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Being from the South I have been to a lot of huge weddings. I have been a bridesmaid 8 times so far, and the largest wedding had 15 bridesmaids, 300 guests, and at least 600 at the reception. The honeymoon was a trip to Austria paid for by the groom's parents. It was a wedding I will never forget. Also, the bridesmaids did not count the junior bridesmaids and flower girls...kind of ridiculous and wasteful, but it wasn't my money so..
When and if I get married, I want simplicity..me, the groom, a preacher, and the outdoors..beach probably. Also, I would want my family which would make it not real tiny, but I don't want anything huge and fancy.
I attended a wedding about 15 years ago that had 500 people. It was very grand and I did not have a good time at all. The food was over the top and I did not like any of it. Hubby and I ended up hitting BK on the way home because we were starving! I heard the wedding cost 150 grand. The bride came from a very wealthy family. We knew the groom and he was the biggest jerk I had ever met. 6 months later the couple got a divorce. The groom started an affair with an flight attendant when on one of his business trips. He contracted warts and gave that to his bride as a parting gift. Like I said, he is a jerk.
The largest one I ever had the displeasure of attending was my Aunts. Nobody in the family really likes her and we avoid her as much as possible. It was her second wedding, in.... 2003 I believe. There were AT LEAST 500 people there, more at the reception. And it was dry. And vegetarian.
My dad brought a mini bbq and a few handles of liquor, though. We had our own private reception in the parking lot We actually met quite a few cool people because we had the liquor and meat. Turns out, she had invited EVERY ex boyfriend she had dated since high school, plus all her ex coworkers, and pretty much anyone else she had met in the past 15 years. Ridiculous.
They're still married and have two really creepy children. For my wedding, it's going to be simple, short and have less than 30 people there. Period.
Ive been a bridesmaid for a friend of mines wedding once, she had a huge family and tons for friends so there probably were about 5 of us and her maid-of-honour. But its probably a tie for some wedding receptions where hundreds of people have shown up too, and our band played. Even an elderly couple got up and bounced around when we did 'Big 10 Inch'!
Those of you who have never heard the song, here it is....you can see why its a hit no matter what venue.
Its not us but you get the picture....its one of those that you wanna say 'if you cant dance to this one, you cant dance!
I attended a wedding with approximately 600 guests. The bride's father owned several hospitals, so they were extremely wealthy...they spared no expense. The bride told me that she onnly knew about 20 people, including her family members!
Having said that, it was one of the most beautiful, lavish weddings I've ever been to.
I've been to a few small weddings with only a couple of dozen people at the most (I was the best man at two of them) but I guess the largest one was my nephew's wedding a couple of years ago. It wasn't all that large, I would guess maybe 150 or so. If I was going to get married I think I'd prefer a very small wedding because I'd be a nervous wreck and if I did something like faint or vomit I wouldn't want too many witnesses to be there to observe the proceedings.
The largest Wedding that I had been a part of was My Brother's Wedding in 1997, I was a Groomsman. My Brother and His Wife invited over 250 People,they didn't know half the People(they just wanted a large attendence). My Brother Married into a Wealthy Family and the Father-in-law paid for everything including Honeymoon(to Walt Disney World at the Grand Floridian for a week). My wrist got sore having to shake so many hands!
I get invited to weddings but I never go... I rather go to a funeral. Seriously.
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We actually met quite a few cool people because we had the liquor and meat. Turns out, she had invited EVERY ex boyfriend she had dated since high school, plus all her ex coworkers, and pretty much anyone else she had met in the past 15 years. Ridiculous.
