Do I NEED alcohol my wedding?

I'm always mind blown at the people who come out saying "all of the weddings I have been to have been dry weddings". Right. You live in a small, small world. I'm sure you have friends that either are married or will one day get married who drink alcohol now and then

Yes.

Champagne for us. I'm thinking to add wine

I don't think alcohol is necessary. And everyone saying it's to thank your guest that's just a bad excuse. Their does not need to be alcohol involved to have a good time.

I don't even care that you already have pages of replies. Yes.

I didn't read any of the comments but my question is why do people still comment on these posts and try to offer advice? 6 pages later and we know she still will not serve alcohol....

My husband went to a dry wedding twice and it's pretty rare where I live. The two couple's reasoning was because they are cheap.

@Kim - If you read the comments you will know that she IS planning to serve alcohol after we gave our advice. She is now planning to serve Wine/Beer and Margaritas!

That's a first!

We can save some people once in a while, which is why we never give up lol.

@VC - I'm not sure how it's less offensive to flat out cut the guest list and not invite important people than to not serve them alcohol. But that's just me - I come from an immigrant family who sees A) invites and B) a full meal as the necessary items, and anything else in a reception is just extra. But in a lot of American weddings nowadays, people cut dinner instead and just do appetizers, cake and alcohol.

Wine and margaritas sound fun

Groom and some of bridal party in recovery. Passing on the alcohol.

@Jacks I'm actually having an open bar so I wouldn't know, but as a guest who has gone to cash bars I didn't feel slighted at all. It's really not that serious. I could see if she wasn't feeding people.

Hey everyone...read the comments. OP found a solution and it involves providing alcohol for her guests.

Miss Manners is 400 years old. I wouldn't go by anything she says.

Our open bar came with the package we picked at our venue. Everything is in the cost.. i would have waited until I could afford having an open bar. I haven't been to a dry wedding before. Even if you don't drink think about your guests.

We are not having alcohol at our wedding. This does not mean that we are bad host, cheap or against drinking. I feel like you can have a great time without alcohol.

FMB, glad you weren't offended, but there will be some people that are by a cash bar. If there's a risk of offending even one guest, it shouldn't be done.

Akashali, cutting dinner out of a reception if it's at a mealtime is incredibly rude as well. You can't have a reception at a mealtime and not serve a meal.

Honestly, most of the people we are inviting are not really drinkers. Additionally, our budget is pretty small, probably like yours. You know yourself and your fiance and your guests more than any of us - if you think they'll be ok with a cash bar, go for it. It allowed them the chance to drink if they think it's necessary, but much less expensive. You know your life, your budget, and your people. Just because you can't afford alcohol doesn't mean you should re-plan your entire wedding or postpone it for many more months. As grand as it is, it's only one day in your life and later after it's not going to matter if you provided them with alcohol yourself or let them purchase it themselves if they so choose.

Yes you need to provide something. You don't get to choose if your guests want to drink or not just because you don't!