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DH and I went to a wedding this weekend. Now, we have not been to a nonfamily wedding for years so apparently things have changed.
First of all, the bride wore two different wedding dresses. One for the ceremony and a different dress for the reception. I have never heard of such foolishness, especially when the first gown she wore was beautiful and the bride was stunning in it, the second dress was so-so in comparison so I just didn't 'get' the two dress thing.
Secondly, at the reception, the couple's wedding party went around to all the tables 'selling raffle tickets' for the brides garter. A ticket cost you $5 and of course they did this while everyone was eating so you would be embarrassed if everyone else at your table bought tickets and you didn't. People were giving $20 bills for these raffle tickets. I'm sorry, to me that was the most shameful thing I have ever seen done at a wedding just to get more money for the couple and I yelled at my H NOT to buy those f-ing tickets. We already had put a generous sum in their card, that was OUR CHOICE to give them that amount. I felt like the reception was a shake down of all the guests.
Oh, I forgot to point out before that prior to the wedding, everytime we would see the couple they were constantly whining about how much the wedding was costing them, they wanted this but couldn't afford it so they were doing that instead. Get the idea. Then, the bride has not one...but TWO wedding gowns for her wedding day? And then the raffle extortion at the reception. I was just appalled at how the whole thing was handled but after talking to some of the other wedding guests who were just as upset as I was, this apparantly is normal for wedding couples anymore...to come up with all sorts of ideas to get more cash out of the wedding guests.
I just wanted to get the hell out of there and the sooner the better. If any of my neices or nephews behaved like that at their weddings I would be going around the room returning everyone's raffle money. Absoultely shameless.
First of all, the bride wore two different wedding dresses. One for the ceremony and a different dress for the reception. I have never heard of such foolishness, especially when the first gown she wore was beautiful and the bride was stunning in it, the second dress was so-so in comparison so I just didn't 'get' the two dress thing.
Secondly, at the reception, the couple's wedding party went around to all the tables 'selling raffle tickets' for the brides garter. A ticket cost you $5 and of course they did this while everyone was eating so you would be embarrassed if everyone else at your table bought tickets and you didn't. People were giving $20 bills for these raffle tickets. I'm sorry, to me that was the most shameful thing I have ever seen done at a wedding just to get more money for the couple and I yelled at my H NOT to buy those f-ing tickets. We already had put a generous sum in their card, that was OUR CHOICE to give them that amount. I felt like the reception was a shake down of all the guests.
Oh, I forgot to point out before that prior to the wedding, everytime we would see the couple they were constantly whining about how much the wedding was costing them, they wanted this but couldn't afford it so they were doing that instead. Get the idea. Then, the bride has not one...but TWO wedding gowns for her wedding day? And then the raffle extortion at the reception. I was just appalled at how the whole thing was handled but after talking to some of the other wedding guests who were just as upset as I was, this apparantly is normal for wedding couples anymore...to come up with all sorts of ideas to get more cash out of the wedding guests.
I just wanted to get the hell out of there and the sooner the better. If any of my neices or nephews behaved like that at their weddings I would be going around the room returning everyone's raffle money. Absoultely shameless.