Oh, those superstitions! In our time, when we are surrounded by stunning technology, and suddenly believe in some ancient pagan signs? However, there are people who can find something frightening in every gift.
They are usually not young. But their younger friends and relatives are forced to reckon with prejudices. For example, house shoes. The question is: why not give slippers? Below we will consider this misconception on all counts.
From the depths of millennia
An echo from ancient times echoes today the question that has developed in time immemorial: why can't you give slippers? To him, people prone to mysticism know more than one answer. Such a person will frown if you give him beautiful, warm, cozy slippers from a pure soul. "Do you want me to die?" - a completely dumbfounded giver can hear in response to a gift. Especially if the slippers are white. “I saw you, you know where…” is a common phrase, and familiar to everyone.
In the Christian tradition, it was customary to put slippers on the deceased person. It was believed that in such soft shoes he wouldmove easily and silently through the heavens. Slippers were chosen white, with a soft thin sole, because in the sky, unlike the earth, it is always clean. This indispensable attribute of a funeral is known to many. An old person who thinks about death, prepares for it and is afraid of it, may regard the gift as a wish for a speedy death and react violently, inadequately.
Another option
Other people explain differently why you can't give slippers. For them, it is a symbol of separation. They will never bring such a gift to a close and dear person: “What if it comes to his mind to leave his home?”.
So it's better not to take risks and not tempt fate, they believe, and not to make such surprises, first of all, to yourself. After all, at the same time they care about themselves, their loved ones, about how they will suffer if their loved one leaves them. To tell the truth, there is an element of selfishness in this. Therefore, it is a pity if in the store they pass by beautiful and comfortable slippers. Meanwhile, on February 23, a lot of women, not really thinking about choosing a gift, buy either eau de toilette, or shaving foam, or socks, or slippers, and nothing terrible happens. It just all depends on our attitude to the gift. What we put into our heads will happen. Even the ancient Romans spoke about this, that a person will die the death that he had planned for himself. This association refers simply to the question of our representations.
How to give slippers as a gift?
Even the most superstitious person will not refuse to accept cute slippers ifthe donor will require them to be bought symbolically. Having demanded a ransom for your gift in the amount of 10 or 5 kopecks, you immediately remove the negative from the gift. Now this is already a fun purchase, even, perhaps, with bargaining. Here the question immediately disappears, why it is impossible to give slippers. Signs of a malicious nature, bearing thoughts of death and separation, will cease to act. So it is considered by the people.
Suspicious hint
Now people often do not register a marriage, they just live together as one small family: you and me. This is a visible freedom for a man who does not feel obliged to do anything and does not want to have a stamp in his passport yet, because it will more or less firmly tie him to, perhaps, a temporary soul mate.
Does it make sense to give him a gift in the form of slippers? How will he take it? He can understand that a woman wants to firmly connect him with the house, that is, she encroaches on his freedom of choice. And freedom is valuable for everyone. That's why you can't give slippers to a man. It may occur to him to free himself from the shackles that a woman seems to be trying to impose on him, although this is not at all the case. She wanted to create more comfort and warmth, to please with a beautiful new thing. This only happens when the relationship is fragile, and over time, this couple will break up on its own. At the same time, it is useless when a woman torments herself with various reproaches, including the question: “Why can’t you give slippers? And I did it, and he left my life forever!” She is tormented by a bad omen, although in fact she met an unreliable person. Life wouldn't get better with him.even with children.
If a relationship is just beginning, slippers as a gift are highly undesirable. A girl or a boy may understand this as an invitation to live together, but one of them is completely unprepared for this.
Why can't you give slippers for the New Year?
If you do not believe in omens, then slippers will be a very good gift, especially if you put something else in them. After all, in the West, kids hang up socks, and Santa Claus puts gifts in them. Slippers in this case are an alternative.
Bright, cheerful, fluffy slippers, especially with the symbols of the year or beautiful intricate embroidery, can be a lovely gift. It is not customary for us to give hygiene items on this cheerful holiday. This is a personal matter for everyone. There are many things in this series. For example, towels. Why can't you give slippers for the New Year? For the same reason as towels. This is like a hint that the person is sloppy. And who might like it? And there is nothing particularly festive in these gifts if they are chosen hastily and somehow. They are cute, but in a purely domestic sense, and for the New Year you want something unusual, fabulous. Especially children, girls and women - romantic and dreamy creatures need a gift with imagination.
Who can I give slippers to?
Only close and dear person. Mom and grandmother will always understand you correctly. In our cold and damp climate, they may already have arthritis, and warm slippers will be to their liking. Their overworked legs will rest in warmth and bliss. Dad and grandpa will be happy toocomfortable slippers. Heated slippers are especially good for older people. Why can't you give home slippers? It is possible if you choose them correctly. The kids, despite the functionality of the gift, can also be happy.
If they depict a favorite character from a cartoon or a fairy tale, then the rich colors of the slippers will make a girl, for example, a fairy princess. What more could you want? And the little man needs purple, dark green, mossy-looking slippers. He will also be delighted with the camouflage pattern.
Beloved girl can be presented with a set of delicate slippers and a terry robe.
Those who constantly work at the computer will be pleased with weightless slippers that do not interfere with work, imperceptible on their feet.
Why can't you give slippers and a mirror?
It seems that we have completely figured out the slippers. But the mirror is a very special thing. The old, in which people of different characters and generations looked, “absorbed” all the positive and negative qualities of these people. It will give them to the new owner, and it is not known how it will affect his fate. A new clean mirror does not carry anything, neither bad nor good, but it is still not worth giving it. The mirror symbolizes a window to the other world, and it is not clear what the look into the unknown will be like.
In conclusion, it is worth emphasizing that gifts chosen with good intentions have never harmed anyone, and it is better to forget the old superstitions and never remember them.