tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902153394142261211.post9210980202200352997..comments2023-03-25T04:40:55.210-05:00Comments on <strike>Not</strike> The Marrying Kind...: Wedding Wednesday: Five Details You Can Do WithoutMarty J. Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01368924576964912226noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902153394142261211.post-84676642894558670022011-10-18T07:45:59.529-05:002011-10-18T07:45:59.529-05:00I love the idea of not having bridesmaids/groomsme...I love the idea of not having bridesmaids/groomsmen. One of the best weddings I ever went to was just the couple and the person performing the ceremony and it worked great. It was a wedding with two brides, and both of them had their dads walk them down the aisle. When it came time to hand their flowers to someone, their moms took them. It was a great way to involve both of their parents in the ceremony without making any friends uncomfortable (either by being excluded from the wedding party when other people weren't or by making someone feel pressured into being an attendant).<br /><br />I attended a wedding last summer that had ten bridesmaids, four junior bridesmaids, and two flower girls. The bride told me she spent well over a thousand dollars just on gifts for her attendants. Yikes!Mel is Swellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10365942539508150112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902153394142261211.post-75176949874441608872011-08-17T14:20:48.835-05:002011-08-17T14:20:48.835-05:00@Sara: That's *exactly* why I didn't do it...@Sara: That's *exactly* why I didn't do it. I hated it when I was single, too! We also skipped a lot of traditional elements. Or we remade them to fit us. Either way works. : )Marty J. Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01368924576964912226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902153394142261211.post-75947978989396444572011-08-17T14:16:49.861-05:002011-08-17T14:16:49.861-05:00@Helen: It's nice to see your name again final...@Helen: It's nice to see your name again finally instead of a crazy string of numbers and letters! : ) I stand by my bouquet toss rant up there, BUT, I love that you had everyone come in instead of just single ladies. That at least makes it less humiliating, which is probably the number one reason I don't like it.<br /><br />We had a lot of details, and truthfully, I wouldn't have changed any of them. This was definitely hard for me to write, but I think I did a decent round-up. : )Marty J. Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01368924576964912226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902153394142261211.post-48229392478688237162011-08-17T14:11:35.800-05:002011-08-17T14:11:35.800-05:00We definitely skipped a lot of traditional element...We definitely skipped a lot of traditional elements of a wedding. We had a destination wedding, so the whole weekend was a little different than a normal wedding weekend. And definitely no bouquet toss. Gah. I used to hate that when I was single, I'd never do that to anyone.Sara McCartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04942635767083902005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902153394142261211.post-53658294612493533202011-08-17T09:00:57.205-05:002011-08-17T09:00:57.205-05:00Ha. We actually threw TWO bouquets at once, but we...Ha. We actually threw TWO bouquets at once, but we said anyone who wanted could come try to catch it. It was actually kind of fun. We also didn't have an official first dance because the idea of it made us kind of uncomfortable, so our (unofficial) 'first dance' was to Crazy by Gnarls Barkley on a random spot in our playlist. It was kind of awesome. <br /><br />We didn't really have too many things I wish we had skipped, because we were on such a tight budget that we were pretty ruthless when we examined which traditions and details were meaningful to us and which were not. Anything that wasn't got cut. It turned out pretty well. ;)Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10121429564505659418noreply@blogger.com