Having a dry wedding?

If you decide not to serve alcohol, do an early afternoon wedding with a cake and punch reception so it's not expected. If you decide to have an evening wedding with dinner, you need to serve at least beer and wine. Do not do a cash bar, a partial cash bar, drink tickets, or any version where guests buy their own drinks. THAT is rude. You don't invite guests to something and then ask them to pay for their own drinks.

I am going to unpopular here and I am doing a dry wedding but having the reception at a place with a bar on the premises. I actually manage to have sets of parents on bard with not having alcohol and this way if someone chooses to drink I can honestly that it is their choice and responsibility not mine and FH.

His mom is right, not you.

It's your wedding do what you want. FH and j have been to three weddings in the past year and none served alcohol but all of them were so much fun. We are having a dry wedding because we do not believe in drinking nor do most of our friends and family. Tbh we never even considered the possibility of serving alcohol.

Makayla: Lots of people don't believe in divorce, but it still exists and happens.

Ffs, it ceases to be about YOU and YOUR wants the second anyone beyond the couple is involved.

Wtf is going on with all the poor hosts. Has WeddingWire been taken over by people who can't realize how to do a good job of taking care of their guests? Are all of these dry weddings being thrown by 18 year olds who just can't legally host the alcohol, but don't want to admit to being underage? W. T. F.

We need an ignore button. Though I think recently, I wouldn't see 90% of the forums because it's all bullshit about having a dry wedding, or cash bar, or honeymoon jar, or Honeyfunds, or some other incredibly bad idea.

@mna we are not under age. Dry weddings are common in my area and goes against mine and FHs beliefs.

@Makayla: Well by all means, if a dry wedding goes against your beliefs, you should be hosting alcohol... ¬.¬

90% of the time anymore, I think people just adopt the "it's against my beliefs!" line because they know they're making a poor choice.

Please don't tell me it's because you're Christian and alcohol is bad. Because Jesus never sinned, and drank wine many, many times.

God, what happened to common sense.

Yes, even I believe she is right. It's your wedding and I am sure you don't want people to talk about you behind your back.

@mna I am a Christian and the Bible speaks against getting drunk. If you don't like that get over it. Your aren't going to my wedding so why do you care? And it's not a poor choice. You have to accept that you are not the only person on here with correct opinions. Sorry if that's offensive, but you're being incredibly rude. We both have opinions to OPs question so leave it at that.

I believe having a drink and getting drunk are two very different things.

1) OP is not real

2) I'm jumping in agreeing that the real brides talking about all these "fun" dry weddings were at least underage when they attended them.

3) Drinking does not automatically equal getting drunk. That's a very immature mentality.

The only wedding ive been to was when I was 16 and only 25% were of drinking age. Guess what???? THEY STILL SERVED ALCOHOL!!!! Hmm

If i hear its your day one more time im gonna vomit! You are inviting people right? There it is no longer just about the two of you. Stop being cheap and have a bar for the adults.

You can't have a dry wedding just because YOU don't like to drink. Not a valid reason. Host an open bar and pay by consumption and call it a day. Jesus Christ!

All these religious posters are probably committing a multitude of sins. They don't want to pay for a bar.

OP: who is paying for all this? Ultimately, it's up to whoever pays. The majority of people expect alcohol at a wedding. I've said this on the ten thousand other posts about this topic, but be prepared for folks to leave early. No, alcohol isn't necessary, but it it really helps at a wedding reception.

I don't agree with dry weddings, unless you have a reason for it. If it's against your Christian beliefs, than I totally respect that.

Some people are just rude and disrespectful.

Um the obvious is, there isn't a real reason to NOT have alcohol. If there is enough people who want it then you should serve it.

The other way is if you are paying 100% of it then you can decide what to serve or not but proper hosting means providing drinks if at least half of your guests drink. Doesn't have to be open bar but at least provide alcohol.

I don't think op is coming back. Op if your there who is paying for the wedding?

Compromise and serve beer wine & champagne.

Makayla your argument is irrelevant here. Op never once said it was against their religious beliefs, she just said they don't drink.

Literally in tears laughing at the bible line from makayla! Do you follow every single word of the bible? Lolololol

So your saying your priest does not drink wine in mass , oh

God I'm dying laughing it's just

Too much this early in the morning