How do i enjoy my wedding day?

I don't have any advice,,, but I totally get you with the introvert extrovert thing... I'm like that too.... I enjoy company but I get exhausted from having to talk to much...

My solution was to cut down to 30 guests. Aside from that, though, just take your time and try not to stress. My first wedding had 100+ guests and yes, it was hard to get around to everyone but we managed. Possibly a receiving line would have sped this up, but I didn't think of it until years later.

This is why I'm keeping my list small. My friend is getting married and her list is up to 300 people. There is no way I'm doing that smh. But to each it's own. Just enjoy the moment and do what you can.

We're planning on walking around to every table to say a quick hello so we don't have to talk to EVERY single person for a few minutes (it would be impossible anyways). All the weddings I've been to, the bride and groom are the first people on the dance floor and the last! I actually feel a little bad for them because I don't see them take a break cause everyone wants to dance with them lol

We walked around during dinner (before the serve the main course) and went to each table to talk to our guests. We talked to most of them at different times. And, we danced and enjoyed our reception very much. We had a blast!!
Btw our wedding was 100 people.

I don’t have any great advice, though I have seen lists on “how to be mindful” during your wedding. This was part of my decision to go extremely small...but granted, by having 25ish guests, I’m foregoing the dance party aspect. I just wanted to have a relaxing enjoyable time and not have to make small talk with people I am not all that close to all night.

Make a point of spending the dinner portion as your opportunity to greet each table & take a quick photo with each group. Eat quickly at the beginning, then go spend about 5 minutes at each table. You’ll be done in no time and then will be able to enjoy the rest of the evening. Plus guests will understand that you’re greeting tables and can’t spend 20 minutes having a conversation with them so you have an easy excuse to exit. “It’s lovely to see you! But we really have to get to all of the tables before we have the father/daughter dance and my DJ is holding us to a strict 7:30”. Or whatever.

Because of your exact reasons is why my FH and I decided on only having 40 guests. We wanted a different feel for our wedding. We did not want to put on a production for a bunch of people. Our wedding day means the world to us so we are planning a wedding with a family get together feel but extremely elegant.

We had a small wedding-42 guests. We took almost all photos before the ceremony. We also didn't separate the entire day; we got ready together, and have photos of that. My husband was the first person to see me in my dress with my hair and makeup. After the ceremony we had a recieving line, so we got to hug, and thank each guest. We then took photos for 15 minutes and then joined the cocktail hour. During cocktail hour we spoke again to everyone, so at dinner we got to sit and enjoy our dinner, and see our guests enjoying themselves at dinner. We made a point to stay by each others side throughout the entire reception and stuck to it. We enjoyed our wedding. We made the conscious decision the day before our wedding to enjoy our day, to be in the moment, to be calm and happy.

We had 124 people in attendance during our wedding. We did a first look so we mingled for the entire cocktail hour. We had the serving staff serve our meals last because we were walking around our reception room still talking to people. We actually both managed to eat all of our meals. After dinner, we were either on the dance floor, at the bar, or in the photobooth. We sincerely enjoyed every single part of our wedding and have had multiple people tell us it was the best wedding they’ve been to. We didn’t have 124 boring, drawn out conversations but we did make sure to take a shot, a picture, or dance with everyone as the night went on.

Considering having a method to greet your guests immediately after the ceremony. You could do some type of receiving line, even if just for you, future husband, and parents.

My daughter and her future husband are going to go back down the aisle after walking out of the ceremony, and they will release the guests from the pews themselves, so they get a quick greeting with everyone at that point.

Both sets of parents are going to greet the guests briefly as the guests walk out of the church sanctuary (church wedding). This way, no one is left out, no matter what happens the rest of the night.

We are doing this, based on our experience at our son's wedding 5 years ago, in which there were people we (the parents) never even met, that we would have liked to meet.

Friends of mine have had a line at the end of the ceremony where they say hello and thank you and got a picture with all of the guests. Took about a half hour of cocktail hour but they then were able to enjoy the rest of the night dancing with everyone instead of walking around saying hello.

Have you booked a DOC? Or does your venue come with a coordinator?

Weddings have a lot of moving parts and a coordinator for the big day can relieve a lot of stress from the couple by making sure everything goes smoothly. So you can spend more time eating, drinking, and dancing with friends and family.

I'm not sure how you feel about it, and you will end up talking to guest still but we are going back old school and having a receiving line directly after the ceremony. We have had a couple friends do it and they actually got to enjoy their night AND eat their dinner.

We had 47 guests attend, because I wanted to be able to interact with everyone without it being overwhelming, but assuming you've sent STDs, it's too late for you to cut your list.

Some other suggestions: We did a first look so the timeline wasn't so rushed. We actually made it to the last little bit of cocktail hour, which allowed us to mingle some. We sat at a sweetheart table so we got some time to relax and talk to just each other. We had a DOC that took care of all the logistics so we didn't have to stress. We were served dinner first and did quick table visits while everyone was finishing up.

I have your similar personality. I'm having a big rehearsal dinner with all the out of town people so I can talk to them then!

Typically church ceremonies end with a receiving line, where the bride and groom wait at the back of the church to greet everyone as they are walking out. This allows each individual who chooses to wait in line a few moments with the newlyweds. Then you have no obligations at the reception.

We did not have a church wedding, and there was no good way to do this at our venue. So we did table visits. We ate first, and honestly I wasn't that hungry due to nerves and everything. We ate as much as we wanted, and then walked around to every table while our guests were eating. By the time we had our first dance, we had fulfilled our obligations and could party and have fun the rest of the night. I still spent a good chunk of the night bouncing from group to group chatting with people, but didn't feel a need to spend more time with people I wasn't as close to (some of my cousins, friends of my parents, etc).

Oh, and we had about 160-170 guests in attendance.

OP thank you this was very informative. I still do not know which way our personal greetings will go but there are more options.

We had an impromptu receiving line and it worked really well because we were able to say hi and hug everyone and thank them for coming. We only had about 60 guests so it went quickly. Then we also did pictures before the ceremony so we were able to talk to more people during cocktail hour and take some pictures with family we didn't see before the ceremony. It was a perfect day and we never felt rushed about needing to talk to everyone.

We'll do most of our greetings during cocktail hour.