Would you take a flask to a dry wedding?

Agree Heather B!

If I'm paying a few hundred bucks for my hotel room, plane ticket, outfit, and a gift, the least you can do is give me a glass of wine. I'm an adult at an adult social affair, not a "drunkard" that can't be trusted to behave myself.

I definitely would! I wish I would have when my cousin got married because it was so dry! Not only did the Pastor take like a hour to talk (yawn!!!) she had the nerve to have games as well (double yawn!) - it would've been great if we had more time to dance to the music then I wouldn't think about alcohol but we didn't so I wish I would've had a flask

Dang, i went to a meeting and I missed out on bingo, congrats Pumpkin's Sunshine, you played this game well.

Good ol' flasks... sure!

We haven't been to a social event without alcohol present. My family probably wouldn't understand the concept of a dry wedding either. lol

By the way I had my first "dry" Thanksgiving this year when I went to see my grandmother. Longest. Day. EVAR.

I agree with Heather B, you have to take care of your guests for sure, and know your audience.

Our families have an open bar at funerals, having a dry wedding would be unheard of. It would kind of be like me having a gluten-free wedding b/c I'm gluten-intolerant. People would revolt.

Still, if there's some compelling reason why a friend's wedding was dry, like the B&G was in recovery and couldn't handle it, or if they had strong religious beliefs, whatever, then I would leave the flask at home and drink on my own time.

@kris s. - open bar at funerals?!? lol... wow. although, I don't really know much about funerals... I've only been to one.

My fiance however, had to go to three funerals for his family this year (all three in a three month span).... and they all drank for those too. They're just as much drinkers as my family. lol

My family does open bars at funerals all of the time.

Ohh I'm having a dry wedding! But my wedding is like an intimate wedding and it ends at 10pm. Soo...you really will be eating, getting cake, and going home lol That is all fine by me.

I think there is a LOT of area between a dry wedding and a wedding full drunks beating the confetti outta each other..... If you're relatives and friends can't be at a social gathering without getting stupid and beating each other up, well......that's a shame. That's not the norm with most groups of people. Recovering alchoholics are very often in situations where there is alcohol present; learning to resist that is part of staying sober.

I feel about this pretty much the same I feel about vegan weddings. A reception is about hosting a party, and to that end, it's more about accomodating guests than making a statement. If you personally do not want to eat honey or yeast of milk, that's great, but asking people to travel, buy new clothes, gifts and spend this precious time with you, you can't feed them grass and give them ice tea to drink. Just my 2 cents.

As usual Celia, you knock it out of the park.

@Mrs. Reese's Pieces- I know. It sounds strange. I thought it was just us, but I went to a funeral with FH's family last year and there were literally bottles of vodka and cognac on the tables. Maybe it's a german/polish thing? I think our cultures find any excuse to drink.

I've never gotten schnockered at a baptism. Bar mitzvahs now- those are good parties!

Hm well it depends on 1) who's wedding it was and 2) the guests..I went to my cousin's wedding that was dry for budget reasons but was just there with my dad and extended family.if I were to go to a wedding with a lot of people I knew who were my age, and I knew they were going to as well I would.

Heck Ya!

We do booze after the funeral. i want booze at mine!

@Heather T, me too! Seriously, whiskey and cupcakes for everyone.

And I'm glad to hear that our families are not just raging inappropriate alcoholics.

Thanks to you kris, my BM and I just decided we want alcohol at ours (in many many years) Liquor not just beer and wine! She wants shots too!

I've been to a dry wedding before, it got very boring very quickly. I totally would bring a flask or hide some small 50mL's in my purse if I ever go to another dry wedding.

@Kris are you irish? i am = we drink every chance we get!