every wedding I have been to the bride and groom are the last to leave. Why leave your party early?
I think it has been a new trend to put on a second dress, but I see it this way, you only get to wear your wedding dress once. I'm keeping it on.
I agree. We've been to 10 weddings in the past year, and the bride and groom stayed till the end at all of them. Honestly, if I were at a wedding and the b&g left early I'd think it was kinda rude! I think it's a more outdated tradition which started because the b&g went off on their honeymoon immediately (maybe I'm wrong, but it makes sense!).
As for changing into another dress, that's also something I've never seen. I personally did not because I loved my dress and wanted to wear it for as long as possible. It's your wedding gown - you get to wear it once - enjoy it!
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Yes, we are staying. We are paying for our own wedding so why leave? Our wdding is on a sat night & we will leave for HM on monday.
cynandkeith
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I'm totally dancing til the very last song and keeping my dress on- maybe even party in it afterwards at the hotel bar!
jennarose023
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we are staying to the end! and then changing into jeans and such for our after party bonfire!!!
08JulyBride
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We stayed til the very end, last to leave.
I agree with an above poster that leaving early and the guests seeing you off was when couples left immediately for their honeymoons... doesn't really happen anymore
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We were the last ones to leave, the idea of the B&G leaving while guests are still there is when you do a send off, it allows the guests to wish you well. I did not change until I got to the hotel, even then I stayed in my dress for awhile after that.
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I plan on being the last one to leave and I am keeping my dress on until the very end of the night!!!
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Posted by julianas
i was told that the bride and groom leave while guests are still there? i want to stay until the end!! can i?
also, do most people change out of the dress? i wasn't going to. we are going straight to a hotel.
Don't know why but you see that in movies alot!! It's weird.. I've never seen that in real life though!!!!
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I plan on closing the reception wearing my one and only dress for the entire day!!
Brila09
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I think it was an old tradition for the B&G to leave the reception before their guests.
We're going to stay until the very end. I want to make sure all my stuff is packed up and ready to go and nothing is lost in transit.
And that dress will be on me the entire day. I don't plan on taking it off until me and FH hit the bed.
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Thats the craziest thing Ive heard so far lol. Not only are you the last to stay, you HAVE to stay to take care of tips and final payments.
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Thats the craziest thing Ive heard so far lol. Not only are you the last to stay, you HAVE to stay to take care of tips and final payments.
Well a lot of people may assign these tasks to others--I know my dad took care of the tips and final payments for us We did actually do a sparkler send-off but we went back in afterwards--it was at the very end, we just went back in to thank the staff and get our stuff
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we were the last to leave. wedding ended at 6 and i kept my dress on until 2am. i loved it too much to take it off
flairforfashion
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I am DEF going to be the last to leave. It's our party and we want to enjoy every single moment.
RockysGirl
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a 5 hour reception just doesn't seem long enough to me. So me and my FH will DEFINITELY be the last ones to leave that night. Plus the hotel (and our honeymoon sweet) is connected to the reception hall, so what's our rush?
And as for the dress, theres no way I'm taking that thing off. It's GORGEOUS, plus I spent a good load of money on it. When will I ever be able to put it on again? The veil, however, I may choose to remove during then night, depending.
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I am staying until the turn the lights out on me! I want to enjoy every minute of that day!
