Do i talk to every guest at my wedding?

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Yes absolutely! I think 2-3 minutes per table is perfect.I just can't see spending five minutes on the dot with every couple. Some are people I am meeting for the first time, or distant family. I think a general speech for coming would be great as well.

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I don't think it's tacky for my family but I could see why she would consider it that why because in a sense it is asking for money. My parents side is Mexican and it's a expected dance at every wedding and everyone has had it at every wedding I have been to with my side.

We are doing a receiving line at the church and we are also opening gifts the day after with guest who would like to join us. We plan to talk to guest after we eat dinner. But we made a deal with each other to enjoy our meal and not rush it. We have heard of a lot of couples who do not eat.

I've been to too many weddings where I/my family never got to speak to the couple because of the amount of people there. That's one of the reasons my FH and I keep slashing the guest list.

I know you're supposed to, but my cousin had 150 at her wedding and never came to my table or said much to me outside of receiving line after ceremony and I honestly never even thought of it until reading this. Personally when i go to a wedding i know the bride and groom and very busy and dont think twice about it. But thats just me.

Oh and i went to find her and say we were leaving.

View Quoted Comment Your MIL is rude. I don’t think dollar dance are tacky. It’s a cultural thing and it sounds like your mil doesn’t have much culture.

Unfortunately you do have to speak to everyone. You don’t have to spend five minutes but do allot a certain amount of time some time after dinner is served to say hello. Just go to each table and say hello, thanks for coming and maybe let ppl take a pic or two, then move on to the next table. And don’t be afraid to let guests know you can’t talk with them all night (in a nice way of course).

Yep. You have to talk to all guests. You're the hosts and it's the polite thing to do. Not getting to eat or possibly even enjoy a lot of dancing is a risk you take inviting 300 people. I went to college with a woman who had 300 guests at her wedding and their limo driver took them through the Taco Bell drive through after their wedding because they never got the chance to eat their $90 a plate dinners.

I definitely think you have to talk to all your guests. Why invite people if you're not going to talk to them? But I do see where you're coming from on the 5 minutes for each person. That seems like a lot. If I were you, I would make a trip to each table and say hi and thank everybody for coming.

I've been to a wedding where there was about 200 people. My friend did a reviving line and then mingled a lot at the reception. They still ate ans appeared to have a good time. Just make a solid plan and you can have it all!

View Quoted Comment Yep I agree!For me it was my brother and that when I decided to have a smaller wedding.I want to make sure to enjoy every guest.

Yes, you have to take time to speak to and thank each guest throughout the night. One big speech isn't acceptable. If you don't want to do this, you should consider a smaller wedding.

Do a receiving line, 300 ppl is a lot.... enjoy your day....I have 200 ppl I won't lie I'm not sitting and talking... I will walk to each table hug and keep it moving....

Yes you do have to to talk to everyone. People will not come to watch you dance and party all night. Every guest needs to be thanked for coming. You don't need to have a stopwatch and time each interaction as five minutes but yes you need to talk to each party/couple/singleton.

Dollar dances can come off as money grabby - just an fyi.

This is exactly why I wanted to do a first look. We jabe a large guest list and plan on spending cocktail hour mingling with our guests. We will still make the rounds at dinner if we didn’t get to see everyone during cocktail hour.

And yes, asking people for money when you dance is very rude.

View Quoted Comment Culture is subjective. In my area dollar dances are considered tacky. Her MIL just isn't involved in that area of a certain culture. It's impossible to be involved in every single culture out there...

We had 200 guests and managed to get to everyone! We actually ate dinner privately during cocktail hour (which was something we are SO happy that we did -- it was great to spend a few minutes alone together after being just married, especially since we are both pretty introverted) and then spent all of dinner making the rounds! It was busy, but honestly so much fun to get to thank everybody personally for being there.

View Quoted Comment I agree, totally

You likely won't be able to talk to every single guest individually, but at the very least you need to visit every table to at least say hello and thank you for coming. Unless your reception is 10 hours long you are not going to get to every single person.

It might take a little longer but maybe do a recession line after the ceremony? That’s our plan. We exit first and stand in the lobby and as people get “released” by row, they will come out and have an opportunity for hugs and a picture with us. It’s going to be exhausting for us. But we made a pact we want to be able to eat our dinner together in piece and we don’t want to have to drag each other away all night. We still plan to make rounds to the tables and say hello and thank you but it will be short and sweet.