't believe in submitting myself to anyone. Marriage is only a formality as we are still individual being having our own mind.

I had heard of this hun, one of the reasons why I won't be wearing a veil for my wedding soon LOL I will be wearing a circlet of mayblossom instead

of course some people used that tradition to unload a daughter they didn't want - take for example Rachel and Leah...

That sounds about right... hide the goods until the last possible moment.
I wore a crocheted Juliet cap that matched my shawl. My mother made both.
My older sister and youngest sister both wore veils, but not covering their faces.
My middle sister wore a white straw hat.

Hi, congratulation. You broke the tradition of wearing bridal veil. Now girls are breaking many old traditions. Religions are made by man. So the rules of religions are in favor of men. Religions say God has no gender. But when we imagine God's image then a man's picture comes in our mind. In India Hindus have many goddess. They call them as "Mother". But in India women become victims of torture. I wish
women should break all the superstitions against them. But at the same time I believe all the traditions are not bad.Carry on your flag.

Actually I wasn't familiar with it, but suddenly I'm glad that I wore a hat!

I honestly don't care what the old customs are because I believe in womens rights in doing as they so please regardless how they marry or don't marry. When I married my husband, I had a veil and the piece covering my face because it was pretty. I bet your tiara was beautiful too! These days it's a "to each his own thing" anymore but back in those days, yes, women were subjected to obeying their spouses which is so wrong because women can "think" too.

I heard about this a while back and thats why I got married without a veil!! To even think that a woman should be submissive to a man..... Sorry but its not my type at all. I think those women should be slapped on the back of the head haha!!

I guess now you know how I feel about muslim women hiding under a veil or whatever they call it. We've come a long way to try and be equal to men.....lets not go back because I'll be fighting and kicking all the way LOL.