Discussions from Wedding Reception

My mom was a single mother and I was raised with my grandparents and my uncle. Ideally my grandfather would have been the one I would do my father/daughter dance but he passed away a few years ago....

My guest list is 200 people. I was thinking about having a 2-3 hour "Cake and Punch" Reception after the ceremony serving appetizers, desserts, and drinks and then have a private dinner (no...

Hi all! I am trying to figure out how to transition to dinner once the grand entrances have happened. The wedding party will enter… and do they just stand in a line together and wait for us? Once we...

We just got confirmation from my 2 step sisters that they will be attending our wedding in 64 days.. I am not super close to them but my mom is a " gotta do the right thing" kinda person and asked if...

Our DJ is asking for a cake cutting song, and every one Ive seen suggested is just too cliche or cheesy for me. I’d love to hear what others have done for inspiration, my wedding is next weekend

Hello fellow brides, I need some help trying to figure out roughly how much alcohol we should get. Total number of guests is about 95 however not all of them will drink and obviously some are...

I’m trying to cut our budget and thinking cutting the desserts will help. Who’s doing just cake and no dessert table? We’re having only adults so I’m thinking open bar less desserts

So it's a tradition in my fh family to do a blessing before the wedding dinner to bless the food, my fiance is looking forward to this, I am as well, the problem is we have guests who believe in other...

My mother and I have been very in sync about most decisions involving wedding planning, however, we are at odds about assigning SEATS vs assigning TABLES. Some background - we will be having approx...

Is anyone planning a surprise dance? My fiancé and I would like to do the traditional first dance then surprise everyone with a choreographed dance to a mashup of different songs

For those of you who are providing your own alcohol (or know what your caterer/bartender is providing), specifically liquor - what exactly are you stocking the bar with? We're definitely getting...

Hi, I am reaching out to see if anyone else has done a food truck for dinner wedding before. We are getting married September 2022 and are planning on doing food trucks for dinner. Our guest list will...

What’s your opinion on assigning your guests to a certain table? Ive been contemplating it but then again just saying whatever and letting the guests decide where they wanna sit. I kinda like the idea...

Hi all! My fiancée and I are having a friendly debate about alcohol and I want to gather some opinions. We're having a small (30 person) brunch wedding on a tight budget. About a quarter of our...

So I am not sure if we should do favors or not. My first original idea was to make cookies since I know wedding favors usually get thrown away. Now though I am wondering if I should get rid of them...

My fiancé and I's wedding is 2 months away. We planned to put a tent on a concrete pad outside of a County Club ballroom to get the perks of an outdoor wedding, with all of the amenities like bathroom...

I just got married on 7/4 and it was a great wedding! However, everyone is telling me how I talked SUPER slowly during my wedding speech, something I did not realize in the moment at all. I was trying...

Has anyone been to a wedding that got a ice cream place to cater rather than have a cake?

We have maybe 5 kids coming to our wedding, all under 10 years old but I'm coming up blank on how to have something to keep them entertained that's age appropriate. Our wedding is in December and will...

Hi all - our venue is recommending that we tip our maitre-d $5 to $7 per guest (Long Island). Google is telling me to do $1 to $2 per guest. I want to make sure we tip well...