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Lynnie
WeddingWire Admin October 2016 North Carolina

Doing or Ditching: The "carry over the threshold" tradition?

Lynnie, on April 1, 2019 at 09:05 Posted in Plan a wedding 0 44
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Are you going to follow the “carry over the threshold” tradition? This old wedding night tradition was another way to ward off evil spirits, apparently brides were extra vulnerable through the soles of their feet!

Are doing this tradition or ditching it?


Doing or Ditching: The "carry over the threshold" tradition? 1

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Latest activity by Allen, on April 6, 2019 at 22:29
  • Allen
    Devoted April 2019 Ontario
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    No, lol that's just a disaster waiting to happen
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  • Terresa
    Curious October 2019 British Columbia
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    Absolutely ditching. We're in our 50's. That would just be bad....

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  • BunnyBride
    Super August 2334 Nova Scotia
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    I really left it up to my FH where he'd be doing the lifting and neither of us are superstitious. I'm pretty sure his decision is Ditching as we'll be tired at the end of the night.

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  • Summer
    Devoted May 2019 Ontario
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    Ditching!! We don’t believe in that so definitely not
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  • Candace
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    Ditching, if an evil spirit was gonna get me it will find a way in besides the soles of my feet 😂
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  • Kaisha
    Super March 2019 Nova Scotia
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    Ditching for sure! I don't understand why this is a thing.

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  • Stephanie
    VIP May 2019 Ontario
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    Right!!! Who knows maybe we'll have to carry the husbands over the threshold hahha!!! ..... or drag over what ever works!
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  • Geneviève
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    Ditching, we've been together long enough to avoid that

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  • Allison
    Frequent user June 2019 Ontario
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    I'm confused too, had no idea this was a thing... and what it is? Anyone want to help me out?!

    I don't think I'll be drunk, as alcohol and me do not agree right now but I can not guarantee my FH will be in any sort of shape to be *safely* carrying me!

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  • Donna
    Devoted July 2019 Ontario
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    Why would I ditch that idea that's one of the most important things in a Wedding. Mostly going to have fun because piggyback don't think the Groom can open the door without dropping me he'd have a bit too much to drink or laughing so hard. We both end up on the front lawn. Just saying
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  • Vinod
    Top August 2017 Ontario
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    Ditched the idea. It wasn't worth it.

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  • Amanda
    Super June 2019 Ontario
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    I didn't know this was a thing.. so ditching it.

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  • Robyn
    Super June 2019 Ontario
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    Doing it, because he wants to. I think we're staying at a hotel, so it will be over the threshold of the actual room, not the front doors of the hotel

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  • Maegan
    Frequent user August 2021 Ontario
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    Undecided.. My fh will probably try it if he remembers.
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  • Alexandra
    VIP November 2019 British Columbia
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    Ditching! No thank you!
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  • Leah
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    Ditching it! I’m tall and plus size. Door frames are small and I don’t like to be carried.
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  • Stephanie
    VIP May 2019 Ontario
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    I'm so confused by this... like does he carry you into the house? Hotel room?

    Is it just where ever you're sleeping that night? I am half expecting us to both be stumbling into bed that night so I dunno if I want to deal with any carrying through doorways hahaha! Sounds dangerous!

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  • Erin
    Super May 2022 Ontario
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    Ditching, for me.

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  • Janaya
    Expert August 2019 Saskatchewan
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    FOR SURE! Its so cute! great photo opportunity

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  • Melissa
    Devoted May 2019 Alberta
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    Smiley xd I'm loving learning the reasoning behind all these traditions!

    If we remember to, we will be doing this. But let's be real... we won't remember

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  • Casey
    Master October 2019 Ontario
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    I hope we are doing this! lol. Will have to bring it up to FH!

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  • Jenn
    Frequent user April 2019 Saskatchewan
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    Definitely doing! I love this one!
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  • Michelle
    Expert April 2019 Alberta
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    Ditching probably haha. We will see how comfortable I am with it in the moment. I do not let people pick me up

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  • Caitlyn
    Super January 2020 Ontario
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    So when we signed up for the gym in the fall we told them that we had a goal for me to lose enough weight and him to gain enough strength to carry me over the threshold. Whether we will achieve that is yet to be seen. We'll probably ditch it.

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  • Meghan
    Devoted April 2019 Ontario
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    We will probably forget to do it...but if it crosses our minds we may!

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  • Stephanie
    Master July 2018 Alberta
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    We did this one!
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  • Kassandra
    Frequent user May 2020 Alberta
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    Probably doing lol
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  • Bianca
    Master August 2019 Ontario
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    Probably. I could see him dropping me and ruining my dress lol.

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  • Holly
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    Ditching for sure. My FH has had knee surgery and they are just not strong enough to so something like that.
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  • Allison
    Master October 2019 Ontario
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    Might be doing this, I've always liked this tradition but it'd be something we decide to do as we do it lol

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  • K
    Expert September 2018 British Columbia
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    Ditched! It would feel super awkward, plus I'm self-conscious about my weight as it is.

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  • Seleena
    Super September 2019 British Columbia
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    Definitely ditching this one. This is the first time I’ve heard of it lol
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