Do Things come in 3s

Well, I agree. Bad things come in multiples of 3 (0 not counted). When God slams you a problem, he slams you another three just to make it clear that it wasn't accidental.

No, they actually come in 385's, but ignorant superstitious people only have the attention span to notice the first three.

Hey Pat~ I have always heard that bad things do come in 3s and I have always hope that if that is so that there would be an end after that! So I do hope that this is the end to your latest misfortunes. I hope that the man you are speaking about will be alright. I also hpe that the Llama will be alright too! As for the air conditioner, that can always be fixed or in the worst case scenerio replaced. The other two situations are alot more serious! I hope that the endings of both are going to be alright. Please let me know. I am praying for this man and for the sweet Llama!

Things like that, like "bad things happen in threes," had to have come from somewhere, right? My mom works for Hospice and before that she worked in a nursing home for like 16 years and she says that she notices deaths tend to come in threes. The Hospice she works for has a combination of patients, some who are in the nursing homes or assisted living facilities and some (most) who are in their homes and my mom sees the ones in their homes. And it always seems like, even though her patients are only connected through her and the nurse and social worker she works with, when they lose one, they almost always lose two more within a week or ten days. It's not always that way but probably 7 out of 10 times. I don't know if that makes you feel any better or not, it's just my experience with the question.

I'm sorry for your problems, Pat.This old wives tale works sometimes because we make it work.When something bad happens, we start thinking like"what a disaster","why did this happen to me",and we push that button and the program starts working.Especially, when people who are not positive about you, hear your bad news.They double this problem.Keep saying to yourself "we'll work everything out", "everybody faces some problems from time to time,I'm not the only one who has to deal with this",It's not a bad luck.It's just life.Blessings.

No, superstition isn't my cup of tea :P.

i think they say it comes in 3s,the matron of the hospital where i used to work,used to say this very same thing(shes says its her experience,when one bad case comes in, two more is bound to turn up)and i have also read about this in a friends discussion.

Hi savypat, I'm not sure if this is an old wives tale or not but I expect it is, even though I have seen it happen many many times.I have a feeling that we can attract good and bad things into our life by thinking about it, just as people usually react the way we expect them to. I don't believe things happen in fours , so you should be safe for awhile anyway. Blessings.

I don't think bad things necessarily come in threes, that may just be superstition but I do believe that one negative incident can attract another. I have often gone through periods when things will go wrong, my attitude will subconsciously become negative and more and more bad things will occur but perhaps it is just the Universe providing us with tests and lessons, who knows...

Yea I think bad things come in threes. First my car broke down, then my cell phone broke (thank god later after the car broke down), then my steam mop broke, (I love my steam mop. lol) It usually happens like that to me.