Do You Have to Do a Receiving Line.....

gina674 Posted: Jun 17, 2005 11:37 AM

Do You Have to Do a Receiving Line.....

At the church????? Is it rude to cut it out?????

Will people be offended??? Just curious what people think????

Thanks!!!!

I didn't realize I posted on the 05 board.. Sorry....

AJsMommy122 Posted: Jun 17, 2005 12:39 PM

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Hi Gina!!

No you don't have to do it but I think most people will expect it. I would post on BHB asking anyone who DIDN'T do it how they went about it

melissaandsean Posted: Jun 17, 2005 12:43 PM

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you don't have to do anything you don't want to do.

We didn't do one. I felt it took up too much time.

boobobunny Posted: Jun 17, 2005 12:50 PM

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as long as you walk around to greet all the tables at the reception, a receiving line is not necessary.

My grandmother told me the reason for the recieving line...(back in the day) is because many brides and grooms used to leave for their HM immediatly after the ceremony...the reception was just for the guests and was usually held at the bride's parents house.

gina674 Posted: Jun 17, 2005 12:59 PM

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Posted by Soon2bMsZ

Hi Gina!!

No you don't have to do it but I think most people will expect it. I would post on BHB asking anyone who DIDN'T do it how they went about it

I thought I was posting on the BHB I forgot where I was!!!!

How ya doin'?????

Laura1976 Posted: Jun 17, 2005 01:00 PM

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i didn't do one, and I deeply regret it. We planned on visiting all the tables during the reception. Time went so quick and people were always pulling us away from it. we only got to visit 4 out of 14 tables!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mrs. dleeny Posted: Jun 17, 2005 01:20 PM

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I've only been to 1 church wedding where a receiving line was done.

if you have a lot of time between the ceremony & reception, go for it. but if not, you may need every minute to take pics.

JMO

slwh2005 Posted: Jun 17, 2005 01:29 PM

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I think we're going to have one. We should have the time. Personally, I don't think it's a big deal if you skip it. As a guest I usually don't like it especially when I only know the bride or the groom and have to make small talk with the parents whom I've never met. It's always kinda awkward.

hmm8191 Posted: Jun 17, 2005 01:31 PM

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Honestly I think people expect it. Depending on how many people you have it really doesn't take that long and it really helps make sure you get everyone in!

AJsMommy122 Posted: Jun 17, 2005 01:58 PM

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Posted by hmm8191

Honestly I think people expect it. Depending on how many people you have it really doesn't take that long and it really helps make sure you get everyone in!

I was going to say the same thing. I don't want to make your decision harder but we DID have ALOT of people who came to our ceremony that could not attend the reception.
Also we missed I think 3 or 4 tables at the reception and we only had 15!

MrsJ Posted: Jun 17, 2005 02:09 PM

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I agree most people will expect it. But if you want to keep it short you and DH can just greet everyone - you dont have to have the parents and BM and MOH.

SomethingBlu Posted: Jun 17, 2005 02:10 PM

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Posted by Laura1976

i didn't do one, and I deeply regret it. We planned on visiting all the tables during the reception. Time went so quick and people were always pulling us away from it. we only got to visit 4 out of 14 tables!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree with Laura...we didn't want to do one, but thankfully our priest was smarter than us and we did it. It was awesome because at the reception we got VERY busy and only did about 6 out of 10 tables.

gina674 Posted: Jun 17, 2005 02:22 PM

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Thanks everyone.... I guess I'll be doing it!!!!

AnniesSS Posted: Jun 17, 2005 04:23 PM

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We didn't have one, mainly because we didn't have the time and no one commented or notcied I think. We just went around to each table and spoke to everyone individually - I think it works out the best.