Last night my mom tells me that having the bride and groom present during the cocktail hour isn't traditional. She insists that the bride and groom shouldn't be announced until the Reception starts. What do you think. Is it a do to go the cocktail hour as the bride and groom, or wait until after the cocktail hour and be announced.
JamieAnt06202009
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We are definitely going to our cocktail, we don't want to miss a minute of our reception.
mrsjpc3
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sure its against tradition, but I want to go to at least most of it. I want to say my hellos to the distant relatives and friends then (and eat all the good food), then I can enjoy my night w/ FH dancing and partying. I dont wanna be walking around for 2 hours at the reception saying my hellos.
also, we hired an acoustic guitarist for the CH,and I really want to hear him play..
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DH and I chose not to go to ours. Our entire BP arrived 15 minutes into the start of CH. All of them went in and mingled and DH and I were the only two in the bridal suite, which was set up with food and cocktails just for us. Honestly, it was the nicest 30 odd minutes of the day, just the two of us for a few quiet minutes
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Posted by PrincessBride09
FH and I are seeing each other before the ceremony to take pics because neither of us want to miss CH!
mee tooo!! I want to get my socializing out of the way @ the ch so we can enjoy the reception
wundmoretime
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we were not announced but went to CH
xosweetiexo
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we are going to take pictures after our ceremony....if we make it in time for the CH we do...if not, it's not a big deal.... I want to be a princess at my wedding and I want a grand entrance lol!!! Everyone look at meeeeee loll
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there's no writte rule of whether you should or shouldn't attend your CH. I mean you're spending SO much money, you might as well be able to enjoy your CH and greet your guests so you have the time and ability to enjoy your entire wedding! Sometimes CH is the best part of a wedding, and there's nothing wrong with being apart of your own lol, I know we definitely will be!
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We are attending our ENTIRE CH andwouldb't miss it. Great time to hang out with guests so you can dance your bootie off at the reception!
ttdiff11
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im DEF going to mine! i have a lay over after the church so thats my pic time and i plan to enjoy my whole ch!!
lila
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we spent the first 25 min together in the bridal suite, and then went down to the CH for the rest (until we had to leave early to get ready for our entrance). wish we spent more time at the CH!
didnt get to eat anything but got to mingle with people and see the set-up, which was lots of fun.
tradition, shmadition -- DH had never been to a NY wedding so I didnt want him to miss out on the CH! the best part
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we went to 1/2 of our ch, and it was a great decision. We had are ceremony at the RH, and right after the ceremony, we went up to the bridal suite for a few minutes alone. There was a spread of food for us, and my bridal attendant brought us anything we were missing. We stayed up there for 15-20 minutes, and then went outside. It was the perfect balance. We enjoyed the time alone, and also really enjoyed being at our ch. We took pics before the ceremony.
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Fh is insisting we go he calls it the snack time of weddings and said he won't be in pictures so he can go and eat.
maybridetobe
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i went to my cocktail hour & t was the best decision!
DH and I chose not to go to ours. Our entire BP arrived 15 minutes into the start of CH. All of them went in and mingled and DH and I were the only two in the bridal suite, which was set up with food and cocktails just for us. Honestly, it was the nicest 30 odd minutes of the day, just the two of us for a few quiet minutes
sounds perfect...this is what I am thinking..the ch is no time for the bride and groon to eat...its just not possible with all the 'congrats and hellos' ! i wanna relax in the suite..eat a bit..because i am thinking nreves will keep me from pigging out as usual...lol...and have some time with my new hubby....then be introduces in a grand dramatic way and party the night away! i will do the walk around from table to table...but this wont take all night...i have been to weddings before and its all about time managements....its just a receiving line if ya think about it..but with people at tables...lol
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Posted by jenny8484
i know its not 'tradition' to attend your CH but i find that i am paying so much for my wedding, i want to attend my CH as well!
Agreed Jenny!
SummerBride10
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It used to be tradition that the bride and groom werent at CH, but now I think alot of brides and grooms are going to their CH. The times are jsut changing.
AR31
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we did not attend out cocktail hour.. and took pics instead.. we didn't eat a morsel during our cocktail hour and DH created our menu from scratch.. guests are raving about our cocktail and called it cruise ship menu.. and to think we didn't even taste it..
if nothign is holding you back, do attend your cocktail..
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FH and I will be seeing eachother before the ceremony and getting pics out of the way so we can go to our CH. Otherwise we'll spend 1/2 the wedding saying hello to people and won't be able to enjoy any of it. Thats just my opinion.
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We were busy taking all of our pics during the CH. We did however take a walk through when there was no one in the room to see it set up. After the pics I think we had 10 minutes left and we enhaled the food in the suite. After the announcements we partied the entire night, and didn't stop for pics which was really nice.
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Posted by SummerBride10
It used to be tradition that the bride and groom werent at CH, but now I think alot of brides and grooms are going to their CH. The times are jsut changing.
i think times are def changing - a few years ago it was unheard of to see eachother before the ceremony and now its the trend...same for attending CH....
our CH is 1.5 hours long so we are attending about 30 minutes of it - spend another 30 minutes alone - and then we 30 minutes to play with - maybe take some pics, relax, stay in the CH, depending on what we feel like doing - its nice we'll get our alone time where we can eat AND we get to mingle and see how everything looks - there is no way im going to actually eat once we are in there, we will be to busy saying hello - we are going to eat right after the ceremony in the bridal suite alone and then head down....
