Our Special Day - Club100 :)
Hi Dear Friends, today I will share with you a very beautiful and special day for me. My son proposed to his girlfriend. In Turkish tradition, there is an asking for the girl's hand for the son. I will tell you about this tradition :)
In this ceremony, the prospective groom goes with her family to the house of the bride-to-be. Flowers and chocolate are taken for this ceremony. All kinds of flowers can be preferred, but generally, red roses are preferred.
The flowers can be in the form of a bouquet or in a pot, vase or box. Live or artificial flowers can be preferred. These flowers are adorned with tulle and various packaging. Thus, it acquires a magnificent appearance. As you can see in the photo, my son preferred the live red rose bouquet :)
Recently, the groom can give a rose to all the women in the bride's house. My son gave one rose to each of her mother, grandmother, cousin and friends of the bride-to-be. Such things create a very pleasant ambiance :)
Chocolate can be in a box, tray or gondola. The feature of these chocolates is their appearance as well as their taste. Chocolates can be personalized. The names of the bride and groom candidates and the date of that day can be written on the packaging of the chocolates. My son and his girlfriend had their names written on the chocolates :)
When our flowers and chocolates were ready, we went to the bride-to-be's house. This ceremony can usually be attended by a nuclear family or can be more crowded. We went as me, my husband, my daughter, my son, my mother and my husband's sister.
First, the two families started chatting. Meanwhile, the bride-to-be starts to cook Turkish coffee. Turkish coffee is one of the most important parts of this ceremony. After the coffees are cooked, the bride-to-be begins to offer the coffees.
She makes the presentation starting from the oldest person. He cooks a special coffee for the groom-to-be. Salt is often added to the groom's coffee instead of sugar. It has become traditional. Depending on the bride-to-be's preference, different things can be added to it. For example salt, honey etc.
After the coffees arrive, the groom's father begins his speech to explain the reason for the visit. My husband had prepared for the speech and gave a beautiful speech.
After the bride-to-be's family expresses their approval of this marriage, the bride and groom-to-be kiss the hands of their elders and then the ring is put on. My son put the ring he proposed to our bride-to-be. Our bride-to-be also gave my son a special handkerchief.
Special handkerchief are available this tradition in some regions in Turkey. This handkerchief is custom made and needle lace. Also, my son's girlfriend had a special stone key chain made for my son. She also put a cute teddy bear with "I love you" written on it :)
After the ceremony, the packages and chocolates that I have attached the photo above were distributed. Our bride-to-be prepared the packages, and they contained a package of Turkish coffee and chocolate.
She said that she would keep the rose by drying it :)
It was a very beautiful and special day and we were very happy :)
Dear @serap, I am very pleased to hear that your son is proposed and is on the way to get his own family. I can imagine how it feels, that is also my dream although my son is just 19, but I can imagine that it would be the best present that our children can make for their parent. Beautiful tradition and the photos :)
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Hello dear @stef1, I am very happy that you shared my happiness :) As you said, it is a very nice present for us and the thought of our family growing is pretty nice. I hope that when the time comes, your son will be with someone that he loves and gets along well with. I'm glad you like our tradition and photos. Thank you for your kind words :)
Welcome back my friend @serap Congratulations, your interesting post has been upvoted by @petface, who is on the hunt for unique, quality content here in the WORLD OF XPILAR. Thank you ever so much for sharing such a special moment with us here and describing the unique traditions. I find the teddy bear very cute and the handkerchief quite stylish. I wish them all the very best. You must be very happy and proud that they found each other.
Hello my friend @petface, thank you for your nice welcome :) Thank you for reading and commenting on my special moment in detail, which is why I love to share it. Certainly, I'm both happy and proud that they found each other, as you said. Thank you very much for your good wishes :)
Wow you go to a lot more effort there than In the uk lol congrats ❤️
Yes, you're right it really takes more effort :D Thank you so much :)
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Hi, I'm happy that you liked my content, thank you very much :)
Hi, very interesting and beautiful tradition. I have enjoyed your story.
Hi, I'm glad that this tradition catched your attention and you liked it :)
Congratulations and blessings to your son for the proposal. How interesting to learn from your tradition, thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much :) I'm glad you're interested in our tradition :)
How good to read this beautiful news about your son's proposal, thousands of successes. The tradition in Turkish when this unique moment arrives is very interesting. Greetings!
Thank you very much dear @arcayart :) It's good to hear that the tradition attracted your attention :)
merhaba @serap hanım😊öncelikle oğlunuza ve gelininize ömür boyu mutluluklar dilerim 😇ne güzel anlatmışsınız geleneklerimizi🤭 damat mendilini ilk defa görüyorum bizim buralarda bu gelenek yok 😅
Güzel dileklerin için çok teşekkürler değerli @ozenozge :) Gelenekleri anlatışımı beğenmene mutlu oldum :) Evet, damat mendili çok yaygın bir gelenek değil. Ülkemiz gelenekler açısından oldukça zengin bir kültüre sahip :)
Que hermosa ceremonia, me encanta saber que su hijo formara una una familia, pronto crecerá la familia, es una bendición, gracias por compartir cada detalle de su cultura para pedir la mano, pero aquí es lo importante es su familia están viviendo un momento mágico de felicidad, me alegro que su hijo entrara el amor y la esposa indicada.❤
Saludos y Bendiciones.
Hello my dear friend, we all have different traditions so I'm glad you enjoyed my ceremony :) I totally agree with you, it's very pleasing that the family is growing. Seeing my son's happiness and loving the people who will join our family is the most valuable thing. Thank you so much :)
I want to congratulate you on this special event! It is joyful and at the same time a little sad. After all, right now it becomes obvious how fast children grow :)
You have wonderful traditions. I wish your son and his future wife happiness and family comfort.
Hi o1eh, thank you very much for your good wishes :) You're right, on special days like these, we face how fast time flies :)) I'm happy that you liked our traditions :)