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yeh seems to fit well. hope it fits you okIs a married woman!! 23rd July 2011 Best day of my life!
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What is it for? I don't get it...
I wear suspenders all the time though
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vintage_beanpole wrote: »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.0
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