Hi,
Are you superstitious? If so, what are you superstitious about? Could you please give a few examples of superstitions you have? If you are not, why? 
Thanks
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No, Iām not superstitious at all. The only thing I sometimes do is touch wood (or my head) when using the corresponding expression, which is almost a reflex action. I believe, though, that the mind can be extremely powerful and tricky and that we can, subconsciously or not, make things happen with our thoughts.
Letās (try to) think positively!
PS: Just to show off a bit: do you know that if you are afraid of the number 13 you suffer from triskaidekaphobia?
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Well, teacher Conchita,Iām not quite superstitious :D. But I donāt want to take a risk. You know, some people in my country are superstitious. When something bad happens to them, they do everything as possible as they can just to bring back the luck. When a traffic accident occures unexpectedly in front of their house, they will throw a hand of rice right over there because they believe that it will bring them good luck back again.
I think there are quite a lot more superstitions in the world like a black cat and a broken mirrorā¦Dare you walk under a ladder? Just some ideasā¦
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Oh noā¦
Unfortunately ā¦yes
I am superstitious person ā¦ :shock:
because I was born on 13 October .
What is your opinion Conchita ? 
Herc
What a coincidence! Your birthday is the same day that Iām scheduled to officially sell my house, Herc. Letās hope that Friday the 13th brings some good luck this year! :shock:
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Iām partly superstitious. 
As for me, I knew that. 
Iāve read much about all kinds of phobia. I was shocked when I opened the book and saw such a great variety of it :shock:
Wish you to make a good deal, Amy!
P.S.Herc,I think youāll invite us to your birthday
So, what about Friday the 13th? How do you handle it? Do you take any precautions or do you just treat it like any other day?
TOEIC listening, photographs: Fishing in the city
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Nope, I donāt take any precautions. However, should anything go miserably wrong (or even slightly wrong, for that matter), it will of course be blamed entirely on the date. :lol:
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No precautions taken from my part either. Even yesterday after being reminded about the date there was a complete jettison of any superstition associated with it.
Hi, Iām Souad from Algeria .
Supperstitious ? Iam not . I believe in reason and what my mind tells me to believe in . I believe in GOD the founder of us whose will upon us is to work then to get the results. I do not believe in metaphysical explanations nor I accept to run my life acording to numbers or some normal expressions .
What do you think?
yours,
Souad.
well, Iām not superstitious cause of my conception of life. As Iām concerned, human being live accordind a destiny already made by GOD. It would be naturel if something bad or good happened to you. That is the meaning of life, the mixture of misfortune and good fortune. This is my point of view about superstition.
bye
Dear Torsten,
About the question if I am superstitious, I dare say that I have some believes in superstitions, and there are some witches around the world, specially in full moon nights of winter seasons.
I guess the number 13 is a magic number. Look it: being 13 = 1 and 3; and 1 + 3 = 4 I can make 4 x 3 + 1 that is 13.
The number 1 represents a line or a boundary of your life; 3 acts as if were a triangle or a holy trinity , and 4 as though a square, the stage that you play your roles of living. The number 13 is compounded by 1, 3 and 4.
So, these conclusions are not just coincidences, but the power of the number 13. Iāts intersting, Isnāt it?
Thatās the way it is.
Joao Vazquez
from Brazil.
Hi,
About superstitious? Maybe Iām partially superstitious one.Letās me give you an example.
As you know Iām the Vietnamese so our religion is affected by the Chinese. Thatās why the belief in fate is a bit serious. Many people think that in order to get marriage, year of birth of the two lovers must be suitable with each other, otherwise their life in future will not be smooth even they cannot have a baby.
For this matter, Iām very confused but I have heard from many elders that this is true.
Hi,
I think Iām a bit superstitious. And I aslo agree with smilling opinion about the Vietnamese customs. Iād like to give you one more example of this one. In my country, Vietnam, before people have their houses built, most of them go to fotune teller or read some books to choose some good days to start breaking the land, and people expect it will bring good luck for them if they do that. Anyway I think itās also good 
Hi Smilinq09,
Do you really believe in such superstitions or you are just scared about it ?
In my opinion, it is just a matter of fear and weakness that our parents put inside of us from our childhood . The same thing hapened to them from their childhood, too. We have the fear something will happen to us if we do not believe in such superstitions , thatās all, and it has nothing to do with reality. So, the problem is inside of us not outside.
I think that, by this way of abnormal believes, we donāt give the opportunity to our minds to work. So, letās free our mindsā¦ thatās natureā¦ and weāre not allowed to be against nature . The power is GOD and GOD orders us to work, to think and to be good and so to succeed .
May I tell you something ? In my childhood, my mother was always telling such things ( eg: donāt eat this part of meat, donāt wash clothes on Friday, donāt throw hot water in the WC ā¦etc), but for each time my question was āwhy?ā and her answer was " itās like that!", and my answer again :"Iām not convinced ,mum ".
A child is known by his logic so, how about us?
Yours,
Souad.
Hi dear Torsten,
Fortunately, I donāt believe in any thing that can not be explained by reason or science; although, many cultures have their own superstitions.
Mina
hi everybody,iāmnot so sure that iām superstitious :roll: ,but there is alot of things that i do becouse i think it helps me, like wareing special itemes in my exams ,does that considered as a superstition??? :roll:
Hi, I really donāt be superstitious, maybe because I am catholic person and God always says do not believe in earthly things, only belive in me I am bread of life.
Ivan
iam not superstitious .first because iam moslim and our standard dosent belive some thing like thise .no buday knows what it will happend in tomoro or in future ecxept our gad .that is all.also i know this day 13 in some day german people told me about .they sad bring bad luck .i told them icoudnt belive it was nice conversation between defrent culture .so this is my comment and iam very glad with ur lessons
good bye. best regards
Hi, Torsten.Itās a good question.I was in my childhood because all around me were.But it didnāt last long.I grew up and I started to ask for explanations .I wasnāt pleased with the answers I was given so I figered it out there was no logic explanation .In Romania when you see a black cat crossing the street in front of you the superstition says you must get back 3 steps so your day can be ruined.Another superstition and a new one for me itās that you mustnāt wash your wedding dress after the wedding ,a whole year,otherwise you will get pregnant.Very silly I might say, but itās very amusing one. Bye.