Never try on a wedding dress before the wedding, or the marriage will be canceled

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Liza: [gasping] Mia! Please tell me you’re joking. You tried on your wedding dress already?!

Mia: Relax, Liza. Just a fitting. The tailor needs to know if I can breathe in it or not.

Liza: That’s exactly how it starts. Next thing you know, the wedding gets canceled. You know the rule—never wear the wedding dress before the wedding.

Mia: The rule according to who? My seamstress? Because she insists on it.

Liza: According to my lola, my tita, and basically every woman in my family. My cousin tried hers on early. Boom—engagement ended three months later.

Mia: Or… boom—her fiancé realized they weren’t compatible? Correlation isn’t causation, Liza.

Liza: There you go again with your science words. Explain that to heartbreak.

Mia: Okay, then explain this: thousands of brides try on wedding dresses multiple times—for fittings, photos, adjustments—and still get married just fine.

Liza: But you don’t hear about the unlucky ones. People don’t like to talk about failed weddings.

Mia: Or maybe we only remember the stories that fit the superstition. That’s confirmation bias. If something bad happens, we blame the dress. If nothing happens, we forget it ever mattered.

Liza: You make it sound like our traditions are just… imagination.

Mia: Not imagination. More like symbolic warnings. Back then, maybe trying on the dress early meant bragging, or tempting fate, or creating pressure. But today? It’s just fabric and stitches.

Liza: Still… what if the universe is watching? Like, “Oh, you wore it early? Cancelled.”

Mia: If the universe is that petty, I think we have bigger problems than my wedding.

Liza: [laughs] You’re impossible. But I worry because I care. I don’t want anything bad to happen to you.

Mia: I know. And I appreciate that. That’s the real power here—not the dress. Your concern, your support.

Liza: So you’re saying my worrying is useless?

Mia: Not useless. Just better used reminding me to eat, sleep, and not trip walking down the aisle.

Liza: Hmm. Maybe I’ll compromise. I won’t panic… but I’ll still whisper a little prayer, just in case.

Mia: Deal. Science and superstition can coexist—as long as neither cancels the wedding.

Liza: Fine. But if anything goes wrong, I’m blaming the dress.

Mia: And if everything goes right, I’m blaming good tailoring.

Liza: [smiling] Fair enough.

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