Wedding Tonight
Last week I got another invitation for a wedding party and so I’ve made up my mind to go tonight. I’m really looking forward to going because it’s a Bedouin wedding and in a way I enjoy their weddings so much, especially the music. But they have this strange tradition which at first I didn’t get until my sister explained for me and it is something I noticed, it’s whenever a young girl would get up to dance, her mom would get up too, not to dance with her, just to stand there next to her daughter and she would clap for her to the end. And this sends a straight message that this girl is 100% single to all mothers in the party who have single sons.
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June 24th, 2006 at 5:48 pm
yeah, the mothers just want to get rid of the daughters. if it was their son, they’d never ever want to even consider the thought of marrying him off and “losing” him to another woman.
dude, arabs are so complicated
June 24th, 2006 at 6:46 pm
Yes, thats one of my favourite traditions, i love it when they do that.
June 24th, 2006 at 7:55 pm
If you see any clappers .. you know who to call.
June 25th, 2006 at 12:36 am
Hey! I tried calling u today…and someone with the same name as u answered but it wasn’t u LOL! I wanted to remind you of Taiba’s birthday this Monday at 5pm in McDonald’s at the Kuwait Fair! I hope u and Hassan can make it!
June 25th, 2006 at 9:08 am
Yeah, I have noticed that too.. Being a mother’s great!
June 25th, 2006 at 11:22 am
That is pretty funny to watch.. I have seen some clappers before, but i get stopped to watch because I am considered an eligible bachelor! lol! They think i am prime meat! hahahaha!
June 26th, 2006 at 11:02 am
philosopher, I don’t see anything wrong with it. If the girl doesn’t want to get married she wouldn’t get up to dance and show everyone around her that she’s single.
Delicate, it’s such a sweet tradition!
K & Marzouq, if you see any clappers I won’t say run for your lives, but JUMP.
OC, sorry, my mistake because I’ve changed my mobile number a long time ago because of a random idiot who was messing about and I didn’t inform you about it. Anyways I’ll send you an e-mail with my new number. But inshallah we’ll be there.
Chika, being a mom is wonderful but tough. That’s as long as the kids don’t cry and whine all day long, as long as they go to sleep on time, as long as you’re not tired or stressed out, and so on lol. I guess, then it would be ok.
June 26th, 2006 at 12:25 pm
HEHEHEE!! From what I heard and still hear, you ain’t gettin’ enough sleep aw hedou2! Babe, enjoy his years now, cuz once he grows up… you will wish that he had stayed an infant forever! as you mentioned, Boys are Boys and will forever be Boys!
June 27th, 2006 at 3:30 pm
LOOL!