Keep or Cancel: Garter Toss?

We did this one mostly cause DH thought it would be fun. It was pretty funny

Keep! My FH wants to do it to Pony by Ginuine. 😆😆

Keep! I love it just as much as the bouquet toss! It is always so much fun, and its full of laughs!

We will be doing this one and who ever cathes it will put it on the leg of the bouquet winner I am having 3 garters the cheaper two are to throw and we have 3 bouquets I am making the two I throw with fake flowers so the girls can keep it if they want plus its cheaper there will be kids at the reception and I know they like to be involved so we will be doing it twice the little girl and boy will not being doing the traditional leg thing obviously they will get to keep it plus get a prize

Not sure yet.

Cancel!!! I'm not even wearing a garter and I don't like the message it sends.

Cancel. I find the garter toss & the bouquet toss to be awkward & uncomfortable for single people at weddings. I feel it pushes 2 guests who don’t know each other together & puts them into a weird situation.

Cancel. I think both this tradition and the bouquet toss are embarrassing.

Keeping it! I think its cute, and the marriage should have a little spice, so why not the wedding? Though I have a very open sounding board with my parents about most things, so its not as awkward for me. We aren't a real reserved family and we love to party.

Cancel. I went to a wedding where the bride's little sister caught the bouquet and an older guy caught the garter and it was super creepy. A lot of the relatives were pissed at the guy.

Tossed that out waaaaaay before it was a question. We've seen some pretty awkward garter grabs from the groom at weddings and decided we didn't need to throw a sweaty piece of lace at some guys.

Complete cancel. The inherent sexual underpinnings of it are uncomfortable and outdated. It would make me feel sexualized at my wedding and I just wouldn't enjoy it. Also canceling the bouquet toss - everyone gets married (or doesn't) whenever it's right for them and having a whole activity around who gets married next can make people ashamed of their own timelines if they aren't getting married soon. Life happens at a unique pace for everyone - no need to rush it!

Large percentage of weddings I've attended still have the garter toss.

Honestly, it's always pretty awkward because most of the grooms make a big deal about going up her skirt. Like, bride is sitting there, groom is fully covered by her dress and lots of relatives are watching.... As well as co-workers and friends. People will laugh but I truly think that what people do or do not do behind closed doors should stay, well, intimate and not for public busybodys. Anyway, another 2 cents for ya.

We are not doing it mostly because of me. It would just make me feel so uncomfortable. My sister did it at her wedding. And I think everyone thought it was a cute tradition to follow.

Yes! Keeping this one too. I left it up to my FH if he even wanted to do it. He said he will - Plus i'm more excited for the dance he'll do to take my garter off

Cancel. Not only wouldn't there be enough eligible guys on the floor, I don't want my FH digging under my dress in front of all of our friends and family.

Cancel. My mom wanted to get me a blue garter for my something blue, and I was like heck no. No garters for me, not my thing and I'm not tossing it.

Cancel. I've seen garter tosses be extremely funny, but I've also seen them become super grimy. Although I'm sure that my fiance and I would be able to do this is a fun way and not make our guests feel dirty, I'd rather skip it and make more time for dancing.

Me and FH are up in arms about the bouquet/garter toss ideas. If all the cousins come, there will be a very uneven number of male cousins to female (more on the male and a lot more in the early 20's so much more likely to be unmarried). I don't want to toss a bouquet to 3 girls. I also don't want him rummaging up my dress in front of 10 cousins for them to catch "for tradition". So we are at an impasse.

We did this at our wedding this past weekend and I thought it was super cute. Looove the pics from it. He wasn't up under my dress, no thank you. The garter was just above my knee, just pulled the dress up to a little above it (no higher than most shorts nowadays) and he pulled it off with his teeth. It was fun and energized people it seemed because just before that things were dying down a little bit. It probably helped we did it near the end of the night once people had been drinking.