![]() ![]() It was New Year’s Eve and particularly blustery outside but their house being a kind of one-story bungalow, did not have any stairs. I was visiting them at their beach house which had a treacherous set of wooden stairs that lead to the ocean. I remember an especially hilarious evening spent with my cousins on Cape Cod, not so long ago. The tradition was extended on the first day of the new year, which called for walking backwards down the stairs and saying Rabbit at the same time. They were badly affected by the Depression and further by World War II and so perhaps the idea of saying Rabbit had a particular resonance and force for them. It is ironic to me that both my grandmother and my father, in fact, their entire family, were possessed of the notion that they were unlucky, that fortune did not favor them. The reasons for the word Rabbit (as opposed to Luck! Or Help! Or Hello! - it seems that any nonsense word would probably do the trick) aren’t particularly clear (they link it to a lucky rabbit’s foot but then you have to ask, what is so lucky about a rabbit’s foot?) but the entry continues to say that one reason for the word Rabbit might be that “it is jumping into the future and moving ahead with life and happiness.” According to the Wikipedia entry, the origin of this custom in unknown but it can be traced back to perhaps the 15th century, maybe even the 13th - good heavens! And it came from England, which makes sense since that is where my grandmother’s family came from. I went directly to my computer and Googled “rabbit+first day of the month” and up came a variety of sites that referred to this strange habit. And finally realized that in this new world of instant information, I finally have the means to answer that question. This morning, I woke up and spoke the word to the silence around me. But no one can explain to me why we say Rabbit and where the tradition came from. Another who feels that one must say the word twice, as in, Rabbit, Rabbit, for the luck to stick. More recently, I’ve discovered a few friends who also indulge in this strange habit, one who not only says Rabbit every month but who also collects rabbit figurines of all sizes and of all material, paper and stone not excluded. My only answer was “from my grandmother,” which, of course, is the short answer. Whenever I mentioned this custom to friends, they would usually ask me where that came from. January 23, 2023Ī TikTok goes viral of Gabriela that seems to insinuate that she, too, might just be seeing someone else, with the vid’s creator revealing that they’ve been spotted out and about together and that he might even be cool with Bad Bunny after they were all at Gabriela’s birthday party.Now that I have written that down, I realize how spooky it sounds, as if we were a bunch of paleolithic cave people, clinging to the earth by virtue of luck and whimsy. ![]() (Side note: Her stuff is majorly chic-and surprisingly affordable!) And while she and Benito tended to keep their relationship on the DL, here’s what we do know about their romance, including all the engagement, marriage, and cheating rumors along the way. So who exactly is Gabriela? Well, she’s a singer and jewelry designer, and she launched her first jewelry line, DiciembreVeintinueve (D29), back in 2020. The two first had a meet-cute at a restaurant back in 2017, and although it took them nearly three years (!!) to go public with their relationship, fans were very glad when they finally did (except for the ones who wish they were dating Bad Bunny themselves, ofc). And while it’s *still* not clear whether they are or aren’t anymore (seriously, HELP), it is clear that Bad Bunny and Gabriela were the real deal. ![]() After all, the two were together for, like, nearly five years. Regardless, though, it’ll probs be a pretty long time before we no longer collectively associate him with (maybe ex? maybe casual hookup buddy? IDK ANYMORE AT THIS POINT!) Gabriela Berlingeri. ![]()
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