My wedding is coming up in 7 months and I would like to what other people hate about weddings so I can see what i can so to make sure everyone is going to have a good time!
2007-02-17 14:31:17 · 19 answers · asked by Kellie 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
This is truly the best question I have ever seen in this section since I started looking - Wow! Congrats... Now, things NOT to do...
1) Inane personally written wedding vows
2) Bad singing
3) Large numbers of bridesmaids/groomsmen (NEVER EVER more than 4 of each)
4) Long ceremonies
5) Wedding gowns other than white or ivory (at least for 1st timers).
6) Wedding dresses for second/third/fourth etc timers.
7) Maternity wedding dresses (Dear God! NEVER EVER)
8) Flower girls/Ringbearers that are too young to understand what is going on.
9) Animals (no doggy ringbearers etc.)
10) Long distances between the church and the reception
11) Destination weddings and expecting all the guests to show up.
12) No small children at the wedding - sorry...
13) Never have free booze at the reception! At most have free beer and wine only.
14) Make sure everyone is rehearsed
15) Not receiving a Thank You note
I know not all these suggestions relate to guest comfort, but are just some things I find tacky beyond belief. Good Luck!... There are lots of good suggestions here.
2007-02-18 09:01:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Things I hate at weddings:
1. Overly LONG and drawn out ceremonies...especially when the bride and groom write their own vows..ugh. It's excruciating for 99% of the guests to sit through.
2. Receiving lines. They are a huge waste of time.Skip the line, and visit with your guests at their tables during the reception.
3. Long waits between the ceremony and reception. If it's going to be more than an hour between ceremony and reception, make arrangements at the reception site for guests to have some food and drink before the reception starts.
4. DJ's who are obnoxious, or worse, really corny. I hate when DJ's call out people to get on the dance floor for a conga line or some other silly dance. Your 85 year old Aunt Mary may not be in the mood to boogy.
5. The bouquet/garter toss. Inevitably, the brides 8 year old niece will catch the bouquet, and the grooms single 40 year old brother will catch the garter. Um, can you say inappropriate?
6. Receptions that are overly organized are also a bit irritating. You know, stopping every other song for a toast, a special dance, a speech. Just let the reception flow the way it wants. It's so much more fun and spontaneous.
7. I know this is an unpopular answer, but I hate buffets. Especially when you are all decked out in cocktail dress and high heels...then you have to somehow juggle a plate across a slippery dance floor?
2007-02-19 15:15:38 · answer #2 · answered by MelB 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have performed a number of wedding ceremonies since I am an ordained minister. The worst part of a wedding is when the bride and groom go into the rehearsal unprepared. Everyone then tries to tell them how the wedding should be conducted. People's feelings were hurt because the bride and groom took someone else's idea rather than theirs. Also, I have seen the bride in tears not knowing who to listen to.
My advice: Make sure the two of you have planned the ceremony out in detail. Let the rehearsal be just that, a rehearsal of what you want and not a time to figure out who should do what next.
2007-02-17 14:39:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I hate, hate, hate memorial services during the wedding. It's distracting to the wedding. As a guest I am there to see two people come together and begin their lives as one. I am not there to watch the bridal couple "honor" their deceased loved one. If they must do some type of memorial then it should be kept subtle, and short.
I also hate watching the couple sign the marriage certificate during the ceremony. BORING!!! Sign it before or after.
I'm not fond of receiving lines. I don't know anybody in the wedding party with the exception of the bride and groom. Why do I have to go through a line with a forced smile saying, "It's so nice to meet you!" when I know I'll never see that person again.
2007-02-17 21:02:13 · answer #4 · answered by Just Jess 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I hate the dressing up, yet i think of they are relaxing The final family contributors wedding ceremony i become at, my cousin have been given an egg thrown at her from a passer with the help of in a automobile, my cousin almost have been given thrown out for underage eating (somewhat underage and he become allowed to have a drink), my little brother fell asleep suitable beside a blaring speaker, and then there is countless issues we did that i won't be in a position to show. Oh and loose foodstuff...Yummy, i don't comprehend how lots cake ate! Weddings are relaxing
2016-09-29 06:25:59 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of them, it's the pure hassle of all the details. By keeping the wedding itself simple and one to one personal, that gets the first part out of the way, too many couples now days take off. Stay, visit, dance eat, enjoy your guests, they came to see you and yours on your special day, so turn it around, they will ALL have a good time, far better than a long drawn out ceremony, five seconds of your face and maybe a piece of cake.
2007-02-17 15:47:58 · answer #6 · answered by ten151x 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I would have to say to much time in between the cermony and the wedding, like the ones that there is more than an hour. especial with out of town guests who don't know what to do for that time
2007-02-17 15:34:50 · answer #7 · answered by scarlett13854 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You know what I HATE the most? I hate that stupid tradition of throwing the bride's bouquet and then having the groom throw the bride's garder. Then some guy at the wedding has to publicly put the garder on the women who caught the bouquet!!!
I learned of that tradition when i was 12 and from then on all the weddings i have been to i always knew NEVER to catch the bouquet. And that upsets me because i WANT to catch it. About 4 times it has fallen at my feet and i let some other stupid woman pick it up.
So at MY wedding I will throw the bouquet and NOT throw the garder. I will also announce that fact to my guests so all the single women know that they can have fun and really fight for the bouquet.
All the weddings i have been to, only about 2 unsuspecting women from the group are excited to catch the bouquet and actually fight for it. Because all the other women know "do not catch it".
I dont think it is fun or funny to embarrass guests publicly for my amusement. So please do not throw the garder and tell your guests that they are embarrassment free to catch the bouquet.
2007-02-17 15:03:02 · answer #8 · answered by Educated 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Having to hear about every detail for months!
So many weddings are toooooo long with too much music/singing.
2007-02-17 14:41:57 · answer #9 · answered by PogieLuke 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
When they are really long ...a half an hour is about perfect and when kids or babies cry or are noisey during the ceremony and the parents don't have enough smarts to take them outside.
2007-02-17 18:15:54 · answer #10 · answered by boss 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋