I've been to a lot of weddings recently, where most of the brides and grooms are getting some pictures taken together before the cemeony. Is anyone still doing the traditional FH not seeing you until you are walking down the aisle at the cememony? I'm not doing it this way, but is there a benifit to doing it this way?
MrsFudge
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I think the benefit is for people who have the ceremony on site and don't have any time between the ceremony and the reception and want to enjoy their cocktail hour.
lisad117
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We are not seeing each other before the ceremony. I want to have that 'moment' in church as I am walking down the aisle. I think people do it the other way so they can attend the cocktail hour.
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soontobemrsv
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We are taking pictures before our ceremony and going to our cocktail hour. We just didn't see any benefit from not doing it this way.
i totally agree with you... we are going to set up a private time on the beach where we will see each other and it'll be just us alone, which is truly romantic i think, intead of him seeing me with everyone else, with everyone looking at him. its ' our' lilltle private time, i can't wait, although we are getting hell about it from certain family members, but who cares...lol
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Nope-1st time he will see me is when I walk down the aisle....I'm not really traditional at all, but I am about this - one of the things I am looking forward to most about that day is seeing his face as I am walking down the aisle.
ETS: However, if we were getting married at our hall and not in church then yes we would see each other before to take pics, so we could enjoy the cocktail hour - that is one thing I DO NOT want to miss!
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We won't be seeing each other before the ceremony - we wanted the special moment when we see each other for the first time at the end of the aisle. it's just whatever your preference is, that moment was more important to me than some extra pictures.
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Nope we did not want to see each other until I walk down the aisle. We are getting married and then have two and half hours for pictures. Then off to the cocktail hour. This was important to us.
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Brian and I did not- I feel it was more sentimental and special for both of us seeing one another for the first time walking down the aisle.
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That hasnt been decided yet b/c our CH is at 6:30 and we are hoping to do the church late in the after noon so there isnt a huge gap b/t the ceremony and CH...trying to decide. He says he doesnt want to see me until the ceremony
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We are taking pictures before our ceremony and going to our cocktail hour. We just didn't see any benefit from not doing it this way.
I totally agree with you
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Posted by coopersmom
We are taking pictures before our ceremony and going to our cocktail hour. We just didn't see any benefit from not doing it this way.
i totally agree with you... we are going to set up a private time on the beach where we will see each other and it'll be just us alone, which is truly romantic i think, intead of him seeing me with everyone else, with everyone looking at him. its ' our' lilltle private time, i can't wait, although we are getting hell about it from certain family members, but who cares...lol
That is a really great idea. That's exacty what I am talking about, making the 1st time you see each other on your wedding day special! FH will not be seeing me until I'm walking down the aisle, I'm so excited to see his face. But your private moment is really nice! Don't worry about what your family thinks! But I do see why a lot of people do choose to see each other before. I don't want to miss cocktail hour either.
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I am seeing my FH before the wedding, because we will not be in front of tons of people the moment will be even more special we can say and act however we want in front of each other (and the moment will be caught on tape by the videographer).
My FH is very shy and doesn't like to be the center of attention (what a day he is going to have) so he would be more comfortable seeing me first, so we can be ourselves in front of each other for a couple of minutes.
It's a special moment and I want our reactions to be our true reaction and it will all be caught on tape!
Besides it's best for pics since I am getting married in the day at the same place as the reception.
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Yes. I want to get the pictures out of the way before the ceremony. I am sure it will still be special when I see him as I walk down the aisle.
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The 1st time he'll be seeing me is when they open the church doors and I take that trip down the aisle. I may not believe in many superstitions, but I do believe he shouldn't see me before the ceremony....
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Posted by coopersmom
We are taking pictures before our ceremony and going to our cocktail hour. We just didn't see any benefit from not doing it this way.
I totally agree with you
Agree! I want to be able to enjoy the day and not have to jam in pictures during cocktail hr.
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We're doing the pictures before the ceremony because our reception is right after the ceremony in the same place. My MOH missed her entire CH and part of her reception due to picture taking, and I don't want that happening to us.
Besides, the tradition of not seeing your FH before the ceremony goes back to arranged marriages. They would do this so that neither party could back out of the wedding!!
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yup - we're doing pics before so we can make our rounds at the cocktail hour instead of taking pics and then we can enjoy the reception
tann22
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My FH will not see me until I am walking down the aisle.
Goldi1021
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Yes FH and I will see each other. We are Jewish and it is one of our marriage customs.
