Are you superstitious?

Question

To what extent? Black cat crossing your path is bad? Breaking a mirror - 7 years of bad luck? Don't walk under a ladder? 4 leaf clovers are lucky? Find a penny pick it up - all the day you'll have good luck? What are some of yours?

Answer 1

First of all, I like your screen name. I think it is great that you are a loving father and your little girl is beautiful, but to answer your question. I am not superstitious. I may follow some of the things not to do, like walking under a ladder or finding a penny and picking it up, but I don't really believe that if I broke a mirror, I would have seven years of bad luck, I don't believe if I find a four leaf clover, then I will have good luck. I just think some of those are fun to do.

Answer 2

Mildly so, on rare occasion these days....I've just had too many *weird* things happen to me and my sisters when I was younger, for me to totally rule out the world being an irrational place.

I knock on wood. I pick up pennies (coins in general) but *only* if they are heads-up (regional thing, not quite so well known). I say Grace before meals even though I am neither particularly religious nor all that fond of what passes for the Lord Your Gawd these days....(as in half the time when I do pray it is a bit ranty....I mean, what's He gonna do, *kill me*?? Like that even scares me anymore given what I've survived)

Those are my big, regular superstitions. Why do them?

Chaos theory. Seriously, if reality is that complicated and its rules are *that* sensitive to small-scale perturbations early on, *what IS* the difference between a butterfly flapping its wings in the Amazon and me picking up a nickel on the sidewalk because it is head's-up?

Nothing. Really. Small changes are small changes, and they usually cancel out like algebra....except when they don't. ;)

Answer 3

I get very superstitious when it comes to hockey. Like when i wear something and they win . I will wear it again the next time they play. I will bring the carolina hurricanes yearbook with me to school. I try to wear red the days they play. I will go to bed a certain way, when i get in the bed, i will lay on my left side. etc

Answer 4

I don't believe in superstitions seriously, I only do for fun. I know it sounds weird but sometimes superstitions can cloud a person's judgement and that isn't very healthy. I think its okay to believe in those kinds of things as soon as you keep it realistic and within the limits of sanity.

Answer 5

Completely superstitious to all of the above!!! Salt over the shoulder and all. Lick it and stick it when you see a red bird, step on a crack in the sidewalk, break your mother's back..the whole nine yards!!

Answer 6

um im not superstitious, but i heard of if u keep a white spider in a dolllar bill u will be lucky (my auntie does that) step on a crack u break ya mommas back, splitting a pole, having your umbreallas up in the house, and whistling lol

Answer 7

I am superstitious that I need to read my horoscope and make sure my day works out exactly like it said it was supposed to. If I don't make it happen the way the horoscope said, anything could happen to me.

Answer 8

I am, but my luck became bad just recently, and I didn't break any mirrors...... Apparantly our mutual friend is not talking anymore. what have you done? (Plus I've picked tons of pennies!!!!!)

Answer 9

Not really, I love black cats because i'm a witch. I try not to do any other of those things though.

Answer 10

i am not really that superstitious, but even though I do think twice whenever a black cat crosses me, I am hispanic and one of our superstitions is with owls, its considered an omen it usualy means death.