Yuck.
Everybody is pretty well versed in the wedding structure. Bride walks down the aisle. Vows. Kiss. Photos. First dance. And then comes the cake cutting.
Well, as it turns out, although most of us are well verse in the way a wedding is supposed to go, most of us aren’t too well versed in the history behind the cake cutting.
Back in the Roman times, they used to break cake over a brides head as a sign of good fortune. The British then evolved this to throwing the cake at the bride to symbolise fertility.
However, as time went on, the cutting of the cake went on to symbolise something a little…grosser than just fertility.
According to Mammamia, the slicing of the cake is symbolic of the breaking of the hymen and taking of virginity. Yuck.
Well, that’s all we will be thinking about at the next wedding we go to.
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Words by Kate Stevens
Images: Unsplash
