why broken mirrors bring bad luck?

Philippines
December 2, 2007 1:51am CST
I live with my oldies. And they had said it many times that using a broken mirrors will bring bad luck. I could not get the logic why. Although I followed them out of respect. Any explanation about it? Did you believe on it?
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@cupid74 (11388)
• Pakistan
3 Dec 07
hi Iza well i wont believe in such things there is no ill luck or such events like black cat, broken mirrors etc has nothing to do with ur luck or fate so dont trust these superstitions take care
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@cupid74 (11388)
• Pakistan
15 Dec 07
hmmm friends thinks a like take care and thanks u r rated plus
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• Philippines
15 Dec 07
Yes, that is what I am thinking also.
• Philippines
14 Jan 08
you are welcome!
@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
14 Jan 08
I suppose it was because when you broke the mirror you could step on the glass and since there was no such things as cleanliness, you would get infected, get gangrene, or lockjaw and die. But they probably had an explanation that your reflection was your soul and by shattering the mirror, your soul was shattered and it took seven years to put it back together. I mean it is kind of ridiculous.
• Philippines
14 Jan 08
That sounds ridiculuos indeed! lol
@vanities (11395)
• Davao, Philippines
7 Jan 08
nope i dont believe on it ..but i do follow what are the suggestions of the elder out of respect to them ..that is if i can handle it...but generally i dont believe in superstition..
• Philippines
13 Jan 08
Same here, I only follow beiefs most of the times out of respect to my elders. But personally i weigh it first if I will believe on it or not.
• Philippines
16 Dec 07
Those are just beliefs, there's no logic or valid reason to have such effects. Perhaps it happened before coincidentally and that became a belief. I do not believe in it.
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• Philippines
13 Jan 08
I understand your point. Beliefs of other doesn't necessarily mean that you should belieeve on it,too.
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
14 Jan 08
I don't think so. Breaking mirrors has nothing to do with bad luck. Perhaps you have to spend some money to buy a new mirror and therefore it leads you to lose money. This is may be "bad luck".
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• Philippines
14 Jan 08
lol That is the logic of it!
• United States
14 Dec 07
I do not believe that broken mirror bring bad luck. Of course broken mirror is not good to see own face or own style properly so it should be changed immediate basis - not to change luck because when mirror use without broken it cannot bring good luck so when broken how will bring bad luck ?
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• Philippines
15 Dec 07
Got a good point there!
@plumwish07 (4057)
• Indonesia
3 Dec 07
i dont believe that broken mirrors bring bad luck also the believing that number 13 is unlucky number. so far, when i got broken mirror, there is no bad things happened in my life. anyway, do you have any experince after getting your mirror broken? it will be nice to hear experience then :)
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• Philippines
15 Dec 07
I don't have any experience about it.
@stvasile (7306)
• Romania
2 Dec 07
Broken mirrors don't bring bad luck. I know this saying, but it has no logical meaning. At one point, people started to believe that broken mirrors bring bad luck. And once the idea got into peoples' heads it's very hard to change what they believe.
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• Philippines
15 Dec 07
Yes, when it is already believed it that way, it is hard to change.
@pinklilly (3443)
• Australia
13 Dec 07
I was told 7 years bad luck for breaking a mirror, I'm not sure why though, but that is a long time to have bad luck.....
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• Philippines
15 Dec 07
Yes, it seemed impossible really.
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
4 Dec 07
No I dont believe in old wives tales.LOL Because there are so many of them and none of them make any sense to me!LOL
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• Philippines
15 Dec 07
I got your point. Thanks for responding!
@mizrak07 (557)
• Philippines
2 Dec 07
No I don't believe it, couldn't get the logic either. I just avoid using broken mirrors for safety reasons, it sure is bad luck if we get cuts because of those broken glasses.
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• Philippines
15 Dec 07
I agree with you.
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
2 Dec 07
Hello dear izathewzia. I think that broken mirrors are used to describe how things are going with us in a very vivid way. You see, it is impossible to get a broken mirror as good as it used to be. However you try to fix it, the broken trace will never be gone. It is still there. Probably for this reason, there comes this saying. This is only out of my guess and imagination. Thanks for your topic, dear friend. Good day.
• Philippines
15 Dec 07
I like the way you analyzed it. Thank you friend! Have a nice day!
@nkhanna (922)
• India
4 Dec 07
hi izathewzia.i am not sure as to why they say that broken mirrors bring bad luck.i guess its because the mirror once broken cannot be mended.however i do follow this.i am bit superstious.
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• Philippines
15 Dec 07
I see. They say, there is nohting wrong to follow.