The Divorce That Brought Us Back novel Chapter 394

Nora Dodge wanted to be a bridesmaid.

When she got married, Cassidy Quinn and Jasmine Smith had been her bridesmaids.

When Cassidy got married, Jasmine had been Cassidy's bridesmaid.

Nora had never been a bridesmaid.

"Why can't married women be bridesmaids, but married men can be groomsmen?"

Nora's question stumped both Cassidy and Jasmine.

"Uh... I don't know, it just seems to be what everyone says." Jasmine scratched her head. "But I don't care. You guys should totally do it. It's just a performance anyway. If you don't do it, I don't have anyone else to stand beside me."

Cassidy spoke with analytical precision. "Let me look up the actual reasoning behind this."

Nora raised her smartwatch—it was connected to the same system as the AI robotic twins back in Southampton. They hadn't brought the robots back this time, so Maloney Jameson had specially equipped both himself and Nora with these watches. It made remote communication easier and collected experimental parenting data from a distance.

"Aura, Aura, please tell me, why can't married women be bridesmaids, while married men can be groomsmen?"

"Mommy, I missed you," the watch chimed in a slightly childish electronic female voice. "Searching for the answer to: 'Why can't married women be bridesmaids, while married men can be groomsmen?'"

"Search complete."

"In traditional wedding customs, bridesmaids are endowed with the symbolic meaning of 'purity.' Unmarried women represent the bride's 'pure' state before marriage, implying a beautiful blessing for the bride's union. Since married women have already entered a marital state, they are considered to no longer fit this symbol of 'purity' and are therefore deemed unsuitable to serve as bridesmaids."

"However, tradition does not place the same requirement of 'purity' on men, meaning groomsmen face no restrictions regarding their marital status."

Once the answer was delivered, a bizarre silence fell over the room.

After a long moment, Cassidy spoke up, her face twisted in utter confusion. "What does that even mean? Pure before marriage, but impure after? Are men just too dirty? So a woman gets permanently tainted the second she marries a man?"

Jasmine offered a dry response. "I don't think that's exactly what it means."

Nora asked again, "Aura, Aura, are there any other reasons?"

"Yes, Mommy, there are," the electronic voice replied. "Another theory suggests that in traditional views, a married woman is considered to already belong to a 'master's household,' making her unable to accompany the bride as a bridesmaid."

This explanation left Cassidy even more baffled.

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