Dry Wedding

I am going to have a dry wedding. FH and I don't drink and we both never plan on it. Also, our wedding is going to be at a church so it's not exactly appropriate to have alcohol.

No.

I went to a dry wedding reception once...worst half hour ever.

@JML it's your wedding throw it the way you want. DO NOT get broke just to please guests or WW peeps. Save where you can save, cut where you can cut. I went to a wedding earlier this month I only drink one glass of wine during cocktail hour. FH just tell me the wedding was open bar, I was so busy dancing I forgot to check the bar

I've been to a dry wedding. The couple met in a rehab program and most of the wedding party was from those respective rehab programs so it made sense. There was hardly any dancing & the place cleared out at 8:30. (I drank in the parking lot because I'm classy)

If that's the vibe you want, go for it! its your wedding!

Some venues allow you to have open bar for 2 hours then cash bar or beer & wine only for much less than full bar. If you're DIYing it, alcohol isn't that expensive & you can just run out early if you really don't have the cash!

But yah, wedding reception is a party for your guests & most people will have a better time if there's plenty of food & alcohol at the party.

If I was planning on having a dry wedding, I'd probably do a brunch wedding (secretly would love to have one anyways since brunch is my fav meal). That being said, no brunch is complete without mimosas or caesars.

Never been to a dry wedding and no interest in ever attending one

I went to 2 dry weddings this summer. We left really early after the first one but DH was a GM in the second so we drank in the parking lot. Honestly I prefer cash bar over dry wedding. Free booze is best though!

The only dry wedding I've ever been to was incredibly boring. We left early and went to a wine bar.

Personally, I wouldn't want to attend a dry wedding - and it is more because I feel like its a lack of hospitality for your guests. I agree with earlier WW member posts. If your guests don't drink, for whatever reason, then maybe having alcohol isn't worth the added expense. But, if you do drink, and a majority of guests do, then it's in poor taste to not have some sort of alcohol options. That doesn't mean it has to be a full open bar, you can get great options for beer and wine, or just one signature drink (really tie it into you as a couple) to save money.

My friend had one for religious reasons (she and her husband drink but most of the brides family would have refused to attend if alcohol was served. We did shots in the bridal suite.

It was honestly pretty chill, no one really danced, and lots of people left early.

I'm having a dry wedding because FH and I are both under 21. Although not so sure if our families will be fond of it.

To the person who said people won't want drinks at brunch, you're doing brunch wrong. As for dry weddings... no no no no no. Come on, you wouldn't host guests for dinner and not offer a glass of wine but you expect them to enjoy your wedding dinner and party totally dry? Like others said, only if it's legitimate religious reasons does it make any sense.

@Moriah it depends on the church!! There are some denominations that are not teetotalers.

My dad asked me why I'm having alcohol at our wedding even though both FH and I are sober alcoholics and 50 percent of the guests won't drink either. But we're supplying alcohol because it's a big party and most people need a few drinks as a social lubricant. So I told him that and FH even told my dad. .. hey our family likes their wine and we can party without alcohol but want everyone to join us. We went to a dry wedding and a dry recommitment ceremony and it was dead. Most left early. We're paying too much to nOt use all our hours dancing and having the time of our life!

My wedding will be dry due to almost half of our guest list under 18. Grandkids and families...

I've been to dry weddings that were very fun and lively - lots of dancing & the receptions were not cut short! depends on your friends/family but I think those who love you will accept your decisions no matter what and just celebrate your marriage with you!

Beer & Wine only. My venue is at a winery so I can get away with a spirit free evening. More cost effective too.

I always flask it to a dry wedding or worse those wedding were the guest pay for their drinks.

We are having a dry wedding only because some members of each side of our families drink WAY too much and just make weddings miserable

Can you maybe just cut back on something else? like flowers or cake? I would rather have some beer and wine instead of cake any day lol

But its your wedding so do whatever makes YOU happy

Don't think to much about what people will like, think about what you would like!

BEST OF LUCK, Steph