Bouquet toss but no garter toss / Alternatives to them

I would skip both. I don't like the idea of lining up all single people that way.

That's why I didn't know if there were alternative ways to do the bouquet toss that people have tried

Maybe give the bouquet to someone you feel particularly close to? Longest married couple?

Of course you can just do the bouquet toss and not the garter. That's what I did.

Honestly I know some people don't like it but no one is forced to participate in the bouquet toss. I would never drag any single friends to do it, it's just a bit of fun at the end of the night

Natalie, there are so many stories where no-one got up to catch the bouquet and the wedding couple was literally asking people to go up. So many. I get that your crowd is v v different, but from what I hear on this site, it's a fail.

The weddings I have been in it hasn't been a fail. I am about 50/50 married/single in my group of 160 we are inviting.

Ok well you know your crowd best.

Like I stated, It is the garter I didn't want to do. I was taking ideas on alternative bouquet toss ideas as well.

We too decided against the garter toss and bouquet toss... we are doing a longest couple dance. Inviting all married couples to the dance floor dj will announce years of marriage longest married couple will get the bouquet.

We are just doing the bouquet toss

We are having a special dance for us and the longest married couple, after which we give my bouquet and a bottle of champagne to them. No bouquet/garter toss.

We are just doing the bouquet toss and no garter toss. You catch it you keep it and that's the end.

It's a hit at every wedding I've ever been to and it always surprises me to see that other people find them to be an uncomfortable experience. Like just don't participate?

Rather than doing a toss, I'm going to give bouquets to fh and my grandmas.

We skipped both because the traditions/expectations surrounding each gross me out. i don't think anyone will notice!

You could do the garter toss without the big show of FH awkwardly climbing up your dress. Just have the garter in its package and just open and toss. Way easier, way less awkward. Or you could just skip it, I don't think anyone will notice

DH wanted to do the garter toss and a few of my friends had asked about doing the bouquet toss. We ended up nixing the garter toss but we still did the bouquet toss. It was fun, everybody got a laugh and it was over quickly.

We are doing both. Our crowd will want them. Yeah it's a little awkward to have my FHs hand up my dress in front of granny but oh well. Laugh it off

Natalie,even if you don't personally force anyone to participate there's always that guy/gal who is only too happy to make sure that people get up. I've been forcibly dragged up. One person came into the bathroom once to find me. I'm not doing either. I'd rather not parade up my single friends for the entertainment of others. I guess it's a know your crowd thing. My crowd has already thanked me profusely in advance for not including it. The only people who are sad about me not having it are a few marrieds who said, "but it's so fun to watch the single ladies fight it out" just no.

We're not doing either. Instead we're doing an anniversary dance and giving the toss bouquet to the longest married couple.

Most weddings these days only seem to do the bouquet toss. i've only been to one wedding that did the garter toss and it was cringe-y. totally okay to do just the bouquet toss.

if you have a large number of single ladies who would be down to participate, then go for it. i'm not a fan of it, so i'm skipping it, but at my wedding there are about 8 single women out of a 140 person crowd so it would probably be super awkward anyway....