$1 Dance

How I see brides that say "it's my day"...

You'll get great and honest advise on here - honestly I think they are tacky. If you are open to the advise here you'll love these forums. If you post just to have people agree you won't lol

But sounds like your open to blunt honesty which is great

Part of your culture: awesome, yay, "you do you, boo"!

Not part of your culture and just a way to make money off your guests: ew. Gag me with a spoon.

I know some families follow the customs, but I personally wouldn't do it. There's tons and tons of customs, so there will definitely be a lot of different opinions.

I went to a wedding that did that recently and everyone loved it. I personally won't do it at my wedding. To each their own!

Please don't do this

I disagree Stephanie w. Every wedding I've ever been to in West Virginia had it! Lol although I'm closer to pa and it's a cultural thing there. Where's your family from? We are going to do it because it is expected culturally here.

It's not only tacky it's gross and creepy.

ETA: changed my wording

@futuremrsdj living in an area where people have done dollar dances does not make it a cultural thing. When people are referring to cultural reasons they mean coming from a background that has a specific meaning for it other than getting money from people.

NO.

This is a custom is my area.... Guests get a shot and are essentially paying for the shot.

I had no idea this was a thing in WV. My fiancé is from there and I just asked him if the weddings he had attended had dollar dances and he said most of them do.

Thank god he did not suggest we have one. Helllllll no.

Wait......I need to get my wine for this!

Ok cool! I feel a lot better knowing I wasn't crazy thinking that it was weird and all.. It's my first ever wedding obviously and ib only ever been to 1 or 2 weddings myself.. So I just wanted to make sure it wasn't a "normal" thing! thank you guys!

It's a thing in the state my MOH lives in. EVERYONE does it. When she came to visit recently she asked if I had gotten my purse for the dollar dance yet........uuughhhh. I had to explain that I wasn't doing a dollar dance. She was shocked but accepted it. Oy vey!! Love her to death though!

If she's telling you this, and she got that much money from the dance then it's most likely because it is common in her social circle or she is from a culture where it is tradition (yes, these do exist).

My family is Cuban, I have yet to go to a wedding without a dollar dance. When I've told people I'm not having one, I actually get disappointed responses. HOWEVER, I would NEVER EVER suggest a dollar dance to someone who isn't of the same social circle/culture because I know it can be seen as gift grabby to others.

So, it's great that it worked out for your friend and that her guest clearly enjoyed it (otherwise she wouldn't have made $500 from it) but if you had not heard of this previously, don't do it. More likely than not, your guest haven't either and they'll be put off by it.

Who carries cash anymore?

Side note, just was in a wedding where they had the dollar dance. It was kind of awkward and no one really danced with them, cause no one has cash!!!

My sister had it in her wedding she never asked for it my uncle did and everyone followed nobody was pressured its a culture thing for latinos , they also do it for sweet 15 . It's not that uncommon.

Also, this is a hot topic around here. If you feel like you've already gotten the necessary responses and don't want people to continue to, repetitively answer you, DON'T HIDE YOUR POST, but do edit and put in and update.

This is a huge NO