Something...WHAT?
By Winky
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
Boston, Massachusetts
January 19, 2010 8:32am CST
Hi Mylot friends,
...yes, something OLD, something NEW, something BORROWED and something BLUE anyone can share their views, comments and experiences related to this line.
Okay, usually we encounter this in weddings. Here in our country during the wedding, the bride has to wear something old, new, borrowed and blue. I don't know the reason behind this practice but during my wedding i lived with it. well...
SOMETHING OLD - a white-laced stockings from a friend
SOMETHING NEW - my wedding gown and accessories and shoes
SOMETHING BORROWED - gold wrist watch
SOMETHING BLUE - censored--blue underwear
it will be fun hearing your experience on this! thanks.
...yes, something OLD, something NEW, something BORROWED and something BLUE anyone can share their views, comments and experiences related to this line.
Okay, usually we encounter this in weddings. Here in our country during the wedding, the bride has to wear something old, new, borrowed and blue. I don't know the reason behind this practice but during my wedding i lived with it. well...
SOMETHING OLD - a white-laced stockings from a friend
SOMETHING NEW - my wedding gown and accessories and shoes
SOMETHING BORROWED - gold wrist watch
SOMETHING BLUE - censored--blue underwear
it will be fun hearing your experience on this! thanks.1 person likes this
11 responses
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
26 Jan 10
That's my actual dress btw, but not taken at the wedding. There's one of those somewhere, but I found this one faster.
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
26 Jan 10
Hi Dawn,
So you did it too. Thanks for sharing. How i wish we can share our wedding pictures but i know we are observing privacy here. i am curious how your blue sash looks like.
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@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
21 Jan 10
I always heard the saying as "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a penny in your shoe." That doesn't mean that I really understand the meaning of this saying, but I did it none the less when I was married.
Something old: My earrings that I bought in Italy in 1997.
Something new: My wedding dress.
Something borrowed: My grandmother's pearl necklace.
Something blue: Plain old blue underwear
And the penny glued into my shoe.
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@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
21 Jan 10
Hi Dorann,
Thanks for sharing your special moment with us following this tradition. i remember i had a cent also placed inside my stockings that i can feel on my toes. so, there's 3 us here wearing blue underwear during our wedding day. usually the something borrowed are jewelries and accessories
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
20 Jan 10
There are a number of web sites which purport to answer the question of wedding "tradition" and the origins of. Some explanations seem credible and some far fetched. Of course I haven't looked into it in ages so I don't remember any of the answers.
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
20 Jan 10
Hi Canellita.
Yes that’s the best thing that I need to do --I will give time exploring those in the net about this tradition. For the meantime I will enjoy first reading the sharing of our mylot friends and see if they have the same practices and what’s their reason behind it. Hope you don’t mind me asking? How was so wedding friend? If not like the practices we had, did you have anything similar to ours and what did you do?
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
20 Jan 10
i have a picture but i need to scan it first. i try if i can. of course i am a beautiful bride then! hehehehe.
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
20 Jan 10
Hi Whistle,
So, maybe it's hightime that you discover anything related to this tradition or any wedding tradition in your country before you tie the knot--before you get married. Of course i look my best during my wedding. the most beautiful bride ever in white hehehehehe!
@doryvien (2284)
• United States
19 Jan 10
Hi msf,
If I remember it right, this is my list of 'somethings' during my wedding:
something old - I don't remember wearing something old, hey wait, my mom's jewelries
something new - my wedding gown, shoes
something borrowed - my mom's jewelries
something blue - my undies (baby blue)
It wasn't really part of the details that I focused on, coz it didn't mean anything to me anyway, but friends and sisters insisted on it, so I just gave in.
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
19 Jan 10
oh my...we have the same color of undies during our wedding day hehehehe. it's baby or sky blue. until now i am still searching for its meaning. i just hope there will be some responses that will answer my queries about this. power hugs. we missed you a lot in the office!
@sunnycool (12714)
• India
19 Jan 10
this is really funny-----ladies-gone were the days when people used to come closer coz of same interests,values and bla bla bla-----i'm shocked to know that blue undies bringing two ladies together
@doryvien (2284)
• United States
19 Jan 10
Hi Sunny,
The reason why I used blue undies is because it's the only thing that can not be seen publicly, but I have to wear 'something blue' to satisfy a 'tradition'. You see my wedding motif was peach, and blue doesn't fit anywhere except, well, there, hidden somewhere, hehehe. So there, that's the justification 
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@shivamkapila (764)
• India
19 Jan 10
yeah it is kind or pratha in every weeding that some things you wear from borrow or something new and something old as well
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
19 Jan 10
Hi Shivamkapila,
So this is also being practice in your country. Do you know the reason behind it or what pratha says about this "somethings". i am excited to know some more inputs about this. thanks!
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
20 Jan 10
ah okay thanks for sharing. those practices are part of an occasion that the couple needs to follow to keep with the tradition? can they say no? or just follow same as what we did?
@missybear (11391)
• United States
20 Jan 10
It's been so long ago I really don't remember all but I know something borrowed was my Wedding Dress and something blue was my Garder Belt he rest I don't know.
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
20 Jan 10
Hi Missbear,
It's okay if you can't remember the rest, at least there are other people here aside from me and doryvien who had the same experience following this tradition. I think you're not aware too about the meaning of all these "something" right? but you respect the tradition and follow it. thanks!
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
20 Jan 10
We have the same tradition in my country, and when I got married I also wore something new, something old, something borrowed and something blue. The new thing was my dress and my shoes, the old thing was a necklace that used to belong to my grandmother. The borrowed thing was one of the my mothers rings, and the blue thing was a garter that my mother-in-law had made for me.
In my country wedding dresses are usually white, but there are some people who choose a wedding dress in another colour for instanse red. As far as I know most of the women who choose a different colour have already been married once and don't like to wear a white dress. I hadn't been married before and my dress was white.
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
20 Jan 10
Hi Porcospino,
So you followed the same tradition too and happy to know that you still remember everything. THe something borrowed is usually an accessories or a jewlery from our parents and grandparents. kinda sweet and lovely.
I affirm your observation about the wedding gown color. brides here in our country also wear other colors than white and have theior reasons for doing so. they even make black as a motif. i wore white wedding gown too.
@sunnycool (12714)
• India
19 Jan 10
hi Winky---i have nothing to add in here but i have learned about your tradition and something blue i'm enjoying it.In our country we dont borrow something but there is an practice of giving some incentives to the groom--this might vary from vehicles to the house hold items and some offer dowry at our places.great day.
.In our country we dont borrow something but there is an practice of giving some incentives to the groom--this might vary from vehicles to the house hold items and some offer dowry at our places.great day.@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
20 Jan 10
Hi Sunny,
Yes those things that you’ve mentioned are also happening in our country. Those dowry especially in the muslim communities. House and lot and vehicles are great incentives or gifts but that happens among rice families. Household wares and things are gifts from guests for the newly wed. So in your country, borrowing anything for the wedding is not being practiced. If all the grooms will be receiving the kind of luxurious incentives during the wedding—vehicles, etc. they are very lucky.
@mrfdg1972 (3237)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
i know my wife know the meanings of those, shes asleep,so maybe later. i hear them talking about this new blue borrow things every wedding that we attended
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
20 Jan 10
Hi Mrfdg,
Nice to know that your wife has some information about this. i will appreciate hearing her side of this tradition. i will wait for your follow up responses on this friend. thanks in advance.
@satya4186 (279)
• India
20 Jan 10
ya of-course you are right something old,new,borrowed,i don't know but according to my view it's an a system of married.
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
20 Jan 10
Thanks Satya.
so since this is part of the wedding in some other areas as being practice by their culture all the brides are required to follow. how about you? are you still single or already married? did you have the same experience or if ever will you give in to this practice to please our elders? or you're just happy to follow it? thanks!