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Rhonda 08-09-2010 09:30 PM

My DH gave me my engagement ring on a Friday the 13th in Dec 1974! So since I am a Christian and don't believe in superstition. We did all the things you are not supposed to do on our wedding day! We have been married for 35 years last Jan!

Friday the 13th is an anniversary of the day we got engaged officially. So we always celebrate it even if we only talk about the date and remembering.

We used to try to celebrate our wedding anniversary and something would go wrong. One of us would be sick or one time the motor in our Blazer fell out! in a town 30 miles from home!

So we made more of Fri the 13th because it was fun and because there are more Fri the 13th in a year than our wedding anniversary! there are usually 2 to 3 a year. One year it actually fell in Dec which was when the first one was. My DH is more apt to remember and tell me about the Fri the 13ths coming up than he is our actual wedding anniversary! LOL

Got any good positive stories about Friday the 13th?

Please keep them positive! I would prefer to avoid the superstitions but as long as it is upbeat that's ok!

Would love to hear your stories!

litacats 08-09-2010 09:34 PM

i don't believe in superstition either, don't have any friday 13 events to tell. but congrates on yours

sharon b 08-09-2010 09:36 PM

My parents got married on Friday the 13th , May 13th 1960 to be exact :thumbup: 8 Children and 50 years later still at it :wink: Doesn't get more upbeat and positive then that, does it :lol:

Rhonda 08-09-2010 09:48 PM


Originally Posted by sharon b
My parents got married on Friday the 13th , May 13th 1960 to be exact :thumbup: 8 Children and 50 years later still at it :wink: Doesn't get more upbeat and positive then that, does it :lol:

I love it! I am just not about any superstitions. I prefer to stay with the positive and avoid the negative thinking as much as I can!

pennijanine 08-09-2010 09:49 PM

My oldest daughter was born on Friday the 13th. A favorite day for me!

Rhonda 08-09-2010 09:51 PM


Originally Posted by pennijanine
My oldest daughter was born on Friday the 13th. A favorite day for me!

What does she think of that? It makes a great date to remember! I feel sorry for those who are born on Feb 29!! They have to wait 4 years for a birthday! LOL

pennijanine 08-09-2010 09:53 PM

She is 36 now and she also loves all Friday the 13's. It was a special day for both of us!!

crawford1219 08-09-2010 10:48 PM

Friday the 13th is our lucky day too-it was the day we went on our first date :)

ktbb 08-10-2010 03:39 AM

My favorite Friday the 13th is this week - I'm having double knee replacement and after that date my kneew will be less painful...

CarrieAnne 08-10-2010 05:11 AM

My 13th Birthday was on Friday the 13th!

KR 08-10-2010 05:16 AM

We positively are NOT having a hurricane this Friday the 13th, as opposed to Fri, Aug 13, 2006 when Hurricane Charley tore through much of southwest Florida.

Scissor Queen 08-10-2010 08:49 AM


Originally Posted by Rhonda

Originally Posted by pennijanine
My oldest daughter was born on Friday the 13th. A favorite day for me!

What does she think of that? It makes a great date to remember! I feel sorry for those who are born on Feb 29!! They have to wait 4 years for a birthday! LOL

We got married on the 29th of February. On years there's no 29th we call it our unaversary.

This friday the 13th I get to take my middle granddaughter back to Kansas. She's the best road trip partner ever!! I'd rather road trip with her than my hubby!

Navy Wife 08-10-2010 09:01 AM

My youngest son was born on the 13th...not a Friday. This Friday the 13th he will be 46. And I am glad I'm not in south Texas where he was born!

great aunt jacqui 08-10-2010 09:09 AM

my neice was born on friday the 13th in april...her name is april. my mother was born friday the 13th in october. and this year she will be gone 13 years.

lynnie 08-10-2010 10:41 AM

well, i hope it's good for me this year, i have aroot canal on friday, and i'm scared of the dentist

quiltinghere 08-10-2010 10:57 AM

LQS is having a *13% OFF SALE* = woohoo

stpatmom 08-10-2010 11:02 AM

My oldest daughter will be 13 on Friday the 13th. My first teenager! I'm looking forward to it! She said she didn't even want anything because she already has everything she wants!

aorlflood 08-10-2010 11:10 AM

My mother was released from her pain and suffering on a Friday the 13th...March 13, 1987, she went to heaven after suffering for over a year with cancer and strokes.

Pzazz 08-10-2010 12:23 PM

My dad was so not superstitious, he would joke that Friday the 13th fell on a Tuesday this month...or a Wednesday, etc. Always made us chuckle.

Patti

Gramof6 08-10-2010 05:11 PM

I have loved Fri. 13th for over 34 yrs. That was the date that DH told me he loved me. Two yrs before we were married. Since that time I have always loved Fri. the 13th. It's a lucky day for me.

C.Cal Quilt Girl 08-10-2010 09:42 PM

Have never worried too much of Fri 13, figured out wouldn't find out what went right or wrong till at least the 14th !!:)

Congrats on your anniversary !! :-D

dyer804 08-10-2010 09:59 PM

My birthday is this Friday! I'll be 60!

LiveToQuilt 08-11-2010 04:13 AM

My younger brother was born on a Friday the 13th, and he had always claimed that it was a 'lucky' day for him.

The unusual thing is, when he died, we held off on the funeral for one extra day, and he was buried on a Friday the 13th. No sadness, though, because, there is no doubt where he is now. So, even that day was a good one for him.

fosseldaughter 08-11-2010 05:43 AM

My wonderful current husband asked me out the first time on a Friday the 13th. Because he is such a joy I chose a Friday the 13th for our wedding, that was eight years ago. I had been resingled for 23yrs.

puck116 08-11-2010 07:37 AM

My niece is getting married this Friday, August 13th. I know we will all have a great time. Although, her mother fell and broke 3 ribs this past weekend and spent 2 nights in the hospital.

btjohnson56 08-11-2010 08:55 AM

Hello, My first daughter was born on December, Friday 13th, 1974. My second daughter was born on March, Sunday 13th, 1988. However she would always say that she was born on Friday the 13th. My mother-in-law was superstious, why, because she was that way. My oldest daughter has 2 boys 4 and 2. What a handful they are. She thinks her oldest one is such a handful, however the littlest one is a pistol, he is small and very fast. He can do the jungle gym in their backyard without any fear. The older one gets nervous that he will fall and get hurt. (Break an arm or something.) Well ,they are just like thier mother and aunt. Small but very strong. I am one of 13 children. My mother married a widow (dad) with 2 boys. Then had 10 pregnancies, one set of twins. 3 whom died within weeks after birth. One who died at 3 years. She is my angle, along with my mother and the rest of my siblings. they look after me and my family at all times. Thankkks for reading.

hikingquilter 08-11-2010 01:43 PM

My second daughter (born after 4 boys in between) was born on Friday the 13th. Her name is Amity and she nicknamed herself "Amityville"!

frogella 08-11-2010 02:00 PM

My husband and I got married on Friday August 13, 2004. I wore black, and it has been an awesome ride! Friday the 13th is my lucky day =)

Melinda in Tulsa 08-11-2010 02:24 PM

My DH and I were married on a Friday the 13th. That date was chosen by him deliberately, as he is a Halloween baby, born Oct 31st. We were also married in Oct.

I consider it to be my lucky day, as is the number 13. My first name starts with the 13th letter of the alphabet. We celebrate every Friday the 13th as our anniversary. :thumbup:

Sassy913 08-11-2010 02:58 PM

I was born on Friday the 13th in 1946 with 13 letters in my name, 13 years after my parents were married, my great grandparents 13th great grand child, and have enjoyed a long line if Friday the 13th adventures ever since. I just tell folks it was only bad luck for my dear mother. I was a hellion to raise!

grammyj 08-11-2010 03:00 PM


Originally Posted by KR
We positively are NOT having a hurricane this Friday the 13th, as opposed to Fri, Aug 13, 2006 when Hurricane Charley tore through much of southwest Florida.

I remember that Friday the 13th. We were headed to FL for our son's wedding on 14th. as we were heading into FL almost every one was coming out, got worried and turned around to Georgia to get a room for the night. Well there were no rooms, all the ones coming out of FL had got them. So we went on into St Pete,To the sons house. Everything was boarded up no place to get any thing to eat.Just cooked what they had and all of us slept on couches and any were we found. Wedding still happened next day.For their honey moon they came to West Virginia and found a house to buy.

P-BurgKay 08-11-2010 07:42 PM

I was born on a Friday 13, has always been a good day

Colbaltjars62 08-11-2010 08:25 PM

My wonderful son was born on Friday the 13th and 8 years before that my favorite nephew was born on the exact SAME DAY!!!!! So Friday the 13 is a "good luck" day for me. :thumbup:

adrianlee 08-11-2010 08:53 PM

Hubs and I got married on May 13th, it was a Saturday, 38 years ago! I have a sister who was born on Feb 13th, can't remember if that was a Friday or not, ages ago anyway.

seasaw2mch 08-11-2010 09:15 PM

I believe I was born on a Friday and since my birthday is the 13 that would make it a lucky day. Mom always told me I was lucky to be here since she was in an accident 2 days before was born.

seasaw2mch 08-11-2010 09:16 PM


Originally Posted by adrianlee
Hubs and I got married on May 13th, it was a Saturday, 38 years ago! I have a sister who was born on Feb 13th, can't remember if that was a Friday or not, ages ago anyway.

Humm interesting I was born on Feb 13 as well

Sew_Deer 08-11-2010 10:40 PM

I have a job interview on Friday the 13th. Sure hoping it's a good luck day for me.....

reach for the stars 2 08-12-2010 02:10 AM

Friday the 13 is just 1 and 3 added together, which makes 4 and that is a good number. So no worries that day.

martha jo 08-12-2010 07:51 AM

I was born on the l3th. Don't think it was a Friday but don't remember. It has always been a lucky number for me. Have had numerous birthdays on Friday the 13th. Does anyone have a chart that shows all the Friday the l3th in last 70 something years?

Rhonda 08-12-2010 09:37 AM

As I am a Christian I know who holds my life in his hands and I don't believe in luck good or bad. So I don't believe in superstitions. They are just something that has been handed down from a time when pagans had to explain things they couldn't understand and our society is still perpetuating those myths.

I have had many black cats walked under many a ladder spill salt all the time (not on purpose! LOL) broken mirrors and my life is just fine! LOL Silly things anyway!

Sometimes we do things without knowing why we do them but just because it has always been that way.

so I hope everyone will see that superstitions are just silly. Bad things happen to good people and bad people because Satan is in the world and what you do or don't do won't change that. What you do when bad things happen is what is important not the superstitions. Just my opinion!!


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