Mexican/American traditions

Can you do a mixture of the two? I'm not familiar with the Mexican wedding traditions, but I'm sure you could find a compromise of the two.

@bethany well we cant have bridesmaids and we have god parents for eveything that is being payed at the wedding. Example a godparent for the veil another for the shoes another for food etc. I just dont want to ask for help. Also means more people will be at the wedding. Also a cake but i want a dessert table and just a small cutting cake for FH and i.

I'm doing a mix my family is huge on having padrinos ( godparents) and everyone has offered so we made a compromise and are having them for smaller more traditional parts of the wedding like lazo, arras bible and Rosario I'm having bridesmaids there only duty is to buy a dress and stand with me

Me and fh are paying for venue music open bar photobooth ect

Im having a seating chart which is not the norm for a Mexican wedding so it's definitely a mix of both

Why exactly can't you have bridesmaids?

FH and I are both salvadorean and have decided to have a blend of both our families cultures/traditions and American styled.

All Hispanic wedding I've been to have bridesmaids and MOH

And I see what you mean about padrinos. We decided to cut that out-- we aren't asking anyone for money

However if you do decide to go with padrinos don't do it for every single item and don't expect them to give you the amount that will cover the full cost of it

Following this, FH is Mexican so I def want to do a mix of both of our traditions. He told me about padrinos, but that's all that he has said about his sides traditions

@anita what all are you doing?

Mix traditions are awesome. I am a chinita marrying a Nicaraguan. I made sure they are serving Flor de Cana. There will be a piñata and we will be dancing salsa. The rest of the wedding will be normal American traditions.

Where im from there's no such thing as bridesmaids because the wedding is a union of 2. I dont want padrinos for things like the venue and stuff thats costly just more for like my bouquet or veil. I just feel torn because she is starting to pick padrinos for me which is annoying. A lot of mexican traditions are to include the family and very close friends. But then i feel like i leave others out. So i rather not bother to get padrinos. Plus i just hate asking

She picked them for you ? Like asked already or suggesting who you should ask? Just talk to her let her know how you feel and make a list of what your comfortable with

We are having a mixed tradition as well. We are having padrinos with whatever they would like to or can help with. I'm having bridesmaid (haven't quiet decided on how many exactly yet). But good luck!

I'm doing more of a American style wedding. I'm salvadorian and dominican and my FH is dominican and chilean so we are making sure we have the liquor and the music's we dance and listen too. We also have a bridal party, we aren't doing padrinos because we don't expect anyone to pay for anything, we want them to come and enjoy themselves. We also will be having a Catholic ceremony but luckily it will be shortened since the priest we know will do it! It's your wedding do what makes you happy.

Doing a mixture is not tacky I have seen a lot of brides do that, and I think it is rather fun.

I just attended a wedding who had a Mariachi Band the first hour of the reception, and then a Mexican buffet for the dinner. The decor was adorable as well! You can definitely have a traditional wedding and incorporate your Mexican traditions in it.

You should use Mipadrino.com to have a very culturally relevant event page--- did I mention it's free?! And it als helps you organize and accept funds from your padrinos right online. Bonus!