Garter and Bouquet Toss

hi ladies!

quick question: i don't have many single ladies and guys coming to the wedding .. all are married or engaged, especially on my FH's side since he is a few years older than me.
Should I still do the toss? I asked my FH and he's like 'yea, we have to!' (I think he just wants to see his 12 year old go up someone's skirt!!!)

What's appropriate? I don't want to embarass the few women who will be marked as single!

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I'm not doing it - we're doing the Anniversary dance instead.

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sorry if i sound ignorant... what's the anniversary dance?

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We have the same situation. I think only 2 of our guests are single.

We're definitely not doing the toss or garter.

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we are definitely doing the garter/bo-k toss and the people who catch them will get a dance with the bride/groom.

I didn't want to single out the 3 single guests at our wedding, so this way, everyone is included :)

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Posted by AnniesSS

I'm not doing it - we're doing the Anniversary dance instead.

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Same here. It's when you invite all the married couples up to the floor and as the song goes on, the DJ asks people who have been married less than 1 year, 5 years, 10 years, etc...to sit down until the couple that is married the longest remains...that is who you give bouquet (or sometimes also garter to).

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Posted by melissaandsean

we are definitely doing the garter/bo-k toss and the people who catch them will get a dance with the bride/groom.

I didn't want to single out the 3 single guests at our wedding, so this way, everyone is included :)

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I LIKE that idea!

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i don't have many single women come either, nor men for that matter! But, still doing it!
I really wanted to, I don't know why.

I told my Band memeber, that I no one may come up, he said in that case, we'll just hand it over :)

Oh.. well!

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Posted by AnniesSS

I'm not doing it - we're doing the Anniversary dance instead.

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Us to!

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we're doing the bo-k toss, but not the garter. I'm wearing a garter, but I find the hole garter toss thing to be--well, I won't insult anyone, it's just not my thing.

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OMG you just solved my problems!! I sooo wanted to throw the boquet! I just couldnt figure out how to do it without being cheesy!! This is perfect! :)

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Posted by melissaandsean

we are definitely doing the garter/bo-k toss and the people who catch them will get a dance with the bride/groom.

I didn't want to single out the 3 single guests at our wedding, so this way, everyone is included :)

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that sounds good. I also don't want to throw my garter b/c I'm wearing a Yankee garter (once I find it, saw someone on here posted hers, I LOVE it) but I don't want to throw it away to someone! BUT, I might have to strike a deal w/ my FH!

Thanks for the ideas!!

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Posted by jersee3380

that sounds good. I also don't want to throw my garter b/c I'm wearing a Yankee garter (once I find it, saw someone on here posted hers, I LOVE it) but I don't want to throw it away to someone! BUT, I might have to strike a deal w/ my FH!

Thanks for the ideas!!

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get a cheap inexpensive garter to throw. I am definitely not throwing my 'real' garter.

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Posted by unicorn1178

OMG you just solved my problems!! I sooo wanted to throw the boquet! I just couldnt figure out how to do it without being cheesy!! This is perfect! :)

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Posted by melissaandsean

we are definitely doing the garter/bo-k toss and the people who catch them will get a dance with the bride/groom.

I didn't want to single out the 3 single guests at our wedding, so this way, everyone is included :)

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Yay! I'm glad I could help :) I really wanted to do it too, but I didn't know what I could do that wouldn't be corny (cheesy) and when I read about this on theknot.com, I thought...oh yeah, this is perfect!!!

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We're skipping both. Most of my friends who have been married recently didn't do either also. It's up to the two of you though.

I'm not doing it because I hated this part of weddings when I was single and made it my business to disappear at that point of the night. At any rate that's my opinion though, you guys should do whatever makes you happy.

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Posted by AnniesSS

I'm not doing it - we're doing the Anniversary dance instead.

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Same here!

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Posted by jeanla4c

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Posted by AnniesSS

I'm not doing it - we're doing the Anniversary dance instead.

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Same here. It's when you invite all the married couples up to the floor and as the song goes on, the DJ asks people who have been married less than 1 year, 5 years, 10 years, etc...to sit down until the couple that is married the longest remains...that is who you give bouquet (or sometimes also garter to).

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Mmm, interesting. I never knew that. I might do that. I'm not doing the toss/garter thing either. I didn't want to 'single' out my single friends, which might only be 1!

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thats exactly it ... i hate putting people on the spot ... the anniversary dance is a great idea! thanks so much for sharing the info !!

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Definitely not doing the garter toss. I finally won that fight. Will probably do the Bo-K toss, although I do like the idea of the anniversary dance instead. Thanks for the tip.