NY Weddings

I was sitting here watching platinum weddings and thought....

I bet a 'typical' NY wedding might be considered platinum to many people around the country.

It is amazing how much different NY is from other states.

I heart NY!

They definately are... FH and his family are from Pittsburgh, PA and they are just amazed with everything we are planning. They are used to going to weddings in places like fire halls. I'm so glad I live in NY!

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Posted by MiciB115

Weddings are so different here than many places in the US. Some places don't do open bar, which to I think is standard here.

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I was just going to the same thing. A friend of mine who is from RI said they typically do not do open bar at weddings. We cannot even imagine this in NY...

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Posted by bella1028

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Posted by MiciB115

Weddings are so different here than many places in the US. Some places don't do open bar, which to I think is standard here.

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I was just going to the same thing. A friend of mine who is from RI said they typically do not do open bar at weddings. We cannot even imagine this in NY...

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People here would highly insulted if there wasnt an open bar...at least, the majority are used to that.

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Posted by Jess125483

My FH's cousins are from MD, and they were married in a high school gym and allegedly that was normal!

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I have heard of that also and that it was common down south.

I know...apparently its common...I think as NYers we tend to do way more than the average...it's fun though

I went to a wedding upstate and it was open bar for like an hour and then it was a cash bar. I was shocked but my upstate friends said this was fairly normal.

They also said it was normal to give a present not cash.

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Posted by ynksfan167

I went to a wedding upstate and it was open bar for like an hour and then it was a cash bar. I was shocked but my upstate friends said this was fairly normal.

They also said it was normal to give a present not cash.

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lol, omg that is such a tease...but great DWi prevention...lol

that's so true!
I have friends from out of state who don't even know what a cocktail hour is! I mean, they know, but only from tv or whatever or from me talking about.
Most of my friends have gotten married in fire halls or church basements with no open bar or they had bottled beer that they bought themselves and wine they got at a discount liquor store.
Can I tell you.... I'm honestly jealous of all those girls. The stress level for them was basically nonexistant because it was just like throwing a big party or BBQ and everyone had a BLAST.
I feel like there is so much pressure because people here expect so much more than that.

It's crazy....

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Posted by bemyyoko

that's so true!
I have friends from out of state who don't even know what a cocktail hour is! I mean, they know, but only from tv or whatever or from me talking about.
Most of my friends have gotten married in fire halls or church basements with no open bar or they had bottled beer that they bought themselves and wine they got at a discount liquor store.
Can I tell you.... I'm honestly jealous of all those girls. The stress level for them was basically nonexistant because it was just like throwing a big party or BBQ and everyone had a BLAST.
I feel like there is so much pressure because people here expect so much more than that.

It's crazy....

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And no matter WHAT you do or how much you spend, someone at your wedding is going to have something to say... f*ckers.

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Posted by Mimacat

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Posted by bemyyoko

that's so true!
I have friends from out of state who don't even know what a cocktail hour is! I mean, they know, but only from tv or whatever or from me talking about.
Most of my friends have gotten married in fire halls or church basements with no open bar or they had bottled beer that they bought themselves and wine they got at a discount liquor store.
Can I tell you.... I'm honestly jealous of all those girls. The stress level for them was basically nonexistant because it was just like throwing a big party or BBQ and everyone had a BLAST.
I feel like there is so much pressure because people here expect so much more than that.

It's crazy....

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And no matter WHAT you do or how much you spend, someone at your wedding is going to have something to say... f*ckers.

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I JUST said that to Will less than 5 minutes ago. It's sad but true.

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Posted by drpepper318

I know! NY weddings... in particular LI weddings... are like no other! I can't wait to see what our OOT guests will say about our wedding... I am willing to bet they'll think our cocktail hour is the entire dinner!!!!!

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Yep! So true!!! I grew up in Vegas and lived in a few different states before moving here, and I went to a wedding here and thought cocktail hour was amazing! Then there was a sit down meal! haha, I cant wait to have my wedding, since all of my guests are from out of town! They will think its the best wedding ever, FH's guests with thing, oh, another LI wedding! lol, Im excited to see how my guests react! It will be fabulous!