I agree…this could be interesting.
I think the “dollar dance” thing is tacky. It’s where the bride has a bag on her arm for dancing partners to put money in. I know it’s a tradition in some places to do this. But I think it’s tacky.
I think smashing cake into your spouse’s face is extremely tacky.
I hate when people make their bridal party awkwardly dance in while announcing them. I’ve seen it go well maybe once and it’s just painful every other time.
Mentioned on the other wedding thread but the whole garter belt routine is tacky to me.
Groom taking garter off the bride’s thigh. Get a room.
These are kind of “boilerplate” things that many people think are tacky. Are there specific stories of things you’ve seen that were funny / outrageous / tacky?
A “big girl” bride stuffed like a sausage into a strapless dress she has no business wearing?
A friend’s son’s wedding had a hunting theme. Groomsmen and bridesmaids wore camouflage fashions. They had wedding koozies as favors that said “The Hunt is Over” with the bride and groom’s names/date.
Oh that IS tacky!
That is BIZARRE! 
So did they serve venison?
Someone I used to know went to a wedding at one of those New Jersey wedding halls (Rte 17, maybe?) where there were 11 bridesmaids attired in lavender and a multiple platform cake with a lavender fountain in it.
I am LOVING reading these.
I can sort of agree on the rockin bride/groom/attendants entering the venue thing. S did it last weekend at his wedding but they had more toned down music and the attendants just strolled in. And actually when S and bride walked in they didn’t dance but were adorably joyful and we received some GREAT photos of them that just look like joyful picture of happiness.
How about bouquet throwing? Or garter throwing? To me, so awkward watching people diving for these items to “win”.
I haven’t been to a wedding with the garter and bouquet thing since I was a little kid. The women I knew wouldn’t dream of it.
I think people do the bouquet thing with their tongues kind of planted in their cheeks - this is a “thing,” so I’ll throw it, and ha ha isn’t it cute when granny or the 8 year old flower girl gets it, but it’s not taken seriously.
While I don’t think it’s necessary for the wedding invitation to be fancy and pricey, I was a little shocked to see my nephew’s wedding invite that came last week. The wedding is going to be upscale so I was surprised to see a rather tacky invite…looked like something they just quickly wrote up on their computer, shoved in some awful brown paper, and pressed print. My sister called me and asked, “is this the save the date?” Uh, no, the wedding is less than 2 months away…it’s the wedding invite.
If money is an issue (in this case, not), then virtually everyone likes the plain white/off-white simple invite with a tasteful font.
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Extremely tacky!
I’ve been to quite a few wedding where the wedding party danced in. All but one were quite adorable. The one was tacky because a few members of the wedding party were clearly not in favor of it. But at the ones where they were enjoying themselves, we were too.
“looked like something they just quickly wrote up on their computer, shoved in some awful brown paper, and pressed print”
Was it letterpress, @mom2collegekids? If so, that is all the rage right now and I like it if it fits in with a more boho/hipster vibe to the wedding.
I am fine with the bouquet toss, but I think the bride needs to ask a friend to try and catch it. I’ve been to weddings where it just fell on the floor and all the women standing around it took a quick step backwards. That is painful.
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No, that would have been cool, although not really fitting with the fancy-pants wedding this will be.
My cousin stood at the altar with his hand on his bride’s rear end, gently patting and rubbing, for the entire ceremony.
@-) (at the time)
:)) (about it later)