The best wedding planners do this
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Lynea D'Aprix
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We’re gonna have corn hole, connect four, and jenga set up!
👏👏👏❤️
You are gorgeous!!
This reminds me of something my Aunt did for her wedding. There was a bunch of younger kids, so they had it at a park. They had the ceremony by the water and then let the kids go play, then after like an hour we had dinner, and an ice cream and cupcake truck showed up by the barn for snacks. I remember I got a snow cone and sat on a stone wall with my cousin and we talked about life. They had also set up 2 s’mores stations (allergy friendly and chocolates with peanut butter) then after a bit of that guests started leaving, so they got out some balloons and let all the kids play in the barn (it was fall then so it was too cold to be outside at 10pm) it w and as a great wedding and we all had fun. Unfortunately they divorced 9 years later (Aunt decided she didn’t want to be married) but I tried my best to explain it, this event did happen when I was 10 or 11 (4-5 years ago)
Why do I keep getting wedding planning shorts I’m aromatic 😭
Idk the 5 minutes allows for socializing, pee breaks, time for the bar (open the bar during this time!!), anything. No need to do activities, it’ll be too much then.
I'd say, if you don't care about your guests' experience, maybe they shouldn't be there? Dunno
Most weddings I go to usually gets the guest to go into the dinning room and start with appetizers and a bit of snacks while waiting for the couple
I know my wedding is years away, but me and the boyfriend have spoken about a Halloween themed wedding ceremony, and now that this has been brought to my attention, this time could be used to get the guests in their costumes. idk, I think it'll be fun lol
Most weddings are absolutely boring, it's great for the couple, but they just expect guests to have a day as good, romantic & memorable as it is for them.
Guests are just background actors, you wait a bazillion years of utter boredom while photos are taken.
I'm a serial "apologies I cannot attend" rspv'er
It's an option to go away for some alone time?? Damn, I will need this. But I also feel like I won't wanna go back. Like oof, I don't want people, I don't want the hype and everything. But at the same time I guess I'm gonna regret not doing that. Shit
I would hire an impersonator
Me, who never plans on getting married: interesting
Is cocktail hour not for that gap between the ceremony and the dinner party? Everyone goes to the location has something to munch on and some drinks then when the bride and groom are done they all head into the reception hall?
Is there a reason why after the ceremony they can't just go to cocktail hour?
We had two ceremonies to integrate our two cultures and I changed between so I was dressed traditionally for both and we did pictures for the first ceremony then, too. So we rented a little mobile coffee bar and bought little snacks and had a coffee hour with music for the guests instead of just hoping they'd sort themselves out.
I went to a wedding once where the ceremony was 1/2 an hour, and then they told us to come back in 2.5 hrs for the reception ?? We did but oh boy
If you ever get a chance, please go to an Indian wedding…… there is so much going on literally everywhere without any kind of planning, no one can ever be bored 😂
We just did ceremony, then lunch break where everyone got lunch for themselves and my husband and I took our wedding photos and then the party started in the afternoon.
I feel like you enjoy the day more if you plan with the guests in mind too. At least that’s how I felt about our day.
I have the same thought process. One idea that I’ve made clear to my family, best friend and boyfriend is that I want a separate room for guest with children to be able to take their kids if they are, restless, noisy, or upset. But I don’t want anyone to miss out on the ceremony so I’m going to have live feed of it on a tv in the separate room. One with possibly toys and snacks for the kids and seats for the parents.
I know some people have “no kids” weddings. But personally I feel kids are part of the family and I remember having fun at my aunts wedding when I was small. This is a nice compromise to me. Anyone feel free to use it!
For my wedding, we had the ceremony and then we had a cocktail hour. During cocktail hour, my husband and I had 15 minutes together to eat and just soak in the wedding (this is customary for Jewish weddings and is called yichud), followed by pictures with family and the bridal party. By the time we came out for first dance and all that, our guests had had drinks, food, and time to schmooze. It seemed like our guests really enjoyed it.
Who cares!!!
my aunt's (and uncle's) wedding was great, there were swings, tricicles, snacks, tables, etc. on the field after the marrying bit, they got everyone to throw confetti (was made of dry flowers and they smelled AMAZING) and then we went to actually eat and dance somewhere else
one of the best weddings I've been to if not THE best
you are genius! My planner had everyone wait for food til we got done with pictures after the ceremony. ( I literally had friends/guests LEAVE! MY WEDDING?!?). I wish I HAD an awesome planner instead 😭😭😭
Just have an open bar, overthinking it
your soo pretty, love your eyesss
So basically empathy. That will probably tell you if your marriage is going to work out as well. 😆 😜
She looks like Lindsay Lohan
Its a good idea because then there wouldn't be this akward star when you arrive. (me and my introvert wouldn't like that tbh also)
My aunt and uncle had everyone eat while they escaped for a moment…they might of gone to a fast food restaurant
My mom told me the story of my uncle and aunts wedding, they werent really dancers or drinkers so they didnt have music or alcohol so they had a slideshow but of course everyone was too bored to watch it and there were no games or anything (overall a really boring wedding, but theyve lasted for 19 or so years so they obviously did something right, but they shoulda had something more fun for the guests to do than sit around talking
You are so pretty ong I have no interest in wedding planning especially white weddings because 14 yr old Indian but I keep staring at you 😭
That alone time thing is actually built into Jewish marriage rituals.
You look like Lindsay Lohan in the good timeline.
My sister did her pictures immediately after the ceremony and god damn it was boring to just stand around waiting for them to come back
people pleasers: oh please hunny. 🤭