Meet the best man.

this certainly is an interesting tradition. is it only for formal occasions or does that mean you two would help each other out, in a routine manner, more than others. here relationships are a tradition in its own. every elder is uncle or aunt, every youngster is nephew or niece, and those of same age group are brothers and sisters/sister-in-laws (depending on marital status). now that you have the ideal koubaros, i guess it won't be a problem getting his photo (provided you have charged your camera)....

we have no such culture or relationship like what you described, but i have seen such relation in the movie "Friends". May i ask you some questions? how are your relationship in the real life? what is the criterion to find your Koubaros? do you know him very well? maybe our country is a little conservative, maybe the people in your country are more open minded than us.

That is a very interesting relationship to be entering into,which I wasn't previously aware of in Greek Culture,or indeed in any other!..As You know,the UK tradition is to choose Your "Best Man" with their consent when planning the Wedding..Which brings with it all the responsibilities and etiquette expected of a Best Man..So How does the opportunity to become a Koubaros/a present itself? Can they be a relation,or a best Friend that you decide to "Promote"? If a Guy here has a best friend,the chances are He will be offered "The Job"..But it's the Male to Female dynamic that's interesting to Me..A Woman can have a Guy that close Who doesn't plan on being the one putting the ring on Her finger! Who proposes the Idea? Does the Chief Bridesmaid or Matron of Honour role exist,if the Koubaros has the Bride's role of Honour? I don't know how widespread the concept I've heard of is,but I've Heard of Girls having a close Guy Friend who have made a pact together,that if neither of them have married by the time they're 40,they'll marry one another! Again,how seriously that's been taken,I've never yet experienced the result..I've no big circle of friends,and most weddings I've been invited to have been family related over the Years..I've seen neighbours become as close as relatives,but there's no formalities involved..Having worked in Germany,there is a tradition there for Adults who befriend one another to continue using the formal form of "You" when addressing one another (Sie),then at a later stage decide to make the transition to use the Informal,Intimate form, (Du),although Young people tend to use Du amongst themselves..

Well that is a really cool little tradition. It made me smile. I can't think of a think like that over here, not one. Send coffee!

Y'all seem to have so many more customs than we do here. I'm glad we don't have so many don't think i could keep up w/them.

I learned two greek words today , thank you!! You mean koubaros is like the best man in English weddings? Here we arent used to anything like that..And the only experience i have about foreign wedding is pic where I saw my cousin marrying a londoner...Here in our custom, cousins marry each other...My elder sis is married to our second cousin! In our neighbouring state, uncle and neice marry u know? That is if my mother has a younger bro, I can be married to him!!! Sounds strange know?? I think thses practises were kept for not losing the ancestoral propert and wealth of the family...Like if I marry to an outsider, I will take away my share of wealth, right? Also marrying cousins has the same reason, previously joint family system was quite popular and to keep the wealth together, thses marriages were held. Also when my sister married, my father wasnt alive. WE have a custom called kanyadaan which is the giving of bride to the groom literally to his hand, and that is supposed to be done by the father, so in her case, my uncle did it...The person who does kanyadaan is like a father figure and also godfather like..he is given more respect and importance than before...

For the most part we just wing it here.....meet someone.......have a relationship and if it works out you can commit by either living together or getting married....or break if off and try to stay friends if you can....no sense getting rid of someone who might down the road look different.

So is he sorta like your best friend, or how exactly did he become your "best man"?

Hello my friend They have things like this here as well, but you all make it sound much more interesting, usually the best man is for the groom, I assume this could be the grooms brother or his best friend, woman have brides maids, maid of honor, I like how things are done in Greece, if people actually took thing more serious life would be alot more interesting here in the city, look forward to seeing your new avatar Have a great day my friend. Thank you for sharing this.