CoNfUsEd bride's maid?

I am going to be the maid of honor in an upcoming wedding. Am I supposed to take part in the "old, new, borrowed, blue" tradition? or is that just something the bride does?

CoNfUsEd bride's maid?
no, that is for the bride. you can help her with ideas (i forgot my something borrowed and i wore a bridesmaid ring at the last second), but that is a tradition for her.
Reply:Ask her if she's into the folklore kind of thing, and if she is, then yes, you should speak to her mom, other bridesmaids, and the bride, and make sure she has what she needs.
Reply:you yourself don't find something old, new, borrowed, blue for yourself, but you may help in acquiring thse things for your bride! Each bridesmaid is a bit tailor-made for her bride. My maid of honor was my older sister, and she basically was just my number 1 helper on my wedding day. But my sister in law (my husband's brother's wife - PHEW!) had her younger sister be her bridesmaid, and she planned her bachelorette party, got all the bridesmaids matching bridesmaid tank tops, had a major hand in helping to plan the rehersal dinner, the reception, the gifts for guests, etc. But that bride's wedding was MUCH bigger than mine was. It really just depends!





If I were you, I would tell your bride that youa re SO excited about the honor of being her bridesmaid, but that you have never been one before, and would love for her to give you a crash course in being her maid-of-honor, AKA wedding slave. ;)





and feel free to do some research, find things you might LIKE to do, and offer to do them for your bride.





Any help you give her will be much appreciated. :) Congrats on the honor!
Reply:You don't wear the "something old something new something borrowed something blue and a brand new coin for the toe of my shoe" ( that's what my family always did). If you are not sure the bride is, while you are shopping ask her if she is counting the dress or the shoes as her something new and she will let you know if she is following it or if she forgot or doesn't believe in it.
Reply:If you don't know I would casually ask the bride "so are you going to do the whole something old something new thing?"then she wll think you are just casually asking for polite conversation.
Reply:that is something the bride does but you can help her find her things that fulfill that.
Reply:It's possible the bride will wish to borrow something of yours, but other than that, no, there's nothing you need to do for it.