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Wedding Garters are a Timeless TraditionWedding garters are a tradition that many people say is one of the oldest still being practiced today. There are several stories that tell us how wedding garters became popular and why they have remained popular even today. Legend has it that hundreds of years ago people believed that it was good luck to own a piece of a brides wedding dress. The problem was that the brides dress was ruined when her dress was ripped to pieces by the guests. This is why brides began wearing wedding garters to bring good luck to one particular guest as it was thrown out to the crowd.Today the groom traditionally will remove the garter from the bride’s leg and toss it to all the eligible bachelors for good luck. The bride, in turn, throws her bouquet to eligible women and that woman will be the next to marry. This varies from the tradition of centuries ago. It used to be the bride who would throw the garter to the eligible men. Because the drunken guests would often try to forcefully take the brides garter the groom would step in and take the garter from his new wife to protect her. That is how the tradition changed to the groom instead of the bride tossing the garter to the crowd. Wedding Garters: Do You Want to Skip it? As one of the longest standing wedding traditions, wedding garters are still very popular. Even so, many brides are choosing to skip this tradition altogether. Often times a bride does not like the idea of exposing their leg to all of the wedding guests and will choose to take a different spin on the tradition of wedding garters. If a bride is comfortable with the longstanding tradition and wants to include it then it is her decision. For the uneasy bride, there are alternatives to the wedding garter tradition. For her the garter is the blue that she needs to incorporate the old tradition of "something blue" into her celebration. She may choose to discretely wear the blue garter without publicly displaying it. Guests will never notice nor will they care that this traditions was omitted. Another variation to the wedding garter custom is for the bride to wear two garters, one to toss out and one to keep as a memento. If she is wearing a garter that has been passed down for generations she certainly won't want to give it away. She may choose to wear one very high on her leg and the other lower. She can carry out the tradition of tossing out her garter without losing her keepsake garter. It won't even be noticed that she has on two wedding garters. Wedding garters will go on for many more centuries to come. They are one of the longest standing wedding traditions. It is a matter of personal choice as to whether or not the bride and groom choose to carry on with this tradition. Even if she doesn't toss out the garter it is a nice addition to her collection of mementos from that wonderful day!
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