Which is worse- dry weddings or hay bale seating?

Way more annoyed by no alcohol

If I've got a drink I'll roll around in the damn hay.

We are doing hay bale seating at our wedding. However each bale will have a cushion wrapped in muslin and quilt squares so it should be comfortable. I've tested them out. Our venue didn't have chairs to accommodate where we wanted to do our ceremony and the chair legs would have sunk really bad anyway due to the nature of the pasture our ceremony is in so hay bale seating seemed like a much better choice. We also don't have anyone with allergies in attendance though.

This is essentially what our cushions are going to look like.

And honestly, white garden chairs are like $1.75/each to rent. Spend $ for CHAIRS.

@ Sqwiggy- it is a block of hay. It is itchy and makes you sneeze and it is horse food-I would rather sit on a stack of fancy feast, but that's not a thing

I'd take a dry wedding over no/uncomfortable seating.

I've had to leave weddings/other big occasions in the past because my joints were causing me such grief because of daft seating choices. But I've never batted an eyelid at not having a drink (well, alcoholic drink)

@Cierra: I am a quilter, so I like your patchwork cushions. Very cute. If you have any older guests whom you are just not sure about, could you put down two 4x8 sheets of plywood on the ground and put some chairs on top to make a 16' row reserved for them? Just a thought.

Are we talking about hay bales seats just for the ceremony or the entire evening? I wouldn't sit on a hay bale but if the ceremony is 30 min. or less, maybe I'd be OK with standing up. If I had to stand and/or sit on a hay bale for longer than 30 min, I'd probably leave. I have scoliosis and one leg shorter than the other, so I can't stand that long.

Regarding booze, I don't drink much so normally I'd be OK at a dry wedding, but also I normally don't attend events that are longer than 4 hours, so I feel like I'd need at least a drink or two to be able to party for as long as a reception lasts.

Dry wedding and I have mobility issues. I can drink the pain away.

Dry Wedding.

I would mind if I had to sit on hay because severely allergic or if I couldn't sit. I have fibromyalgia and lupus so it's hard to sit or stand for extended periods of time. If the beach wedding or forrest wedding had seats I wouldn't mind at all. I don't think it's that big of a deal of there isn't any alcohol. You can go 6 hours without a drink.

@Cierra: Those are cute! I would sit on the quilt cover good call on making those.

Dry wedding for sure.

Dry wedding is worse, hands down. Hay bales suck...but not having any alcohol to wash away the pay with is more annoying.

No alcohol. Im sneaking some into my friend's wedding.

Mixture of both because I'm allergic to hay I believe and I like a good margarita every now and again

I'm going with hay bale seating....

but maybe cause i've sat on a hay bale for 30 min and it is a terrible experience (sadly it did not have lovely quilts....)

And I'm an adult who knows how to sneak in a flask ;]

Haha @richard!

Ya, no dry wedding for me. I love a good cocktail!

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@sara b thank you. we had originally planned on trying to do something so we could have some actual chairs for FHs grandmother to sit in. However she passed away a few weeks ago and she was the only elderly guest we had (I don't have any living grandparents and neither does he now). Other than that no one has any mobility problems or health issues that would cause a conflict. So we might just skip trying to figure out something with chairs. Our guest list is on the smaller side, and since it's a destination wedding we might not have as many people show anyway.