If I havea receiving line at the church, do I have to go around to all the tables at the reception too?? I know it's important to acknowledge guests but I don't want to miss half my reception with people talking my ear off.
i think if you have a receiving line you don't HAVE to do at the the reception...
i think that you should def try and get around to see everyone!
Me and FH are going to make soem rounds i think. but we are going to come up with a way to save eachtpher.. like a look or a word.. and then we know to pull the other one along1 ha ha. i dont want to waste too much time with hello thank yous.. i want to party it up!!!!!!!!!!!!! and he agress!
I think you usually choose between receiving line and making the rounds. I don't know, I'm not having a receiving line and of the last like 10 weddings I went to they haven't had one either, so I'm not positive.
I'm hopefully going to try to make the cocktail hour and talk to most people then... if not then just do a few mins at each table.
the problem with the receiving line at church and then reception is that not everybody goes to the church so there will be ppl at the reception who wont be at the church. But you can go to your CH and get your hello's out of the way like that. Also tell your FH not to stay at a table more than 5 mins. Also when i got to the rh day of wedding, maitre'd told me that if i needed him to pull me away from a table to come up with a signal so he would know, he said alot of ppl talk too much and the couple need to be saved sometimes lol. So i told him i would scratch my ear if i needed to be pulled away.
you do it during dinner while their all eating, you eat first, and then make your way around.....remember some guests wont be at the ceremony
yes, not everyone will be at the ceremony
We are having a receiving line and we are going to our cocktail hour so hopefully we will have made the rounds to almost everyone by the end of cocktail hour.
I am having a receiving line and talking to people at the cocktail hour. With the exception of a few older guests, if guests want to see me at the reception they can come find me on the dance floor.
Even with a receiving line I would try to make the rounds. I don't think etiquete wise that you have to... but its nice to get to see everyone enjoying themselves.
I had greeted everyone at the Cocktail Hour by myself. Was I supposed to greet everyone AGAIN with DH at the Reception? BC I didn't. Hehe.
Posted by Summertimegal424
i think that you should def try and get around to see everyone!
call me terrible but we will be visiting people at Cocktail hour and thanking everyone ove ra microphone i think...we want to enjoy our reception and get to experience every SECOND of it. I personally dont get annoyed if the bride and groom dont come talk to me!
Posted by MrsDtoBe09
Posted by Summertimegal424
i think that you should def try and get around to see everyone!
I agree! They came to see you, you can spend a few minutes with them! I plan on going around at cocktail hour so I dont have to waste the reception.
i am doin it at CH and greetin everyone as they walk into the room
Posted by JamDancer
Posted by MrsDtoBe09
Posted by Summertimegal424
i think that you should def try and get around to see everyone!
I agree! They came to see you, you can spend a few minutes with them! I plan on going around at cocktail hour so I dont have to waste the reception.
I thought that was the point of the receiving line, no?
I mean of course I'll be talking to ppl at the wedding but I didn't know if it was a big deal if I didn't make it to EVERY PERSON twice.
Damn etiquette sometimes lol
Our ceremony and reception are all at the same place. . .the cocktail hour is literally 10 feet away from our ceremony. I want to be able to EAT at my wedding (okay, FH wants to be able to eat at our wedding), so I think we're going to try to do a lot of the rounds at the cocktail hour.
