Bride & groom didn't say hi to guests

I don't recall going to a wedding like that. For mine, we went to each table to toast with our guests. If they were not at the table at the time, we could not do much about it.

We also tried to talk to as many guests during cocktail hour and during the dancing portion of the night.

I think in terms of SPEAKING to each guest individually, we may have missed 5%. But we still went to each table for toasting and thanked all of our guests in our speeches.

What could possibly be "too much going on" that a bride and groom didn't have time to greet every guest? During dinner, their priority is to do table visits or a receiving line beforehand. There is nothing else going on during the reception dinner that keeps them from those moments, as everyone at the wedding is sitting and eating. So I'm sorry, but that's not a good excuse. If you can't get to all of your guests on time, then yeah, you over invited and didn't plan accordingly.

The last wedding I went to the bride and groom just ate, drank and danced all night. They did not speak to anyone who wasn't family or bridal party. I was mad that I spent all this money to fly across the country and give a gift. I still haven't even gotten a thank you note from the wedding last Sept.

I have a guest list of three hundred and we are making a few concessions to ensure we talk to all guests. After the ceremony we will be staying 30 min to mingle with guests. We will be arriving at cocktail hour early to mingle with guests. We will do a receiving line or table visits. And we will say a final thank you during speeches. We might miss a few people but we will do everything in our power to limit the amount of people this happens to.

There are no excuses for not making every possible effort to talk to each one of your guests and thank them. We want to enjoy our day but at the same time we need to acknowledge the people that took time out of their lives to celebrate with us

It's rude and there is no excuse for it. End of story.

It's hella rude. If a couple can't commit to spending time with each guest, they shouldn't invite 200 of them.

Rude. My mother was shocked when I told her we were doing a grand entrance instead of a receiving line. But of course we will go table to table and talk to our guests too

Very rude.

At one wedding, I took my gift home with me. I had planned to hand it to the couple in a receiving line or a table visit. I had not seen the groom in decades and never met the bride.

Bitch move on my part.

I'm actually very much looking forward to spending time with our guests! I guess it's easier for me, since this ain't my first rodeo, to see the reception as a big ol' party rather than as Our Event Of A Lifetime. With the exception of some family members (sigh), we only invited people we really like hanging with, and I'm so excited to have great people from so many of areas of our lives in one place for us to visit with, dance with, and enjoy.

I think it is incredibly rude, IMO. Another reason why it is important for us to have a smaller wedding (roughly 60 quests). I can see why it would be difficult to greet all guests if you're having a much larger wedding. It would be hurtful as a guest to make the time to attend someone's wedding and not even be acknowledged by the bride and groom.

Saying hello and thank you should be mandatory!

I only had 4 tables.... lol no regrets about a small wedding- I sat at each table as soon as I finished eating- and we ate first.

FH and I split up during cocktail hour and made the rounds... I feel like I was being pulled in all directions but we really made an effort to greet and hug each guest. It was rather overwhelming with 220 people. We also thanked people in our toast.

ETA: I also agree with Christy - it is often the parents who act just as much as the party "hosts" in our circle.

I think it's easy to get overwhelmed with so many people there, but I think the easiest thing to do is a receiving line. That way you can get it out of the way, so to speak, and not have to worry about being rude or interfering with dinner or dancing.

Personally, this is another reason I'm glad we are limiting our guest list to 100...I know we should at least be able to make table visit n still enjoy the night without running around the whole time.

We made sure to get to everyone. It did mean that we ate last (so no our intention, but people started coming up to us right away so we went with it), but no regrets. Were there some people we would have liked more time with? Absolutely. We also had an open house later than night (brunch wedding) that helped with that. But for us it wasn't even a question if we'd do it -- we were grateful for all of the well-wishes.

Yeah it is super rude. i know receiving lines aren't popular on here, but we are doing one after our church wedding for that reason.

I wouldn't consider it rude for a large wedding - I definitely think they should try but if they didn't, I wouldn't be upset

I can see how it can be rude. And I too plan to make rounds. But in the perspective of the other side it's probably exhausting greeting everyone. We spend on this money in the event and don't even get to enjoy it. So perhaps they just wanted to enjoy it without the exhaustion.

Yes it's rude even if you have 500 guests ... even if you don't hold big convos .. you have to go and say thank you for coming