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PreOpTransCentaur t1_iuineuv wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:50 PM

Reply to comment by Bierbart12 in TIL that for weddings, it is customary for the groom not to see his bride in her dress until the day of, since seeing it before is considered "bad luck". This goes back to the days of arranged marriages, where both parties didn't even meet each other until the day of the wedding. by HagridsLeftShoe

It's literally just sitcom fodder though. Like, every movie or TV show that features a wedding will inevitably have this trope.

Temnothorax t1_iujsvyb wrote on October 31, 2022 at 9:30 PM

But that doesn’t connect it to the arranged marriage part. I think that’s the interesting part that people are talking about