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That's exactly what happened when my husband and I got married. The wedding was on Long Island in a church at 3 pm. The reception wasn't until 5. The mass lasted for about an hour and then it was about 20-30 minutes to the reception.
None of my family who lived in the Bronx attended the ceremony because "they didn't know what to do for that 45 minutes between the wedding and the reception". So I walked up the aisle on what was the most important day of my life to 20 people in the church. But they all managed to make it to the reception where they had free food and an open bar. The height of tackiness. If I could only attend either the ceremony or the reception I would chose the ceremony.
That's exactly what happened when my husband and I got married. The wedding was on Long Island in a church at 3 pm. The reception wasn't until 5. The mass lasted for about an hour and then it was about 20-30 minutes to the reception.
None of my family who lived in the Bronx attended the ceremony because "they didn't know what to do for that 45 minutes between the wedding and the reception". So I walked up the aisle on what was the most important day of my life to 20 people in the church. But they all managed to make it to the reception where they had free food and an open bar. The height of tackiness. If I could only attend either the ceremony or the reception I would chose the ceremony.
Well why did you time it like that, and what were you thinking people were going to do in between? Would it have been better if they RSVP'ed yes then didn't go to the reception after you'd paid for the food?
I went to one wedding like that with a big gap in between and it was really awkward. On top of that, the family was Mormon, so after the official cake and punch reception, there was another one for the couple's friends later that evening. It was a marathon event.
That's exactly what happened when my husband and I got married. The wedding was on Long Island in a church at 3 pm. The reception wasn't until 5. The mass lasted for about an hour and then it was about 20-30 minutes to the reception.
None of my family who lived in the Bronx attended the ceremony because "they didn't know what to do for that 45 minutes between the wedding and the reception". So I walked up the aisle on what was the most important day of my life to 20 people in the church. But they all managed to make it to the reception where they had free food and an open bar. The height of tackiness. If I could only attend either the ceremony or the reception I would chose the ceremony.
They couldn't have chatted amongst themselves for 45 minutes? Maybe a quick game of charades, then? Wow...
Well why did you time it like that, and what were you thinking people were going to do in between? Would it have been better if they RSVP'ed yes then didn't go to the reception after you'd paid for the food?
I went to one wedding like that with a big gap in between and it was really awkward. On top of that, the family was Mormon, so after the official cake and punch reception, there was another one for the couple's friends later that evening. It was a marathon event.
OMG, 45 minutes? That is barely time to travel between places and go to the restroom. At my daughter's wedding we made sure that drinks and hors d'oeuvres were available as guests arrived.
What I DO think is rude is when a wedding is held at noon, or 2:00, and the reception is not until 6:00 or later. THAT is very inconsiderate to the guests.
OMG, 45 minutes? That is barely time to travel between places and go to the restroom. At my daughter's wedding we made sure that drinks and hors d'oeuvres were available as guests arrived.
What I DO think is rude is when a wedding is held at noon, or 2:00, and the reception is not until 6:00 or later. THAT is very inconsiderate to the guests.
Ya... in our case it was a longer gap (the story I mentioned above). Still, weird for people to possibly arrive at the reception and not be able to go in. I think the one we went to had like an hour or 2, and a very short drive.
Well why did you time it like that, and what were you thinking people were going to do in between? Would it have been better if they RSVP'ed yes then didn't go to the reception after you'd paid for the food?
I went to one wedding like that with a big gap in between and it was really awkward. On top of that, the family was Mormon, so after the official cake and punch reception, there was another one for the couple's friends later that evening. It was a marathon event.
That's exactly what happened when my husband and I got married. The wedding was on Long Island in a church at 3 pm. The reception wasn't until 5. The mass lasted for about an hour and then it was about 20-30 minutes to the reception.
None of my family who lived in the Bronx attended the ceremony because "they didn't know what to do for that 45 minutes between the wedding and the reception". So I walked up the aisle on what was the most important day of my life to 20 people in the church. But they all managed to make it to the reception where they had free food and an open bar. The height of tackiness. If I could only attend either the ceremony or the reception I would chose the ceremony.
I had one prize who told my now-ex-husband that he couldn't come to our wedding because I wasn't Catholic and he was disappointed that my husband hadn't gotten his first marriage annulled so that we could have been married in the Catholic church. But he sure showed up for the reception and open bar, no problem with that.
The best part was that he was a bar owner, and Mr. Catholic eventually had an affair with one of his bartenders that resulted in a child, and his Catholic wife and three Catholic kids dumped his azz when they found out. Then he lost his bar because of his gambling habit. But at least he didn't lower himself to attend a Protestant wedding!
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