Friday The 13th: Are You Superstitious??

Many believe that Friday the 13th brings bad luck while others celebrate it and look forward to it.

I've always been a scaredy cat so I didn't like Friday the 13th at all. When I was a kid I associated Friday the 13th with Halloween except people don't get dressed up in costumes that day. I use to believe this because of all the horror movies they would play on TV especially Friday the 13th with Jason. Then my mom is a big fan of horror movies too so she would watch all the scary movies on Friday the 13th. That left me watching those movies too as a kid and that's how I turned into a big scaredy cat.

As I got older I wasn't as scared of Friday the 13th. I learned that it was some people's superstitions about it. As an adult I've learn to deal with it as if it was a normal day. I do see that most people have been superstitious about it since the beginning of time. Even in some of the buildings I've worked in Manhattan I noticed that they don't have the 13th floor. It doesn't help either that there has been scary movies/TV shows about the 13th floor. I find it interesting that people can be like that.

I too am superstitious, but not about Friday the 13th. Being Indonesian people believe in black magic and that anyone can get hexed at any moment. Do I believe in that stuff? I'd say it's 50/50. I know such things exist, but I want no part of it or any kind of knowledge of it whatsoever. In this particular area I think the less a person knows the better it might be for them. Just like the saying curiosity killed the cat; well I don't want to be the cat.

On the lighter side of things some people celebrate Friday the 13th. Last Friday I saw many sales stating to add an additional 13% off of the order. The store that comes to mind is Payless, they advertised this with their bogo sale. I also saw tweets about tattoo shops offering to tattoo the number 13 for $13. How funny is that, some people think Friday the 13th is bad luck and others are making money off of it.

So at the end of the day it's what you make of it that matters.