can we avoid offering food to guests attending marriage?

Question

now a days no one has time.many guests walk out immedietly after blessing the bride and bride groom.
in middle class family the girls father incurr the expenditure of food.,in addition to many socially imposed expenses like dowry etc.so we can minimise his burden.
normally lot of food gets weasted in marriages.
we can avoid this weastage also.

Answer 1

This is sick. You mentioned about the expenditures due to social impositions like dowry, and talking about cutting of expenses on food. You could have suggested 'no dowry system' instead to cut off expenses in the bride's side.

All the best...

:-)

Answer 2

My husband and I were married in the evening, past the normal dinner hour. At the reception we decided not to have a formal dinner, but rather had canapes and other finger-food things laid out on a table and passed by waiters. I think as long as you let people know that there will not be a normal dinner so that they can eat beforehand you're fine. For instance, in our invitations we included a card that said "Please join us for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres immediately following the ceremony" because our ceremony and reception were in the same place. We've had a lot of compliments since on our reception, so people must have not been too upset that they didn't get a regular meal.

Answer 3

First, it is YOUR wedding, do whatever you feel is appropriate.
Here are a couple of pointers/ideas, with that said.
If you decide not to serve any food, note that on the invitations, so people do not show up expecting to be fed, and then sit hungry through the ceremony/reception, or leave early because they are hungry.
If you want a cheaper and less wasteful idea for feeding everybody, i have one word for you: POTLUCK! Ask the guests to bring a dish, everybody gets to eat, minimal cost to everybody, and designate one person to divide up the leftovers and send a little of everything home with each guest.

Answer 4

Generally the food served is at the reception, which can be limited to the closest friends and immediate family if desired. Not everyone invited to the ceremony has to be invited to the reception. I have been to receptions which were held at a restaurant with only the close family and also several with a buffet dinner. I also had a sister who served only cake, fruit and wine at her wedding-no one complained (it was a short afternoon wedding).

Answer 5

I guess you could skip the reception, and just have the wedding. The invitation would just have the wedding date and time and location, no reception to follow wprds at the bottom, or reception card.
I can't imagine having a wedding without at least cake and punch after. It is a tradition.

Answer 6

Marriage is purely a family function. A new member is joining the family. This is to be made known to close relatives. Hence it is enough to invite only close relatives and conduct the function.

Of late people started inviting several people to show off their affluence which started pinching the common man. One should to realise at least now.

Answer 7

Food is a great way to bring people together and that is what marriages are all about. I know it's expensive and some gets wasted, but it would be a nice gesture. By the way, I think your sweet for thinking of her family so much.

Answer 8

it is very rude
to avojd wastage, u should make sure the food is readily available so that they don't need 2 wait, and u should mention RSVP in the invitation to ensure u know how many people are coming
and u should book a case if dowry is asked

Answer 9

i am getting married next year and rather than an elaborate dinner that noone is going to eat we are having a midnight "buffet" which is just going to consist of cold cuts, cheese, buns, veggies and dip, that kind of stuff. at the ceremony site i am serving wine, cheese and bread to the guests- one glass per person at the ceremony site and the rest is coming back to the reception. the only cost to my father is going to be a 1/3 of the alcohol bill.

Answer 10

I think you can schedule the wedding for the afternoon, like 2pm, and offer a cake/nuts/mints/punch kind of reception. You could take it up a notch with fruit, breads, cheese and meat platters etc. relatively inexpensively.