What trends/traditions are you skipping because they're not you?

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Right!

At first we weren't going to have kids but I have some friends and family members that I really want to be there who have kids so I'm like I rather have them show up with their kids in case something happens and they can't find a sitter. I mean when I think about it, my dress does have a few light blue beads which I didn't even notice when I purchased it lol. Other than that, I guess we'll have to see how it plays out but I don't see myself intentionally doing it lol.

For the reception, we aren't doing a garter toss or a bouquet toss. I feel like it's kind of corny, but that's just me. For my bridal shower, I'm not opening any of my presents. We are using the time to play games, eat, mingle and let the two families get to know each other.

We're not doing both tosses (though until recently I was willing to do a bouquet toss but decided against).

We also are not doing parent dances (FH isn't super close with his mom and I'm not close to my dad and if I did a father-daughter dance with my step-dad, my paternal aunts will have a cow and I'm trying to have as little drama as possible).

Also doing a first look because our vendor has great options for cocktail hour food so I want the number of pictures we have to do during it to be as little as possible.

No tosses, introductions, or most dances (just the first dance). It's looking like I won't have anything old or borrowed either!

We don’t have a registry, I won’t have a bridal shower, no unity ceremony, no tosses, no ring bearer. Oh our wedding now on a Thursday instead of Saturday - thanks Covid & the length of our engagement is far from “trendy” or “traditional”! 😆

We skipped bouquet/garter toss, MOH speech (mine was public-speaking shy), first look, favors, and grand exit.

We also didn't have a photobooth, or things like that. Our venue had a great view, so we figured that was more camera-worthy.

We’re not doing the garter toss

Both my parents will walk me, we also won't do formal intros maybe just a little hi we are the new Mr. & Mrs. Z! And no parent dances, no bouquet toss or garter (ew), no giant cake but instead many small desserts hopefully. We also have our parties equal, no MOHs. Buffet dinner (if in July 2021 that's allowed). Generally, I want it to feel like us and to be a big beautiful classy party. Nothing overly formal like it's a performance of some kind. I hope to spend time with all of our guests since it's a smallish wedding (probably under 50).

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You would normally get a "toss" bouquet for this

View Quoted Comment I see... Wow. I would still skip it though...

No Bouquet Or Garter Toss
Mother Daughter Dance Instead Of Father Daughter Dance

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Oh yeah - we did neither of the tosses, but if you *wanted* to and the only reason you were skipping is the money and messing up your beautiful bouquet

View Quoted Comment Well, I am skipping because of the money and the precious bouquet, but ordering extra bouquet means I am losing even more money. If you know what I mean 😉

Not doing the tosses. No ring bearer simply because we have no boys to be one lol. That's about all I could think of.

No tosses, no parent/child dances (my dad passed away, FH didn't think it was fair for him to have a mother/son dance without me having my father/daughter one), no ring bearers. I'm Chinese and tea ceremonies are common in our culture, but I'm not going to have one.

We aren't having our whole bridal party introduced, just us. Also, no bouquet or garter toss and speeches will be at rehearsal dinner. We want to have as much time to eat, drink, and dance at our reception!

His mom won’t do the mother-son dance. I’m still doing my daddy-daughter dance. And the tosses, but no speeches. I’d like to still do an entrance song.