[GirlySports]

Here's a stupid Buddhist/Daoist one. Death is way too overrated and the period of mourning is too long.

If you're a boy and your father dies, you have to 'mourn for 2 years'. You can't attend any happy functions, can't attend weddings, can't get married yourself. I've seen situations where a couple got married much earlier than they should have because one of the parents was dying soon.

I understand that the original theory was that something bad happened to you so you shouldn't spread that 'unfortunateness" to others. But like all well-intentioned things, it's now turned into superstitious protocal and blown way out of proportion.

I was supposed to be a bridesmaid once but when my grandfather died, I was kicked out of the wedding. It was my maternal grandfather! And I'm a girl! But still, they believed it so I was kicked out.