Wedding No-shows

[Simbagal23]

[quote="planet pujolsianEh, no offense to any Catholics on the board, but I hate weddings at 1:00 in the afternoon where you have to come back at 7:00 for the reception. To me, it just smacks of "your whole day is all about me". Who wants to sit around dressed up all day including the time in between? I just skipped a wedding and went to the reception for the first time, mostly because I didn't even know the people. Which brings me to another peeve, if you barely know someone, why invite them to your wedding? It comes off as a present grab to me.[/quote]

I'm Catholic...and no offense taken....but I have never been to a Catholic wedding that started at 1:00 PM?? Ours was 3:30.....most I've been to are around 4:00 or so. It all depends on what time Saturday afternoon mass starts (the priest wants the church cleared in time to prepare for mass). One gripe I do have about Catholic weddings is if the couple does the full ceremony (with communion) and have 200+ guests (many of which probably aren't Catholic); it takes forever and it seems sort of rude to me. However, to each his own!

[Molly]

If you can't manage an hour (yes I'm catholic) out of your day to attend the ceremony and honor the couple getting married, then don't bother to come to the party. JMHO.

[Simbagal23]

If you can't manage an hour (yes I'm catholic) out of your day to attend the ceremony and honor the couple getting married, then don't bother to come to the party. JMHO.

Oh, I agree. My problem is with the huge Catholic weddings (200+ guests) which, if communion is involved, can last well over an hour....sometimes closer to 2 hours. The non-Catholics get a bit antsy (along with the kids)....if you have a good priest who can keep things orderly, it's not a problem. But I've attended some weddings where things just get out of hand.....

[mikechamp]

We had a Catholic wedding (as we both are) and had approx. 120 guests. We had a full mass, but not a lot of Catholic attendees (maybe 40). Our wedding only took an hour.

Can't remember our start time. I want to say 4pm, but it was on a Friday, so we didn't have to scram for any Saturday evening mass.

[planet planet]

If you can't manage an hour (yes I'm catholic) out of your day to attend the ceremony and honor the couple getting married, then don't bother to come to the party. JMHO.

Believe me, I didn't want to go to the wedding, party, nor give a gift. Again, I didn't even know these people. See my other rant about inviting people you don't know to your wedding.

[docellis]

I don't think there is any way I could be persuaded to do a wedding. Especially if it means I have to also feed people and get them drunk.

[Simbagal23]

I don't think there is any way I could be persuaded to do a wedding. Especially if it means I have to also feed people and get them drunk.

That's the funny thing, I wanted to elope but my (now) husband was against it.....he wanted a wedding so our folks could be there. We compromised, had a very small, destination wedding, only 20 guests (family and a few very close friends), no bridal party......turned out rather well.

[docellis]

I don't think there is any way I could be persuaded to do a wedding. Especially if it means I have to also feed people and get them drunk.

That's the funny thing, I wanted to elope but my (now) husband was against it.....he wanted a wedding so our folks could be there. We compromised, had a very small, destination wedding, only 20 guests (family and a few very close friends), no bridal party......turned out rather well.

That sounds perfect. Especially the "no bridal party" thing.

[mikechamp]

That's the funny thing, I wanted to elope but my (now) husband was against it.....he wanted a wedding so our folks could be there. We compromised, had a very small, destination wedding, only 20 guests (family and a few very close friends), no bridal party......turned out rather well.

That sounds perfect. Especially the "no bridal party" thing.

Did you hear that, Leroy? Now stop getting your hopes up about being the best man!