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BeachyBrideToBe
Devoted April 2017

Spending the night before the wedding with your groom to be?

BeachyBrideToBe, on July 14, 2016 at 8:24 AM

Posted in Etiquette and Advice 100

I know the old tradition is that the groom doesn't see the bride before the wedding.... But with things becoming less traditional, just wondering what everyone's take is on sleeping arrangements the night prior? My FH and I are getting married out of town and would obviously need to book hotel...

I know the old tradition is that the groom doesn't see the bride before the wedding.... But with things becoming less traditional, just wondering what everyone's take is on sleeping arrangements the night prior?

My FH and I are getting married out of town and would obviously need to book hotel rooms. Trying to decide if we should stick with one, or go the more traditional route. What's everyone else doing?

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  • Possum
    Master December 2015
    Possum ·
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    I spent the night before with DH.

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  • KristenBeez
    Master August 2016
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    I'm spending the night with my little sister at a hotel nearby...I assume my fiancé will stay at home and get ready with his groomsmen.

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  • Tina
    Devoted May 2017
    Tina ·
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    My FH is really traditional when it comes to wedding stuff (who knew?!) so we will be spending the night separately.

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  • Sept2017AKBride
    VIP September 2017
    Sept2017AKBride ·
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    FH will stay at the condo we have in the resort ski town we will be married in, I will be either at the hotel or a rental house (my mom hasn't decided what she wants yet) with my children, BM's and my mom. We will not see each other until I walk down the aisle!

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  • A
    VIP June 2027
    Aerynne ·
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    As soon as this topic came out, I learned that FH has the whole thing planned out...he is going to be at his dad's house, I will be at his sister's house...He was absolutely adamant about the whole "don't see each other thing" until I pointed out that with his ginormous family (that he is really close to all of it, hence our 225+ guest list....ugh), pictures will take for-fucking-ever and that some of them, at least us, parents, siblings and our peeps, will have to be before hand or we won't have time!

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  • studentloansforlife
    Super September 2017
    studentloansforlife ·
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    Since it is destination we will sleep together and get ready together with our pup. Nice and chill.

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  • SoonToBeSummers
    Super May 2017
    SoonToBeSummers ·
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    We'll be sleeping apart the night before. He'll be at his parents and I'll be at our house.

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  • RedneckBride2017
    Devoted September 2017
    RedneckBride2017 ·
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    My FH is spending the night at his mom's. We won't have any contact until the ceremony itself. We want that anticipation of seeing each other.

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  • TimeLadyErika
    Master May 2017
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    I agree with Sass that it is just superstition.

    However, we are sleeping separately. Mostly we are doing it for logistics. I'm staying at the hotel with all the girla so that I don't have to drive around the morning of.

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  • MARY
    Dedicated November 2016
    MARY ·
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    We currently share his home and I still have my house that I maintain, out of town guest will stay there. I will stay at the hotel with my wedding party bridesmaids, which is close to the venue and we will go over and check decor early that morning. He will be about 30 minutes away at our home. Hopefully we won't run into each other because our venue has brides parlor and grooms parlor right across the hall from each other and we all will be getting dressed there. I'm not sure of what he thinks but I just want to add a little surprise to him by staying apart, it's more about just missing each other and having an even more exciting wedding night than tradition!! The success or failure of a marriage has nothing to do with this decision!

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  • Orchids
    Master March 2018
    Orchids ·
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    We'll be at home, in our bed, together. Smiley smile

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  • Beth
    Expert July 2016
    Beth ·
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    We got married just outside my hometown, which is about an hour away from where we live. DH got a hotel room for the night before and had his 8 year old son and his son's older half brother stay with him there after the rehearsal (the half brother was one of our ushers). I stayed at my parents' house. We didn't see each other till I walked down the aisle. Well, mostly - I was in a room upstairs from the venue and caught a glimpse of him below, but he couldn't see me.

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  • Mrs. Coakley
    Master June 2017
    Mrs. Coakley ·
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    I am definitely more of a traditionalist but that's just me. We will be sleeping separately to save up for that special moment when we see each other for the first time at the beginning of the ceremony! I'm also wearing a veil, doing a garter/bouquet toss, no first look, and doing all the dances... I love traditions!!! But if you don't, that is perfectly okay too. It's all about personal preference Smiley smile

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  • c_h_a_r
    Expert August 2016
    c_h_a_r ·
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    We are spending the night together and having a first look... we have a ton of kids and the logistics of getting a hotel are too complicated... plus I sleep like crap without him lol

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  • BecomingMrsR
    Expert November 2016
    BecomingMrsR ·
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    Nope, I'll stay at my parents and he'll be at his home. We aren't doing a first look either. So, he won't see me till I walk down the aisle!

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  • Kristi
    Super October 2016
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    We are sleeping separately. Haven't decided if we will do the first look or not yet:/

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  • AshMar
    Master April 2017
    AshMar ·
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    He will probably stay at our (future) home together and I'll stay at my mom's house.

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  • Ladylove30047
    VIP September 2016
    Ladylove30047 ·
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    We are sleeping apart from each other

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  • Crescent 1894
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    Crescent 1894 ·
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    We didn't spend the night together beforehand. He spent the night at the hotel with his parents and I spent the night at my mom's. DH is very traditional.

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  • Michelle
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    Michelle ·
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    We will be apart from each other. Were getting married about 1.5 hours from home and having the rehearsal dinner out there the night before. I see us each getting our own room. Im thinking of asking my matron of honor to share a room with me. All my brideamaids are married or in relationships and traveling so even though a sleepover with all of them sounds fun, I feel like that would be rude to their SO who will need to get a room. My MOH is my cousin and her husband will still be deployed at the time so I think it's sharing a room may be good

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