Reception Traditions and Activities?

They will eat, drink and socialize. The non dancing guests wouldn't get much enjoyment out of the activities above anyways...

1. I think bouquet toss is so dated and rude.

2. they don't like to dance anyways.

3. I don't know what that is.

4. I don't need to see someone cut a cake to enjoy myself.

You don't need to plan activities for adults. Booze, music and food is enough.

People that don't dance usually drink and talk. And drinking usually leads to dancing. So open bar.

The only thing on your list that I've seen at every wedding I've attended is the cake cutting. So your wedding should be pretty normal.

They will drink and they will eat and they will socialize. Easy peasy.

I'm not doing the bouquet toss, or the cake cutting. I don't know what the 'Anniversary Dance' is, so I guess we're not doing it. Not doing the Shoe game... never heard of it till I came on here. LOL

Dancing and stuff is what's left... so get a great DJ who really knows what they're doing!

Honestly, I'm not sure if we're going to do the first dance, or call attention to it, if we do. Mostly because our reception will be on a riverboat. Our entertainment is going to be outside the boat, not as much inside.

I don't think you need to plan any activities. People can socialize on their own. I think your mom is overthinking things.

I'm not doing the bouquet/garter toss or cake cutting either (we're not having a cake). I've never heard of an anniversary dance and I doubt we'll do the shoe game.

But we have a good DJ, lots of booze and lots of food. It'll be a good time I don't think you need to worry about providing other activities.

I'm not doing the garter/bouquet toss, anniversary dance, shoes game or any other group activities. Drinking, dancing, socializing sounds good to me! We are doing the cake cutting though because I'd like those pictures.

I'm not doing any of those haha

We're doing the cake cutting, but I love those photos and I love cake! Lol. So those were a definite. No tosses or anniversary anything or games, just enjoying being together!

I've never seen a shoe game or the anniversary dance.

Hate the garter thing. Like ew.

I do love a good cake, so love the cake cutting....

They'll eat, drink, socialize and yes, some of them will dance. It'll be fine.

I'm not doing the bouquet/garter toss and the shoe game is not only a newer thing, I think it's honestly a bit silly at a wedding.

I am doing the anniversary dance - for those who don't know what it is - all married couples are invited on the dance floor. The DJ will "eliminate" couples from the dance floor based on how long they've been married and the time he announces will increase - for example, he might go from 1 day to 1 year to 5 years to 10 years and so on and so forth until the longest married couple is left. Personally, I kinda like it but that's just my opinion and we are all entitled to one of our own :-)

My two cents: it's not your job to provide a list of activities for entertainment. Adults don't need that. You are feeding them, providing music, and providing beverages, among other things. If they are not having a good time it's on them.

I'm not doing any of that stuff. No cake, either...it costs around $2-3k around here for a wedding cake...no thanks!

Feed me, give me drinks, and let me socialize! At many weddings I feel like the "activities" get in the way of the fun.

Give them enough booze, the people who don't like to dance WILL dance

We're not doing the bouquet/garter thing, still up in the air about the anniversary dance, and we are definitely having cake!! Like everybody else said, they can eat, drink, and socialize. I never heard of having games at a wedding until I started reading things on WW.

Can someone explain the shoe game to me? ETA. NM, I can Google.

We only plan to do a first dance. We'll also do a private cake cutting. That's it. I also don't enjoy being the center of attention. People make you feel like you HAVE to do all these activities/traditions but they're actually really boring to watch.

I always miss those activities because I'm at the bar having fun