Bouquet tossing at weddings is a long-standing tradition that honors couples’ single friends and wishes them luck in finding love. Even if the person who caught the florals doesn’t meet the partner of their dreams and fails to walk down the aisle next, it’s a great way to have some light relief with beloved women during the celebration.
However, redditor iWorkWithPlanes decided to interfere with such fun by slapping the flowers to the ground before his girlfriend could catch them. Unfortunately, his attempt at a joke didn’t sit well with the crowd and even got him kicked out of the wedding.
Bouquet tossing is a perfect way to celebrate single friends and wish them luck in finding love
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However, this guy completely ruined it by slapping the flowers out of his girlfriend’s hands
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The origins date back to ancient Rome, where brides would carry or wear flowers as a symbol of new beginnings, fertility, and loyalty
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It’s truly fascinating how the bouquet-tossing tradition started. The origins date back to ancient Rome, where brides would carry or wear flowers as a symbol of new beginnings, fertility, and loyalty. The florals were often a combination of herbs, like dill and rosemary, which were believed to fend off evil spirits and ensure a harmonious marriage.
By the Middle Ages, the custom had evolved and the bouquets became more elaborate, with fragrant herbs, flowers, and spices. They would also be scented with rosewater to mask the unpleasant smells that were common in crowded churches.
The more modern version of the bouquet tossing tradition emerged in the 14th century, when it was considered good luck to touch the bride on her wedding day. Single women would crowd around her, hoping that the good fortune would rub off on them and they would soon marry. Some of them would go too far, trying to take pieces of her dress as keepsakes.
To fend them off, the bride would toss the flowers and run. “The bouquet toss tradition was created, in part, to bestow luck on guests without going to such extreme measures,” says wedding planning and design expert Eddie Zaratsian.
While such behavior might seem over-the-top today, back in the day, marriage was the only way out of poverty for women and was more of an economic transaction than a romantic one. Nowadays, the tradition has become a fun way to include single friends in the celebration and incorporate healthy competition into the wedding.
Some couples may skip bouquet tossing altogether to avoid awkward or dangerous situations at their celebration
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Even though it can be a wholesome tradition, some couples may skip it altogether to avoid awkward or dangerous situations at their celebration. Not every single person wants to be put in the spotlight, promoting the assumption that everyone should strive for marriage. Not all guests might feel that way, but it’s important to keep their comfort levels in mind just to be safe.
It also prevents people from getting accidentally elbowed in the eye or crashing on tables trying to catch the bouquet (as silly as it may sound). Even if it happens unintentionally, it’s not going to add fun to the wedding.
In addition, many brides like to keep their bouquets as keepsakes and turn them into something special by drying them, pressing them, or encasing them in resin instead of giving them away.
For those who decide to skip the bouquet toss, there’s really no need to replace it with something else. But if they feel like something is missing, the couple can try setting up a floral station where guests can assemble their own bouquets or celebrate all women by doing a lady’s dance.
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