Not getting married today – the supposed luckiest day of the century?  Don’t worry your marriage isn’t doomed from the start just because you didn’t follow the footsteps of Eva Longoria who will lavishly wed her basketball player sweetheart Tony Parker today (07/07/07) in a castle hours outside of Paris.  Eva still only has the exact same chances of living happily ever as every other celebrity couple who will wed any day this year. (And that goes the same for Wolfgang Puck who is marrying his girlfriend in Capri today. Sorry buddy, love your salads but getting married today doesn't give you an advantage either.)

<span />All those “regular folksâ€ <em>Lucky in Love</em> and getting married today with lotto tickets as favors and dice as table decorations, just to be clear, you do know your wedding has the same chances of lasting as everyone else’s marriage, right?  And ladies, I hate to break it to you but you still have the same chances of your husband to be forgetting your anniversary.  Yup, trust me. It’s possible.

But then again, what do I know? The luck of the Irish didn’t help me any when I got married <em>the first time</em> on St. Patrick’s Day.  But I’m still doubtful any of the couples getting married will receive any special marriage juju from the lucky number 7. 

And by the way, while we are on the topic of three sevens being the luckiest day for weddings, today is not really the only “luckiest day of the centuryâ€, as the number 8 is a very lucky number in the Chinese culture.  So next year, we can expect a bunch of Chinese weddings around the world on 8/8/08 where the bride and groom rightfully feel equally as lucky. (And yes I’ve already started to get my red envelopes ready as Chinese wedding banquets simply rock.)

Hoping to score big at the craps table or the slots today?  Well have fun with the crowds of gamblers who woke up with the same idea.  The casinos in Vegas, Connecticut and Atlantic City are filled with day trippers who believe today – July 7, 2007 – will bring them the luck they’ve always needed.  That in itself is enough to make me stay away.  (Can you imagine the lines for everything from tables to the buffet line at the Bellagio. Oh forget it.)

Speaking of winning money, planning on playing the lottery today?  I never play the lotto but planned to buy a $1 ticket for each of my kids for the fun of it. Well in New York’s lottery, 777 can’t be played in numbers. Oh well. Today, I guess I’m sh-t out of luck.