I heard something on the news this morning that would have made me laugh if it wasn’t so very sad. Apparently, many people have carefully and with great forethought planned to marry tomorrow. And only tomorrow will do for their nuptials.
Not because of a weather forecast.
Not because it’s the only day this summer that every last one of their friends and family can join together in celebration.
No, the reason they simply must get married tomorrow is because of…the date.
7/7/07
Lucky triple 7′s. Casinos are planning big events — that doesn’t surprise me. Mothers-to-be have scheduled C-sections, in hopes that the magical three sevens will ensure a safe delivery and healthy baby. And couples are hoping to beat the divorce odds by getting married on a day saturated in luck.
Ugh.
I would typically just laugh at the absurdity of thinking that getting married on a certain day could ever ensure marital bliss. Oh I suppose if you pick a date so significant that your husband could not possibly ever forget it, that might contribute to pleasant anniversaries. But hoping that a day consisting of “lucky numbers” will contribute to your marriage’s success? Silly, to say the least.
But the reason I can’t laugh is because I suspect it is those same couples — the ones relying on a little luck — who will start looking around for an escape hatch after a few months (weeks? days?) of not feeing totally and utterly fulfilled in their marriage. When the rough times hit — or the luck runs out, so to speak — how long until they bail?
Wouldn’t they be better served if they took all the energy they invested in picking the perfect day, planning a perfect wedding, and sunk that into something with a bit more weight? They could read a book or two about marriage. They could go to premarital counseling. They could talk to couples who have been married for 20 or 30 years and learn their “secrets.”
Maybe some of those luck-seeking couples are doing those things as well. If so, I applaud them. I just fear that too many are putting their faith in something hollow and when they eventually find out that marriage is more about commitment than luck, they’ll quickly look for happiness elsewhere.
That is so true Katrina. Great marriages have nothing to do with luck and everything to do with hard work and unselfishness. Sad that as a society we are totally losing perspective on this.
My friends friend was supposed to get married tomorrow for that very reason. I don’t think it worked out very lucky for them, though, as they had to cancel the wedding because they couldn’t afford it and schedule it for next year.
You said it bang on. So many couples plan for the wedding and completely forget to plan for the marriage.
It’s so funny because I never knew that triple 7′s were lucky until everybody starting talking about it this week!
People are just GOOFY.
GOOFY.
And it’s tragic when they’re goofy about marriage.
Great post. But I must comment that I personally would have loved to get married on 7-7-7 or had a baby on 7-7-7. Not because of the luck factor . . . but because 7 is my absolutely favorite number in the whole wide world. I’m not superstitious at all. I trust in my God. I just like sevens.
People are funny. I remember when my husband and I had to get a 2 bedroom apartment. I got pregnant 5 weeks after the birth of our first child. We loved the apartment complex that we had been living in–great neighbors, safe neighborhood…several amneties. So we took the 2 bedroom around the corner. The address was 666 Hickey Blvd. It didn’t bother us but the comments and letters we recieved from family and friends. Aren’t you scared? Oh how embarrassing! I would NEVER live at that address. It must be haunted. Frankly, we were happy for a 2 bedroom.
Katrina how long have you been married?
I think if anyone in my family had ever suggested that marrying on 7-7-07 would bring me luck?! It’s not for me. My husband has said that is why he wanted to get married in 1990. Easy year. EASY?! Staying happpily married for 17 years and still liking this guy had nothing to do with him remembering what year we were married.
Granted he can never remember the kids b-days or year they were born for that matter but those are details.
Have a great day everyone
I, too, found the 7/7/7 hype comical and a bit sad.
When we heard on the radio that all of the chapels in Vegas were completely booked for Saturday, my hubby said, “and I bet someone asked for 7:07 am.”
Well, it’s about as sad as last years doom and gloom prediction of 6/6/06. But, I have to admit when I found out I was due with DD #2 on 2/1/02, I really tried to get a 2/2/02 birthday (just for fun). I missed it by 47 min. I’m still bummed. Oh well… What will happen on 8/8/08?
Blessings,
Georgia Mom
Actually my cousin is getting married tomorrow! LOL. But it isn’t about luck as much as just a COOL date to be married. And honestly, if they weren’t getting married I SO would have asked my OB if I could have my c-section tomorrow (instead of Wed, which is cool too 07-11-07) but I decided I’d just settle for 7-11….
…and mine wouldn’t have been for luck either, but a cool date! LOL
Oh, and really any date like that would be cool, like 08-08-08 or so on. I wouldn’t even care that it’s all 7′s, except that it’s just all the same number! LOL
I was thinking the same as Georgia Mom–maybe they just want to be cool!
Amanda was born 9/7/98, but if it had been the next day, she would have shared the day with my dad, and been 9/8/98, which is kind of cool.
Hey, it takes all kinds.
Better them than me. I’d have hated to have waited this long to make the Tour Manager officially mine.
I was just telling my husband about this. Marry doesn’t take luck, it takes a lot of work.
So this is probably the wrong place to say that today (July 7th) is my 7th wedding anniversary!
I think this is more about the cool factor than the luck factor, but I’m sure there are plenty of people who do think its lucky, though.
What got me was all the people scheduling c-sections to avoid 6/6/06. I would NOT want to have my child then, and there was a chance, I was in premature labor around then, but I will not be held captive to a date or number! I also was due around Halloween, and I did not want that to happen! Not because it would be a bad omen or anything, but because we don’t celebrate it and I didn’t want people to always say “Oh you were born on Halloweeen!” and other such things. Thankfully he was born Oct. 27th, my c-section was scheduled for November 1.
I totally agree about the cool factor. And I think that’s just fine — and yes, cool.
My anniversary is 1/1 and my older son’s birthday is 10/10 and I think both of those are pretty neat too! I guess the news segment I saw on TV just struck me — it seemed that all the people they interviewed were so fixated on the luck aspect, and that just made me sad.
Oh, and angeleyes — I’ve been married 13.5 years.
Thanks for all the input, everyone!
The idea of marrying on a particular date for good luck seems awfully silly to me, but I can see why someone would like to marry on a date that’s so easy to remember! For me, 7/7 is the anniversary of my father’s death. It’s unforgettable in a really bad, bad way (which reminds me that I need to call my mother – thanks for that).
Oh Bookfool, I’m so sorry. I know how you feel — the anniversary of my dad’s death is always unforgettable that way too…
I was thinking just what kimmy said. Seven is my absolute favorite number and if I were getting married this year I definitely would have picked 7/07/07.
Anyway you are so right. A marriage takes so many things, among them are commitment, patience, forgiveness, love and selflessness. Luck has nothing to do with it.
I think you are so right on, Katrina. Let’s hope for most of those couples, it’s just for fun and not really for luck. Goodness knows, we all need more than luck!
Amen, Katrina! How about a little marriage planning instead of hoping the luck will win out? *sigh* Great book choices, by the way. Hubby and I read the first one before we married.
I went to a 7/7/07 wedding on Saturday. The bride chose it because 7 has always been her lucky number.
When I was planning my wedding for 2002, Feb 2 actually crossed my mind and I am pushing my sister toward 8/8/08.
Not everyone did it for luck. My friends are already lucky to have found each other.
I read an article somewhere that many men were hoping to grab this date so they could always remember their anniversary. That’s not a bad idea. Keep them out of trouble.