Are garters necessary?

I am not wearing one and we are not doing a toss. I am not wearing pantyhose because my FH would literally choose to divorce me on the spot so I don't need anything to hold them up!

Yup skipped it altogether. And no I did not wear one, I have really fat legs and it would have served no purpose since I had bear legs anyway.

You definitely don't need to wear a garter if you're not doing a toss.

Here's an interesting read on the tradition of the wedding garter:

http://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/cultural-traditions/history-of-the-wedding-garter-tradition.htm

To get married, all you need is the license, a witness and a person of authority to sign off on it. Everything else is fluff. That said, I like the fluff. So no, garters are not necessary. I'm not doing one nor am I throwing my bouquet. It's a brooch bouquet and I might knock someone out.

I am 90% sure I am skipping the garter. We may do an anniversary dance to give away the bouquet but the garter thing skeeves me out a bit. And if we aren't doing a toss, I'm not going to have some unnecessary piece of fabric on my leg

Definitely not. I'm skipping the garter toss.. not my thing.. and no need to wear one.

MissMadeline - EEEWWWW!!! I had no idea!! "fingering the stocking"

OTW, thanks for the hilarious mental image

If you aren't doing the toss, and don't have "stockings" to keep up, then there is no point other than looking cute or sexy, if you're into that look.

OMG right??? SO RIDICULOUS!!!

YOU post it!

Blech...

I'm not wearing a garter... I personally find the whole garter toss thing awkward and don't see the point of it. I'd rather save the taking off the underthings for the wedding night and not the wedding!

Nooo, I meant the hilarious mental image of you tossing your brooch bouquet and knocking like 6 people out.

Necessary for what?!?!

We didn't have any and we're still married :-)

Oh! My bad. Yeah, a lawsuit would not be a great start to a union of families.

I think we are skipping it altogether and I'm not planning on wearing one. We are thinking of incorporating some kind of other "game" like a limbo contest or busting open a pinata haha. We're weirdos like that.

Haha now that I see it is some bizarre tradition not something sweet I don't feel bad skipping it at all!

The only garter I will be wearing will be the shmexy one for my honeymoon lingerie.

Nope not needed at all especially if you aren't doing the toss (which is awful anyway)

I'll be wearing stockings but will be wearing suspenders to keep them up

We tossed mad hatter hats and had a lot of fun with it. (Well other than the fact I beaned H in the face with one)