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  • sammy_wheeler
    sammy_wheeler Posts: 2,351 Forumite
    yeh seems to fit well. hope it fits you ok
    Is a married woman!! 23rd July 2011 Best day of my life!

    TTC first baby Jan 2013
  • What is it for? I don't get it...

    I wear suspenders all the time though :)
  • RainbowDrops
    RainbowDrops Posts: 4,674 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    What is it for? I don't get it...

    It's an old tradition.
    The garters were originally used to keep up stockings before elastic was used.
    The groom was supposed to take it off his new wife & throw it to the single men (like the male version of throwing the bouquet) for good luck and as a symbol of "deflowering" his wife.
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