My wedding ends at midnight and my FSIL wants to know...

esb980 Posted: May 16, 2006 07:58 AM

My wedding ends at midnight and my FSIL wants to know...

If I am having an after party, or what we're doing. I was just planning to go back to out hotel, a different one from the block. Do you think I should plan on doing something after? I thought I would be tired (I mean, it's a long day)

debsey75 Posted: May 16, 2006 08:01 AM

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I wouldnt bother. Like you said, it is a long day. I could see if your reception ended in the afternoon but since it ends at midnight, I dont think it is worth it. Go and relax and I am sure you will need some peace by then.
And if they are in a different hotel, let them decide what they want to do.

sr081906 Posted: May 16, 2006 08:02 AM

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That's a bit late for an after party. You may be exhausted depending what time you get up and start getting ready.

Do you leave the next day on your HM?

I would not extend it more than 1 to 2 hours.

You could always check into it. See who is open. Then decide that day of after the reception.

sarahthegreat Posted: May 16, 2006 08:16 AM

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we are not having anything - but if people want to meet in the bar in the hotel, thats fine.

i've already planned and paid for a 15K party - i don't need another one on top of that.

steflily Posted: May 16, 2006 08:50 AM

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We thought we were going to have one but we were both so exhausted that we couldn't do it. It is a really long day.

ChrissynRicky Posted: May 16, 2006 09:01 AM

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Posted by steflily

We thought we were going to have one but we were both so exhausted that we couldn't do it. It is a really long day.

same thing happened to us. we planned on having one, and our reception ended at 12:30, we left the hall about 1:15, and passed out, as well as our guests staying in the hotel w/us.

We did end up having a breakfast w/all our guests that stayed in the hotel which was great.

stephanief Posted: May 16, 2006 09:10 AM

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I paid 100 bucks to keep the hotel bar open. We wound up going there for about an hour and then went up to our room

EJSD2006 Posted: May 16, 2006 10:22 AM

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my wedding will end at 12:30am and i'm not doing anything! i plan on getting in the limo with FH and going to the hotel and relaxing! my wedding is on a friday so i think my guests will be too tired for anything else.

esb980 Posted: May 16, 2006 10:24 AM

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Posted by alnem

my wedding will end at 12:30am and i'm not doing anything! i plan on getting in the limo with FH and going to the hotel and relaxing! my wedding is on a friday so i think my guests will be too tired for anything else.

My wedding is a Friday as well. I guess I won't plan anything. I'll just play it by ear.

MissingTheBGene Posted: May 16, 2006 10:26 AM

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I plan on playing it by ear. I don't think there would be enough people left for an after party and if by some freak occurrence, I'll hit a bar in my wedding dress, I don't care!

JandJ1224 Posted: May 16, 2006 10:50 AM

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yeah, I was planning on paying to keep the bar at the hotel open after our wedding ends at 12am on a fri.

CLMon7906 Posted: May 16, 2006 11:00 AM

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I think you've got a good grip on the situation....after all the excitement and stress of the day, the last thing you likely want to do is party mroe....and if you are leaving the next day for your HM, you will need some sleep so you can enjoy the trip's first day better.

Tracy&Brian Posted: May 16, 2006 11:00 AM

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our wedding ends at 12:30 on a sat. We are having the bar stay open until 3am. I can only imagine we will be very tired and will only be able to join the after party for a little while. But our friends are nuts and they will definately be going until 3.

kathrynlinton Posted: May 16, 2006 11:33 AM

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Ours ended at midnight too, we stayed in the same hotel as everyone, so a couple of our friends who traveled came and hung out with us. Hee, one of DH's friends hooked up with one of my friends, they had disappeared, then reappeared back at our room while DH and I were opening our gifts (at 3am) we had to kick them out!

But...if you are staying at a different hotel, don't bother. We talked about going out and decided against having everyone drive around when people had been drinking all night at the wedding (most of our guests took a shuttle).

SomethingBlu Posted: May 16, 2006 11:42 AM

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Yes, tell her you ARE having an after party. It's called sex...and you and her brother - your husband at that point - plan on having some. Geesh!!

M&S Sept12006 Posted: May 16, 2006 11:48 AM

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I had a few people ask me the same thing and I thought about it for a while but I know I am going to be exhausted at the end of the night...I mean who wouldnt be??? After all the anxiety, emotions, picture taking and partying I'll probably be extremely delirious at the end of the night...like I am now after not having slept for a couple of nights...

esb980 Posted: May 16, 2006 12:16 PM

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Posted by SomethingBlu

Yes, tell her you ARE having an after party. It's called sex...and you and her brother - your husband at that point - plan on having some. Geesh!!

Mrs. dleeny Posted: May 16, 2006 12:21 PM

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I wouldn't plan anything specific. you're going to be SO tired!!!!

JohnnysGirl350 Posted: May 16, 2006 12:22 PM

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I wouldn't. I think you will be ready for sleep.

Nautical bride Posted: May 16, 2006 03:17 PM

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Our wedding ended at 11pm and we had a suite reserved at our hotel for an after-party that went till 4am! We were so tired (especially since we had a breakfast for our guests starting the next day at 9am), but I wouldn't have traded it for the world!

I mean, how often will you have another wedding and have all of our friends and family together to celebrate with you? I didn't want my day to end!

Ask your friends and family if they'd want to keep partying, then decide from there.