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Rebecca
Expert December 2016

Social media question: Did you post about your wedding close to the day?

Rebecca, on December 20, 2016 at 11:41 AM

Posted in Etiquette and Advice 72

Ok, a little background: I'm a bit reserved on social media when it comes to personal things. I don't post much on relationships--only when we got engaged, and when my girlfriends helped me find The Dress. My friends who are close to me know everything. I have quite a few followers due to my line of...

Ok, a little background: I'm a bit reserved on social media when it comes to personal things. I don't post much on relationships--only when we got engaged, and when my girlfriends helped me find The Dress. My friends who are close to me know everything. I have quite a few followers due to my line of work (political). I'm not posting anything during the Christmas season--keeping the focus on the baby Jesus!--but once Dec. 26th rolls around, I'm sure I'll be over the moon and ready to say something!

Advice? As your big day approached, did you post on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) about your wedding? What did you say? Was it received well?

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  • Rebecca
    Expert December 2016
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    @Mandi We should all have more friends like you!

    @Alyssachu Ours is really small too. Family and friends of the family.

    @La Grosera People have already bugged me about it. No kidding. I always tell them they'll know how things are going when we have our coffee dates!

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  • MrsDrum
    Master June 2017
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    I posted when we got engaged and that's it. I didn't post a ring pic, anything about the wedding party, finding the dress, wedding details, etc.

    I don't plan on posting anything wedding related until we get married. Then I will post a few pictures.

    We do post pics of us at events or with friends on occasion.

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  • Liz
    Super December 2016
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    I haven't said anything about our wedding until December first and it was more a a count down ("23 more days!!" Kind of thing).

    I've been guilty of posting more this week because our wedding is in two days and this whole house is just buzzing.

    But no pictures or anything like that. Afterwards though I hope to be able to share them with family and friends that can't attend.

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  • Rebecca
    Expert December 2016
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    @LiveFreeandBride Thank you, I appreciated your post! Facebook and Twitter, mine are in the thousands. So you're right, probably more drama. My Instagram, I have it set to private, have much fewer followers, and I feel freer sharing more there. Torn on what to do for the bigger audiences. I'm so happy I finally found my man. Took me For.Ev.Er. Just don't want to inadvertently cause hurt feelings or be obnoxious!

    @Liz I bet your house is buzzing!! I'm so excited for you!

    This idea floated in my head. My two daughters are in my wedding and we're getting manicures the day before. Mother daughter mani pics if the girls are in the mood? (They're teenagers, you never know.) Cute, or obnoxious?

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  • MrsSki
    Master April 2017
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    I'm posting a few things. So far, our engagement, the day I got my dress, and the day we booked our venue. I absolutely plan on posting us getting our marriage license, us leaving our home for the last time before we're married, and anything else that seems special. People understand you can't invite the entire world to your wedding. If anyone fishes, either say it's on the way or we're keeping it small. It's not that hard.

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  • MJ
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    I'm reserved as well and only have Instagram. I posted a pic when FH proposed and that was it. I will probably post a pic or 2 of us on our wedding day after the wedding. I haven't posted anything because I don't want people to know too much about it or ask about it.

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  • Kris
    Super September 2017
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    I think it depends on your standard social media presence. I'm pretty active on social media (though less so than most of my friends) so I posted our engagement, the day I got my dress, a one year till the day post and a post of my bridesmaid proposal event.

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  • MrsA
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    I did do a couple of RSVP's on private chat but I posted nothing about the wedding on social media and don't recommend it.

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  • MrsLaurenRenee
    Expert April 2017
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    I posted about my engagement with a ring pic on FB/IG. But nothing else since then.

    On Snapchat, I post more stuff because it disappears after 24 hours and most of my followers on Snapchat are actually invited to the wedding. So it's more like "oh my invitations came!" or "I'm at the tasting". No big reveals, just little hints sporadically.

    I find it annoying when someone posts things all the time, especially on FB. My cousin does this and even though I love her, it's obnoxious. I don't like when people post 300 pro pictures from the wedding day on FB either although I understand why someone would want to.

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  • Katherine
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    I have posted a few things: engagement, shared the post from the bridal salon of me holding the "I Said Yes to the Dress" sign, when we had all major vendors booked. I did an insta or two of major countdowns, like 6 months or 200 days. Now that I'm typing it out it sounds like a lot lol.

    However, I haven't had anyone begging for invites or acting strangely, just congratulations and well wishes. Maybe I'm not that popular? Lol.

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  • Moose
    Dedicated July 2017
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    I've seen people do both, but I find it a little bit rude to post incessantly about your wedding if you aren't inviting everyone. I had an old college friend who did that and I wasn't invited to her wedding (which was small and totally justified), but it did kind of bother me to see updates every day on it. I'd keep it to "we're engaged," "this was my bachelorette party," "here's photos of my bridal shower," and "we're married!" Basically main events that have photos.

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  • Ali
    Master June 2017
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    Changed my status to engaged and nothing since. We made the decision to have a smallish wedding which meant cutting out all 26 of his cousins and my 4 cousins, no aunts or uncles either. We felt bad doing it but 26?! That's not even including spouses. So I digress, we decided it was best to not post as we would not be inviting the vast majority of our social media friends and even our families.

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  • Miami2NorthernVA
    Master November 2017
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    I posted my engagement and I will probably post the day of my wedding, but wont have any wedding related posts in-between. My wedding is very small and I would rather avoid people asking me on FB to invite them.

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  • UnderTheJuneWillows
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    We posted about our engagement, and just a couple other things, mainly because we were excited.

    I did have a friend that posted every-damned-detail on her FB...constantly... including when they bought the booze, how long it took to make the flowers (with pictures), the decor her dad made... I mean EVERYTHING. By the time their wedding day came, I really felt like I didn't need to go because I had already witnessed the entire thing. I love her dearly, and she was clearly over-the-moon excited to be getting married. I am very happy for her and I am glad I got to attend, but it was seriously too much.

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  • Muffinbutton
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    In not even "in a relationship" on Facebook. And I've never been asked if anything was wrong.

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  • Heidi
    Devoted October 2017
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    Depends on the social media for me, though I am pretty active on most.

    On Facebook it's been basic, engagement announcement, "excited to marry this man", and posting about getting my dress. Won't post anything else until the actual wedding (but will probably be tagged in a ton of stuff about bachelorette, shower, etc. knowing my friends)

    For more, twitter, instagram, and snapchat i'll share more details like @MsLaurenRenee did because like she said for snapchat, they disappear, but also with twitter and instagram, its a smaller following of people I actually know and are invited. Smiley smile

    I totally get the posting every week is annoying and not everyone cares but I haven't had any issues so far. Again no one has commented "where is my invite", they will just ask me in person (which is sooooo fun to deal with).

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  • Rebecca
    Expert December 2016
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    @Heidi I've been tagged in a few photos and posts too (bridal shower, bachelorette). Glad my posting friends were excited! I didn't allow the posts to show up on my page though.

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  • Van Pear
    VIP January 2017
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    I get side-eyed because I DON'T post details about the wedding. We're eloping with only immediate family and everyone close to us knows that. But now because I don't post, they all think I'm being secretive about it and don't want to tell them anything. I've only made maybe one post a month, and it's generally vague.

    My mom on the other hand will post about everything! She tells everyone everything, she was telling the family before things were even finalized (when I told her not to). It's annoying but I can't exactly tell her not to post (because one time I did and I got more "You're being secretive" comments).

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  • Lindsey
    Super September 2022
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    I posted that we got engaged, and I posted a few (like 3) epics when I got those back. Other than that, I haven't posted anything for the exact reason others have said- I don't want people "inviting" themselves. I don't post much in general anyway...

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  • BoozyBaker
    Master January 2017
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    I have posted wedding related things on my instagram which is public. I've been less active on facebook where my profile is private and I have 41 fb friends. So social media isn't an issue for me.

    I actually haven't been on fb since the election.

    ETA: Clarification: Even though my IG is public, I don't interact with people on it, where as on FB with my small circle we interact a lot. Those invited know it, those not invited know it as well. (I'm having a tiny wedding).

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