Realizing you were in a TACKY etiquette Wedding!

I do agree with the commenters who said it's tacky to come online and talk s*** about a friend's wedding after the fact. I'd hate the Internet if it wasn't for memes.

I know people who are from the countries that these "dollar dances" originated from and one day for shits and giggles I asked if they actually do them (never having heard of, never mind seen one in the multitude of weddings I've gone to) and lo and behold they had never heard of them. They are often gifted with money, but not in a gauche manner where everyone is put on spectacle.

I feel like joining this community has only validated all of the feelings I've had about some of my friends' etiquette during their weddings. I get it, budget may be a factor, blah blah blah...bottom line, if you can't afford a catered meal to feed 100+ guests, then don't invite 100 guests. Don't self cater and risk all kinds of health issues ( my friend (well ex friend) ended up with flies on the food and still served it, I left and was completely disgusted). One friend had a cash bar and didn't notify guests beforehand....everyone found out it was cash bar when they got to the wedding. Another friend had her ceremony one weekend and her reception the next! Talk about a huge gap in between. Ugh. I'm catering my meal, having an open bar, and the gap between the ceremony and reception is just a short 45 minute cocktail hour. Moral of the story, be a kind host to your guests and don't make attending your wedding a painful experience.

@jessie Nigerians do them. If my mom had her way, my FH and I would dance for as long as we can and people would shower cash on us. Go look it up on YouTube.

Thankfully, I don't recall ever being a guest of a "tacky" wedding...

In some cultures it's polite to belch loudly after a meal to signify that you enjoyed it. Are you all really suggesting that any form of ettiquette is universal, knowing this fact?

I went to my cousin's wedding a few weeks ago. The reception was at one of the nicest hotels in the area, but they has a cash bar. Personally, I wouldn't otherwise mind a cash bar except no one told me before hand. Planning your own wedding really makes you notice the details of someone else's wedding. I learned a lot about what I want and don't want. But it was overall a beautiful wedding and I enjoyed being a part of her special day.