TACKY WEDDING STUFF.....

I think its tacky when people go out of their way to find something wrong with others weddings…

One of my FB friends had a pot luck reception. Her wedding was on Fourth of July and the reception was at the church hall. I guess that's common where she lives...kind of the backwoods in Louisiana. So I didn't roll my eyes too much as she's really a nice person.

Mrs CK, I'm wondering why you're posting definitions?

@Dij, I myself am quite introverted and rarely enjoy making small talk with strangers. So if I am at a wedding because my FH is in the bridal party and I literally don't know anyone else, that will be incredibly long and daunting 40 minutes for me.

Cassandra, face it. There are things that are wrong. And yes, tacky. And dangerous.

BeachyLauren... THREE of the weddings I went to last year were just alcohol and water. Which is super dumb because it's much easier to get WASTED at a wedding like that. No one likes celebrating with water...

Goodness Cassandra....

ETA: let me guess... having a cash bar/dry wedding/pot luck/friendors/tiered reception?

Wow, Swin, that sucks. What did they do for mixer? No coke or 7-up? Weird. I've never seen that.

@Swin, did they have mixed drinks as well? If so, couldn't the bartender just serve a screwdriver without vodka?

@beachdreams that's personal. Once the 40 minutes is over you would be fine. I just think to be calling a bride tacky for having a head table which has been happening for years and years is really a bit much.

Yea so were people just taking shots all night... I mean I've got a lively crowd... that'd be trouble...

I don't think head tables are tacky...at all. I just don't like them for the reasons previously stated. I'm also from the Midwest @FutureMrsK and they are pretty much the standard around here as far as I can tell. I am super social and can make friends or start a conversation with anyone so if I were the one separated and didn't know anyone it wouldn't be an issue for me. FH, on the other hand, has major social anxiety. You would never know most of the time because we are always with people he knows really well or because I know how to get him to relax but I know how difficult it is for him.

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Like Dolly Parton said in Steele Magnolias...

If you can't say anything nice, come sit by me.

I kid , really!

@Swin. - yeah, that's poor taste. What about preggos and others who just don't drink? Not having anything other than water or booze is tackalicious.

I don't know if this is tacky or just unfortunate. We went to a wedding that was in a mall. The ceremony was right outside a restaurant where the reception would be. They had tall black curtains separating the ceremony area from the rest of the hall way. Unfortunately the black curtains sucked in all the light and it was very dim. As we were sitting there you could hear late people running in high heels up to the ceremony. Many people were late because it wasn't very clear where the wedding was. But the kicker was that just after the ceremony started the janitor kicked on the floor wax machine. My heart just broke for them a little bit. I'm sure they didn't expect that. Love the couple and they are still together years later.

I think what it was is that people take " just beer and wine" a little too literally...

@Jacks someone a few pages back said that we needed to define the word tacky so I thought I'd help out lol

@BeachyLauren haha no... though at times I think we should have said screw it and gone that route to save money.

I have a lot of friends from different cultures, many that are first generation in the States. Seen a lot of different wedding styles. I get that sometimes ideas or wedding styles seem “tacky” or weird to others if they are not exposed to differences in life but I just don’t understand the hateration on some of this stuff. I’ve never been to a wedding and thought something was tacky. Different then what I would do, sure. I guess I just show up to a wedding with the expectation of celebrating the couple and that’s it.

Well Cassandra, here is to hoping you never go to a 6pm wedding where they only serve apps and have a cash bar....

or where the guests have to carry their chairs from the ceremony to the reception...

or where you and your SO get sick from self catered food...

One can hope.