what are you supposed to do once the bride and groom say i do and the chapel is emptying?

Question

i've seen so many people not know how to handle this time in a wedding. does the bride and groom immediately line up for the receiving line? or do they run into the wedding car and honk the horn all over town? or do they go for photos, or what and when exactly do we throw the bird seed, or blow bubbles if they beat us out of the chapel? i never did 'get it'.

Answer 1

Generally you line up for receiveing line (after a nice big kiss!), then your guests come through to congratulate you. After everyone is outside with whatever 'prop' you are using you then run the gamut to the waiting car. Many times you take a quick trip around the block to give the guests a chance to leave then it's back to the church for photos.

Answer 2

The bride and groom go to the entrance of the church when they leave the altar. Parents and grand parents and the couple form a receiving line and greet the guests as they leave the church. The guest gather outside and wait to throw the rice or bread crumbs or bubbles or whatever they are doing as the couple leaves the church and gets into their car.

Most churches do not allow pictures during the ceremone so the photographer might have the couple and the wedding party go back inside to take pictures. In many cases the couple go to some site to take more picutres like a park if it is nice weather. The people go to the reception unless they want to watch the picture taking. At the reception there should be some soft music for conversation and the people should be seated and wait for the wedding party to return and be introduced as they enter. Once that happens and the bride and groom have their first dance, the reception begins.

Answer 3

Traditionally this is when the wedding party should be lining up for the receiving line. After the exchanging of vows, the bride, groom and the wedding party leave down the aisle before the rest of the guests and should line up. The guests should line up and shake hands, hug, kiss and things like that. If the wedding party is gong to do photos after the wedding, then after the receiving line is when that should be set up and depending on whether or not the reception immediately follows, guests should head off to the reception area, or home to wait for the reception.

Answer 4

Each case could be different so you can take the lead from the newly married couple.

If they hang out on the church steps for a while, feel free to hug them and offer your best wishes.

If it looks like they are busy posing for their photographer, stay out of the way. If it looks like there will be hugging and a receiving line, join in.

If they run off and jump in a car and drive away, quietly make your way to your own vehicle and go home (or wherever) until it's time for the reception.

Answer 5

Once they say i do and the ceremony is finished, the bride and grrom then go along and kiss their family sitting in the front row! They then generally go outside the church and say a quick hello to ppl, and perhaps have a few photos, then they go off to wherever they are having their photos done whilst the guests make their way to the reception....

Answer 6

They head outside and start getting photos and their guests will come out after them and congratulate them. The couple say hi to everyone then get their photos and the guests leave after a little bit and (usually) head to the reception while the couple and bridal party and close family keep getting photos.

Answer 7

anything from sneaking of to a private room for a couple minutes of smoochy time to signing the documents, to receiving line, to photos. tostraight to the reception...it is all a personal preference.

Answer 8

You don't "get it" because you're an idiot. You're supposed to go find a damp, dark corner of the chapel and drop a steaming hot wedding gift on the floor.