Friday weddings???

I'm having a Friday wedding. I would have liked a Saturday wedding but my GL is 60 and the food and Beverage minimum for a Saturday wedding was more for a GL of 125+. Couldn't do it.

My ceremony /reception is 5-11.

ETA. I don't think my guests will mind about Friday, it's a DW for me, FH and my family, my friends who can go have already taken time off for it and looking forward to having a wee bit of a holiday.

We're getting married on a Friday, the ceremony starts at 6. I wanted a mid-January wedding, and when FH and I realized that the 13 was a Friday, we had to go for it!!

If people don't want to come because they have work that's fine, they are invited not forced to come. We decided not to start any later than six because we didn't want to be feeding the guests at 9 at night.

I don't see anything wrong with a Friday wedding. Or Sunday for that matter (I'm getting married on Sunday evening). I went to a Friday wedding in New Orleans this past February and had a great time. Most of the guests were from out of town (including the bride and groom). My FH and I just made it a quick vacay. We stayed until Sunday.

We do Fridays almost every week.......minimums are lower, prices are lower...

But you know, the assumption that EVERYONE works M-F isn't exactly accurate.......

I'm getting married on a Friday evening about 6:30 or 7:00pm start time we loved the date we picked. My thoughts are if the ones that are close to you make it nothing else matter that's how I'm looking at it. Best Wishes To All The Lovely Brides!!!

Personally I don't see anything wrong with a Friday wedding! You can't make everyone happy and yes it can be inconvenient for some people but, the people who matter will be there.

We're doing a Friday morning wedding. We almost did a Thursday morning. But we are only inviting 25 people. My parents and brother are flying in for about a week so they would have taken off work for a couple days no matter what day it's on. FH's parents are retired. And our closest friends work rotating schedules, so they never have consistent days off anyway (police, nurse, hotel management). They are just as likely to have tuesday and wednesday that week off as saturday-sunday, or don't know what days they are working until that month.

I have no problem with a Friday wedding but then again I've been to out of town weddings on a Thursday and Monday. People can make the necessary arrangements esp given 6-8 weeks notice if not sooner in some cases. Some people will b*tch regardless about something.

Fuck 'em. I'm having a Thursday night wedding. Look, there's only so much proper hosting one can do! They're getting 10 choices of entrees including duck a l'orange, snacks before the ceremony, enough food during cocktail hour to feed a large village in Uganda and premium open bar all night.

@nowaseptmrs most of my guests are teachers or work in a school and since it's the summer, they have the time off. A lot of my guests are also from Colombia so no matter what they would have had to take time off but it also becomes a little vacation for them as well. FH and his family are very close as well as me and my family so they all don't mind taking the time off. My friend's husband was so excited for our wedding that he took the time off of work months before my father even did and they work at the same Correctional facility. We are having a very small wedding to begin with. Our friends and family have all mentioned not caring about taking the day off when I brought it up.

@jerseyjen. Amen. Girl. Amen.

Traffic, school, work.. Need I say more? We chose against Friday for those reasons and the fact it would be harder on those traveling.

Im actually having a Monday wedding since 90% of my guest or OOT.

Before I get any negative feedback I asked my family how they felt about Monday and it was easier for them since they wanted to make a mini vacation out of there trip out here (DC area). I'm also giving them over a years notice so they have plenty of time to save up.

As a local guest, I don't mind them. As an OOT guest? I hate them. So I would imagine that it would depend on where the majority of your guests are coming from. My brother has chosen a Friday date and his rehearsal dinner is on a Wednesday. I cannot be there for that since I'm OOT (which is a whole other thread, I'm not just choosing regular life over my brother) so that hurts a bit.

I've also been an idiot and assumed a wedding was on a Saturday and booked flights accordingly... then found out it was a Friday with the wedding half over as I'm getting off the plane... Yes, I know. I'm a moron.

I think as long as it's an evening wedding it's fine. Weddings aren't usually spur of the moment things. If I get an invitation say a month before a wedding I can decide if I can go and I would make appropriate arrangements to be off work (if I worked) and arrangements for someone to watch my children. If either of those things weren't possible, I'd send regrets.

I will be having a Friday wedding. One big plus for me having a Friday wedding is saving $1500 on my venue for having it on a Friday instead of a Saturday! A cousin of mine also had it on a Friday and everyone was fine with it.

Mine is on a friday, too! Starts at 7

I dont mind. Its a wedding and if im invited to a friend/family member wedding, I'd be stoked to celebrate with them. I would just plan to leave work early or take the day offf. My sis got married on a Friday (small, 50ppl) and i heard no complaints. Im getting married on a Sunday. My concern is people may not want to "turn up" at the reception. But im banking on my dj to get and keep the party live! And hope people drink the alcohol.

I've attended a bunch and have gotten used to them now but I didn't love them at first. But that was because if either of us was in the bridal party it usually meant 2 full days off of work because of the rehearsal, but when it's your best friend you don't care!

We chose not to have a friday wedding after we heard lots about people having to leave work early and hitting traffic, etc. But in reality people will probably be happy to leave work early and see someone they love get married.