What traditions have you not kept that your parents had?

I haven’t crucially broken any tradition so far, but I might break one in the future, especially one dear to my mother’s heart.

Since it is important to my mom, guess what tradition it could be……..? A wedding, of course. It’s an old-time classic story!

In Greece, it’s tradition to invite all relatives, all friends, all villagers, etc., to your wedding. So, you can imagine how long the guest list can be. The party guests are around 500 people, and you have to greet them during the dinner at the party. (It’s not much fun for my taste.) Also, most people here in Greece are used to holding religious / church weddings. Another tradition is making the bed 2-3 days before the wedding. The bride’s friends and family members make the bride’s bed and, after that, throw money, coins, rice, and rose petals on the bed for good luck and happy life; this ends with a child (usually a boy) being rolled across the bed to guarantee fertility.

In my case, if one day I am lucky and find the right person and decide that I want to get married, and it’s time to get married, unfortunately for my mother, I don’t want to follow one of these traditions.

For me, the perfect wedding is to hold it as close as possible in a private circle. The best is a quick civil wedding, followed by a cozy celebration in a fancy restaurant surrounded by the people you genuinely appreciate and love.

The essence of a wedding or marriage is not how big you hold and celebrate, but that you have consciously and deeply decided officially to bind and spend your life with someone and want to share this with the most important people in your life.