Dry Reception/Afterparty

@Swin. Were you there? The only happy people were the bride and children. Even the groom was just meh. It was food and then they expected people to dance.... Yeah no, I'll just sit here eat my meat and cheese and leave where I can drink.

Knowing your crowd is a big thing. My FH family is LDS as well as members of my family and they'll be joining us for reception even though they don't drink. They understand.

Get a caterer and a bar tender you'll be good to go at an after party!

That makes more sense OP I was thinking I had to have special permission to go inside temple.

I'm almost afraid to ask....will your after party be hosted?

There would be zero point of a dry after party haha. Personally, I would find another venue- that would be a deal breaker for me. But if you keep your venue, I would keep the reception short (few people will dance or stay long at a dry wedding anyway) and host an after-party at a local bar. I like @Kristina's suggestion of including the after party on the invitation.

So not only will there be nothing good to drink, but there will be no safe food to eat. Sounds like a blast.

@ Celia... I was speaking of my group only... my .. I have seen your comments here and know you could drink me under a table.. then again my idea of a drink is Amaretto and Orange Juice.. but when I talk about my 60 crowd.. most are on heart monitors, wheelchairs, bad hips... things that make it unable to dance. No disrespect to anyone outside my group was intended.. I am sorry if I offended anyone.