Friday weddings???

I'm also having a Friday evening wedding. I've personally never attended anything other than a Saturday wedding but don't see anything wrong with it (obviously...haha). And, as others have mentioned, it is becoming very common. Yes, I've heard some complaints from invited guests, but mostly from local people, not guests traveling-my retired aunt has complained about it being too late, a cousin has complained about having to leave work early (but she also works Saturdays), etc. There's no way to please everyone.

I'm attending an OOT wedding on June 3 and I'm pretty happy about that date, actually. That means I can fly home on Saturday and still have Sunday to recover (the wedding was scheduled at the same time we had a family trip planned so it has turned into an 11-day trip to visit his family, then mine, then a wedding).

If it was someone in town, I wouldn't mind a Friday wedding at all, although I'd get sleepy earlier because I'd have gotten up super early for work that morning.

I'm having a Friday wedding as well so (obv) I don't have an issue with them. We chose to have our ceremony at 7pm, which is the later of the two options our venue gave us. I figured it would be late enough that most people wouldn't have to leave work early or take the whole day off-hopefully.

When we booked, a Saturday wasn't available at all; so I had to choose between Friday and Sunday... of course there are pros and cons to each. On a Sunday, I knew most everyone would come to the ceremony (if they chose to), but would probably leave the reception early due to having to work the next morning. Plus maybe they wouldn't enjoy themselves as much knowing they had to be up early the next morning. I was also paying for an extra hour, and honestly, didn't want everyone to leave early. On the other hand, having it on a Friday, I knew that not everyone would be able to attend the ceremony. Though most people I spoke to preferred a Friday over Sunday as it gave them something to look forward to at the end of the week. In the end, I went with a Friday, because those who wanted to be at the church would be, otherwise I would see them at the reception. We actually had a nice turnout at the church. You can't please everyone. These thoughts were my rationale and it worked out well. Then again, we didn't have many OOT guests... I'm sure that would probably come into play.

Nothing wrong with a Friday wedding especially if its not long distance. The way I look at it is if I have to travel far to a Saturday wedding I'm probably taking Friday off anyway. So if a Friday wedding is close by no biggie. I would say try to make it late like 7 so maybe people can work a little that may not have a lot of time. On the other hand if its far away and I have to take Thursday off to travel and Friday off for a wedding that can be a little problematic. A lot of peoples jobs don't give them a lot of time off but for my friends and family that mean a lot to me I would make it happen.

I actually like Friday weddings more than Saturday and not just because I had one. I get to take a half a day and I still have my whole weekend to do as I please. Its perfect. I know not everyone has that luxury but they make do. We didn't have anyone not come because they couldn't get out of work. I think most people are willing to get out a little early and having an excuse.

Friday and Sunday weddings are becoming more and more popular! Personally FH and I both prefer Friday weddings to Sunday weddings, because then you still have the whole weekend ahead of you And for both of us it feels easier (and mentally better) to take a day or half day off on a Friday than a Monday!

We chose a Friday wedding because a lot of our guests are ministers and pastors. We figured they can attend the wedding on Friday and use Saturday as a travel day or relaxation day in preparation for Sunday.

Not everyone can make it. Fine so be it. It isn't the end of the world or the wedding.

As some up thread said. People's lives don't come to a screeching halt for a wedding. And that's totally okay.

We had a Thursday wedding at 2pm. 135 people came, those who couldn't make it was due to illness. Most people even came an stayed for two or three nights. People traveled to Ireland from USA, France and the UK. Most of the Irish guests travelled two to four hours to get there as neither of our families are from where we live. No body batted an eyelid about the weekday. General those you really want there will make the effort to go. I have two family weddings in August, both on Thursdays. Both are the other side of the country, one is a cousin so will go for two days. The other is my sil so will be there Wednesday to Saturday or Sunday. Will see what we can work out.

We had a Friday afternoon wedding.

Most of the in town guests don't have standard M-F 9-5 jobs, and the ones who do took the day off (which was very sweet of them to do...I wasn't upset with those who could not take time off. It happens.)

My OOT guests were planning to fly in early anyway for cheaper air fare.