So I went to a dry wedding

Wow! What...a..bitch!!

This is just... Wow. A dry wedding is one thing, but to not serve dinner at 7pm or offer proper seating?! Agree with the PP who said if you can pay a DJ, you have money for alcohol. The fact that the bride HID alcohol for just the BP is seriously rude enough to make me not want to be friends with her

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I don't think any of our venues in NJ/NY even offer that option.

My thought was always the reception was a way to celebrate with your family, by having a meal and dancing the night away. But this is horrid. I am having a dry wedding, but I am having a sit down buffet dinner with pop, coffe, tea or water as drink options. We are having a dry wedding cause me and FH don't drink. But to ask people to come to your wedding and not really feed them and give them tap water is rediculus. No worder dry weddings get a bad rap, it's because of brides like this.

No Heather, dry weddings get a bad rap because people like to celebrate with some drinks. You and FH don't drink - what about the rest of your guests? Soda, coffee/tea, and water are not substitutes for alcohol.

@Laura. Most of my guests don't drink. our wedding is on a Monday and it is also a kid friendly wedding. My FH has a bunch of nieces and nephews plus between our cousins and friends with kids, we wanted to make it a fun, family friendly event since it is on Halloween.

Way to make lemonade! Glad the night was saved by the bar across the street that hosted the wedding guest properly lol jeez idk how you kept your cool. I would have been like, "no booze, fine..no food, eff this I'm out!"

Lol wow that's bad

Monday AND a dry wedding? Seriously? Your guests don't drink? Do you have the paperwork to prove that, Heather? Go ahead and add the phrase "Mocktails, dinner, and dancing to follow: to your invitations. See what your decline rate is if you tell them the truth about your Monday wedding.

Do you want to be painted with the "cheap bride" brush, because between a Monday wedding and no cocktails, that is certainly going to happen. Keep telling yourself it won't, but I can almost guarantee you that those guests -- the ones you say don't drink -- the ones who actually traveled to attend a Monday wedding -- will say, "Well, it's obvious that they saved a lot of money with the Monday wedding thing, but that means we'll all be hosted at an open bar, right?" Wrong, and I could tell you, word for word, what the alleged "non-drinkers" will say about your wedding in the ladies' room, the men's room, the parking lot, and in little groupings of people who are looking at you while seriously considering pulling cash out of their gift envelopes,

I'm literally flabbergasted that a Monday bride would even consider a dry wedding. Shocking, considering all of the money you're saving.

Heather?

Have wine and beer.

O M to the G!

If the bride and groom were happy with that reception, that's what was important on their day.

No, Ashley, what's important is that the guests were well hosted.

Whoa! Not okay. The second you involve others, it's not "your day." Your guests probably traveled quite a bit to come celebrate your wedding. If you want a to-do, you provide food and AT LEAST beer and wine, plus sodas and such. I mean, come on. Tap water, really? Pass. If you're going to spend the money on having a wedding, at least make it fun. Doesn't have to cost a fortune if you do it right.

LOL...sure Ashley, keep telling yourself that...

Well, considering the husband was apologizing to the guests at the reception FOR the reception...

This sounds so awful. The last wedding I went to was a dry wedding, but it was for religious reasons which obviously I understand, we just left not too long after dinner was served. But there wasn't even dinner being served!? You can't have no alcohol and barely any food. And it's COMPLETE bull that she was providing alcohol for her and her bridal party, but not to all of her guests.

This needs to be a sticky so that every new user can see it.

I dont drink, so I wouldnt care about alcohol; but ONLY tap water?! Not even soda and juice?!

I guess weddings really can bring out weird sides of us. This story seems like the bride wanted massive control over other people rather than an actual celebration of life and love. Bumma!