Are you superstitious?

I would like to say that I am not superstitious. But I avoid walking under ladders. I try not to break mirrors, because that would be messy. I also don't open umbrellas inside of a building. I don't honestly think something bad will happen, but just in case I avoid doing these things.

There have been times in my life I might have been considered Superstitious and avoided certain things and dates, but anymore it is just another day. My husband and I celebrated our 10 yr. Wedding anniversary on the 13th of Feb and it was a Friday this yr. and things are still going Great, so I think it is a matter of your way of thinking for sure.

I am not. Last Friday the 13th I walked under a ladder, broke a mirror, spilled some salt and kicked a black cat and nothing happened to me. Maybe that is why I have thirteen toes? I am not. Last Friday the 13th I walked under a ladder, broke a mirror, spilled some salt and kicked a black cat and nothing happened to me. Maybe that is why I have thirteen toes?

I delete chain letters, I walk under ladders, I break mirrors, black cats have crossed my path millions of times over the years...no harm has ever come to me.

not really,no.sitting here with my black cat as we speak.in my house,a black cat crossing your path means..he wants some of your sandwich

not to the point where i have to forward every text message, email, etc. But I do try to avoid Friday the 13th, I do only pick up pennies with the heads up, I do throw salt over my shoulder, and I do believe that when a brrom falls for no apparent reason that company is coming, oh and the right hand itching is getting money and left losing money (vice versa if you are predominatly a lefty.) If your ears ring someone is talking about you and if it burns they are talking bad about you. still not clear about your nose itching, whether you will kiss a fool or someone is coming to see you. who knows...but it adds flavor to life.

IN some way, yes..I grew up believing something for no explanation or reason given to me clearly. I tried to avoid things like breaking mirrors etc. I don't read any chain letters, since they have said when you don't read it you don't need to follow it, and the like.. I know there is no proof to all of these but I just avoid it!

I think I am. I mean, I was just afraid like there's this chain letter that if you don't pass it, you'll have a 10 years bad luck..hello?!?!? there's nothing wrong if you'll pass it.. I was just afraid..what that's true?..and here in our country, there are lots of superstitions. that some of it are true. so better to do that.. there's nothing wrong if you'll do that.

I am not superstitious at all. I break chain letters and chain emails all the time. Give me a mirror to break on Friday the 13th while I walk under a ladder with a black cat.

I'm superstitious in a way but not to the extreme.. Walking under the ladder and breaking a mirror, i will choose to believe than not as if it's true, i will have 7 yrs of bad luck and it's a really long period of time.. hehe.. As for the others, i wun really bother so much about it, and i will just take it as concidental..

No I am not really, I always check that something is not going to be dropped from the top of the ladder if I walk under one which is probably the reason why they say it is unlucky and the Friday the 13th has never really bothered me either, but for some strange reason I will always salute and say hello if I happen to see just one magpie! Weird really when I say I am not superstitious don't you think. Ellie :D

i don't think i'm that superstitious but the weirdest so far i've heard was when being chased by st.elmo's fire, remove all your clothing and wear them inside out. LOL.

Okay, let me grab the salt to answer this one. Just kidding. I'm not superstitious at all. I do not believe in all that stuff. I like to learn the origins of sayings, just some stupid thing I like to do. It's trivia to me and I love all things trivial..lol. Walking under a ladder could be dangerous because whoever is over you could possibly drop something on your head so it makes sense to create a superstition to deter people from doing this. As for chain letters, what better way to get you to pass them on than to tell you that you will have bad luck if you don't? King Philip IV of France had all the Templar Knights arrested on the morning of Friday the 13th so he could take over their wealth. Ever since Friday the 13th is considered bad luck. The funny thing is, I know all these things and I am not superstitious, but was raised in a house and around people who are superstitious, so every once in a while I catch myself knocking on wood or something like that and I feel soooo silly for doing it.

Im not supersticious AT ALL. i find everyones "bad luck" as my good luck. I was born at 11:11 on friday the 13th, with an extra thumb on my right hand... i pretty much find everyone else superstitions,to be my lucky moments!

No not at all. I used to be when I was child only because my parents would scare the crap out of me about those silly superstitions.

I don't believe in these superstitions myself, maybe partly because of the culture. We don't emphasize on those things. But I think I partly believe the existing of supernatural beings.

I'm not that superstitious but then I used to be...lol

I've never geen superstitious. But just in case... nah, just kidding. I believe that if you worry about something happening to you because of a superstition, you may very well bring about the thing you worry about, subconsciously. I believe in the power of positive thinking. It has done wonders for me so, in the opposite respect, negative thinking can bring about negative things.

I agree with the previous post. Once you know why something started you won't have the inclination to be scared of certain things. Well unless you are a templar with a wooden leg then you need to watch out what you are doing! Just kidding. What I wanted to add was that sometimes it's just common sense too. For example the warning not to walk underneath a ladder. Heck that's just plain common sense because you can get splattered with paint. Or hit on the head with something the person on the ladder may inadvertently drop. So it's just a good idea to not to walk under ladders in the first place.