i Don't Want Constant Interruption

Seriously? You want to invite a bunch of people and then dont' want them to talk to you? Please don't do this, it is so incredibly rude. Elope if you don't want to be interrupted.

I don't think there's a way around it, but I understand and empathize with the sentiment. I was very overwhelmed at the end of the party. I had 40 people trying to individually say goodbye to me while 10 others were asking me where to put away things and 10 more asking me where they should go for an after party and basically I ended up crying in the parking lot

Lol.

I do understand your point. You want to enjoy yourself and that's fine. However, you invited all 150 people and when you host something, you have to host. When they say, "It's your day," they also mean that people will want to speak with you, they'll want to dance and take pictures with you, they want to tell you how good of a time they're having and, also let you know that after you paid so much money that they are now going to go home and rest so, they're also going to thank you.

No, I do not think it is appropriate at all to make some sort of speech no matter how well-phrased it is. People know when to leave you alone when you're eating and also know that your first dance is for you. However, like I said in another post - your ceremony is for YOU, your reception is NOT. Your reception is the party YOU'RE throwing to thank EVERYONE ELSE for witnessing your union. Not the other way around.

The only thing I recommend is saying, "The Bride and Groom wants to dance the night away - they are offering to take pictures for the next 30 minutes etc." That's about it. Anything else? Not cool.

I suppose you could put a cute little poem on your website and invitations; you won't need to worry about too many interruptions that way since a lot of people won't want to come after that.

Seriously, you're having a big party, of course people are going to want to talk to you! The honeymoon is for your alone time.

Hey Rachel, I totally hear where you're coming from. But I really feel like if you implement this, it's going to go South very quickly. And you don't negativity on the most important day of your life, you know! I totally get it, though. Think about your 150 guests and how they might view this. Or even imagine how you'd feel if you were attending a wedding where the bride and groom said this. I know I would feel a bit weirded out. You know what I mean? Are you going on a honeymoon? If so, this would be privacy time X10000! You would be able to be alone with your soon to be husband for as long as you guys wish. But for the reception, I really can't see this going very well. I am wishing you the best, and hopefully you'll reconsider.

First off that is unbelieably rude to do. I’ve never seen it done, and would absolutely be offended if I did. Truly if you don’t want anyone to “bother” you at your wedding, don’t invite anyone and elope. Yes, your wedding day is about you, but it's also about all of your guests: you don't have to spend hours visiting with guests, but at the bare minimum make your rounds to make sure you say hi and thank everyone for coming, Guests understand not to bother you at dinner and that's a reasonable request. However, requesting not to be bothered is rude and sounds like to me you would rather elope.

The moment you decide to invite anyone to your wedding, it no longer becomes about what you want. All guests have an expectation to see and talk to the B&G at some point during the wedding/reception, and if they don't get that opportunity they will complain to each other about it and it will get back to you. If you want a nice wedding where everyone will have a wonderful time, then you need to step back and think about how a guest would feel at a wedding who said not to bother the B&G.

If you don't want to go through with all the expectations that a wedding brings throughout the whole process & day. Then elope and go on a honeymoon by yourselves.

My husband and I had 100 guests are our wedding, all adult and we weren't bothered at all. Occasionally a guest would stop by and toast with us, bring us shots or wish us well. We ate together without being bothered while everyone else ate and we danced many songs together and many with all of our guests. When people began to leave (after dinner and on) they'd mostly stop by us and say good bye! Others would waive at us from far to not interrupt us but it didn't matter. We invited these people to celebrate with so it was fun to party and dance with them all night. My hubby and I didn't feel like it ever became too much, its also a major know your crowd thing. I've been to weddings where the bride and groom would get pulled away by their friends/family/guests but I also think its up to you to handle it appropriately that day. There was only one time when all of my girl friend pulled me aside to take a shot with them and I gladly went and my hubby cheered me on from where he was at. LOL!

I think the only way to do this without sounding beyond rude is to not have a wedding. Elope with your FH so it is just the two of you and call it a day. You save money and aren't "bothered" by anyone.