Bride & Groom Reception Etiquette?

At least give everyone some face time. I don't mean that you have to stop and talk to everyone, just make sure that everyone can see you and that you haven't just left. I would feel like "they have all the people they care about inside. We were just invited in hopes of getting a good gift. we don't really matter enough."

We are having a receiving line at the church, but after we are done eating we are going to cut the cake so people can have it right away and then we plan on going around and talking to everyone and thank them for coming. People usually spend a lot of money to come to your wedding and buy you a gift or give you money at least you can do is say goodbye and thank them for coming. I know how this is though we went to a wedding reception indoors and the bride took off outside and she was in the photo booth a lot with other people while the groom went around and thanked everyone. I was also at another wedding that the bride looked at a couple of guests and would not say anything to them even though they were standing there waiting for her.

Exactly why I wanted under 100 people, cause I knew I would be annoyed if I had to go around to over 200 people and make small talk. Hitting 8 tables isn't so difficult. Hitting up 20 tables half inside and half outside would be annoying.

Im a strong believer of only inviting people I know personally and like nough to want to talk to. I hope this wasn't a good friend or a sibling.

That was extremely rude. You don't do that to your guests. Nor do you put them outside in extreme temperatures.

We are going to go around to each table and greet our guests at the reception. We have a small group, so it will be do-able for us.

My parents went to a wedding this weekend. Reception was indoors and the bride & groom still did not come to every table to say hello. My mother of course sent me an email about the good & bad of the wedding since ours is coming up shortly. She definitely wants us to make it to each table, which we were planning on doing anyway.

My future hubby is a living Wookie. Anything above 65 degrees and he starts roasting. So to keep things comfortable, we're having the reception indoors with ac (hopefully) and only the ceremony is outdoors. The ceremony is beside a lake though and in the springtime. Around here with possible temps of 115? even I would go nuts with the heat!

However, every wedding I've been too that's produced the whole nine yards, the bride and groom at least attempted to make rounds to their guests and graciously accepted congrats. Sounds like that couple shouldn't have put on a grand display if they wanted it to be just them.