Wedding Superstition/Tradition: The Night Before The Wedding

View Quoted Comment That does sound like the perfect way to start your wedding day! I love the idea of going out to breakfast that morning!

View Quoted Comment That totally makes sense! Definitely important to get a good night's rest before the wedding day. Here's an interesting article that talks about the history of the tradition: https://www.brides.com/story/should-you-spend-the-night-before-the-wedding-apart

View Quoted Comment Love the idea of doing breakfast and mimosas with the wedding party in the morning! That sounds like such a fun way to start the day. And awesome that your wedding is coming up quick! What do you have left on your wedding to-do list?

We are staying separately. It has nothing to do with superstition but rather I like the element of surprise. Also I like the idea of having some downtime away from him to reflect on our journey. Personally I’m looking forward to the downtime to just be in my own head, hang out with my mom and embrace the moment.

Separate. Our wedding is local so we will each stay with friends or family, so no additional cost. We are doing it for tradition (although we don't believe in the superstition part) and for the anticipation. We are not doing a first look, so the first time he sees me that day will be when I walk down the aisle. I also didn't think about this until I read the above responses, but my FH snores often, so it will be nice to get a full night's rest without worrying about the snoring .

We live together, so being apart the night before the wedding would be uncomfortable for us. We're also not superstitious.

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We did the same. I stayed at the hotel/ reception venue to get ready in the morning with others, and my husband at the apartment close to the Church. Logistically it made sense, but I was sleepless for being alone. Btw, my groom did a cursory clean up for the photographer and guests which meant toss everything in the other room.

We were planning on it. We have a beach house the entire week. Didn't really think of doing anything differently. But I guess we should think about it

Well we’ll Be together. Probably have breakfast together and then wet will split ways until the ceremony starts.

Staying together! We have a late afternoon wedding that follows back to back with reception all at one location. Since we aren't having our ceremony until 5:30 we will still have the entire morning and afternoon apart before the big I DO 🥰

View Quoted Comment That sounds like it will all work out well! Even better that you don't have to pay for an additional hotel room.

View Quoted Comment That makes sense! This is similar to what my fiance and I were thinking too, we didn't want to have to pay for two rooms, and staying apart for the night before the wedding is a tradition that neither of us had any strong feelings about.

View Quoted Comment Very cool that you've been together for so long! Sounds like the property you rented will be convenient and beautiful.

Away from each other

View Quoted Comment I agree with you I need time for me and getting ready with my maids of honor

View Quoted Comment Our wedding date is actually the date we decided to exclusively date each other 6 years ago, so in a way our wedding is also our anniversary, lol. We went to the lake to watch a fireworks show that weekend and decided to have our wedding near the lake.
We had to choose between a historic bed and breakfast and the vacation rental for our wedding. The b&b is more affordable but the vacation rental has a beautiful waterfall and natural stone bridge on the property. We decided to rent it for the night before and enjoy the peaceful scenery alone together and come back the next day and have our first look shoot in front of the bridge and falls.

We will be staying apart. I’m not ashamed to admit I am both traditional and a little superstitious 😃 I also am really looking forward to building that anticipation, as we are not doing a first look, so the first he sees me will be at the end of that aisle!

We stayed apart! We live together so it made things feel a bit more exciting, but also made a lot more sense with our various groupings and getting hair, makeup, etc done. Plus we both agreed we wanted the first time we saw each other on the morning to be at the end of the aisle.

One thing that I really liked was using the same cars to take both of us to the venue. Basically, we were all joking that if the cars turned up for me, we knew for sure my husband was already waiting for me at the ceremony, because he was getting dropped off first, lol - but it was actually really nice when the driver told me how happy my husband seemed on the drive, and that he mentioned how much he was looking forward to marrying me. (I'm sure he just says that to all the brides, lol).

We will be separate for possibly a couple weeks before the wedding

We've been separate the entire time, why break it now?