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Friday the 13th

11 months ago

I did a search for why people consider Friday the 13th to be unlucky and there were a number of different responses. Whether or not you are superstitious, I hope that today (and all your days) are happy and safe.

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  • 11 months ago

    I would not consider myself superstitious, but I always try to not walk under a ladder for other reasons.


    On the good luck side, I have a fondness for four leaf clovers and a found pottery piece (buried outside) half full of pennies I've found heads up.


    Today would have been my dad's 90th birthday. He's been gone 8yrs last month. Doesn't seem that long ago, but in some ways seems like forever.


    Happy Friday the 13th!

  • 11 months ago

    Well, I didn't even realize today was Friday the 13th. I knew it was Friday and I knew today is Dec 13, but somehow my brain did not connect the 2 until I saw this post.

    I'm not superstitious, but I do get a teeny tiny little bit uneasy when I think of Friday the 13th.


    Hope everyone has a good day.

  • 11 months ago

    I was born on a 13th and consider it my lucky number. Not superstitious about the date at all 😊

  • 11 months ago

    Triskaideckaphobia was one of my favorite words as a child. (Yes, weird even then.)

  • 11 months ago

    me too, morz8!

  • 11 months ago

    ” I hope that today (and all your days) are happy and safe.”

    Thank you, lucille, and I hope the same for you.

    (((Allison)))

  • 11 months ago

    My dad was born on Friday the 13th in 1913. My only brother died on Friday the 13th this past September, on Dad's birthday. So I have mixed feelings!

  • 11 months ago

    roxanna, hugs to you, too … so sorry about your brother.

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    Roxana. My dad was also born on the September 13 but I’m not sure if it was a Friday.

    My story: while not a Friday on 3/13/13 My meningioma tumor was diagnosed.

    Ten years later, DD was married on 3/13/23!

    DD met her husband at a bar that has 13 in the address.

  • 11 months ago

    Jilly , sounds like the number 13 is propitious for you. Lucky the tumor was caught, not that it happened.

    Its funny how I instinctively follow superstitions. I knock on wood, cross my fingers, won’t walk under a ladder ( which is sensible) , won’t put a hat on a bed, never put an umbrella over my head inside.

    Friday the 13th doesnt concern me but if something bad happens, Ill blame it on the date.

  • 11 months ago

    I am kind of superstitious even though I cannot defend it, and would never admit it IRL.


    I met one of my most serious BFs in college on a Friday the 13th. For years after that, he would get in touch on Friday the 13ths from time to time. IIRC he did so about 10 years ago now. Luckily by mail. (awk!)


    Allison, sorry about your Dad and Roxanna, sorry about your brother.


    Eld, I had no idea. Continued good health to you!


    @Kswl, i had fave words as a kid too. Mine was "cacopygian." It came from some dumb book I bought about exotic words.


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    Many years ago hubby and I bought a large rural acreage, a dream come true for our young (at the time) boys. As we were eagerly tramping around and exploring it the next day, Friday the 13th, we were surprised to see several vehicles drive past on the dead-end road bordering our new land. Then the sheriff, a fire truck, and eventually the county coroner.

    Turns out the person we had purchased the land from, after we finalized the purchase the day before, had driven past it about a mile, pulled over to the side of the road and blasted his brains out. 😳😵‍💫

    Disconcerting to be sure. However, hubby the pragmatist told me that we obviously paid too much money!!!!

    I think of that day every Friday the 13th and hope that fellow is resting in peace.

  • 11 months ago

    Oh my, littlebug. ANd I felt bad when the seller of our first home cried at the closing. 😔

  • 11 months ago

    The Italians think 13 is lucky 😁

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    My DH's mother was born on Friday the 13th.

    My favorite F13 reference is the comic strip Pogo where they would say "it is Friday the 13th on a Tuesday".

    patriciae

  • 11 months ago

    @mtnrdredux_gw, from what we understood later, he was a troubled man with a rocky past. Apparently this piece of real estate was the last thing he had to ”settle up” before he died. His sister was his only relative. A sad story.

  • 11 months ago

    Same here Morz8.

  • 11 months ago

    I am having ”one of those days” — guess I can blame it on the date!

  • 11 months ago

    I'm also a 13th bday girl. (but born on a Thursday).


  • 11 months ago

    Everything was okay till I read about this. Now I feel I am jinxed because the day isn't even half over.

  • 11 months ago

    Sorry for your loss, Roxanna.


    Thanks, Mtn and Jilly.

  • 11 months ago

    It’s my birthday today. Friday the 13th feels lucky to me!

  • 11 months ago

    Happy Birthday!!!!!!!

  • 11 months ago

    Happy Birthday! I had a pretty good day with good parking karma. I never even thought about it being Friday the 13th.