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Verdict: Tacky
More than one bride has tossed her bouquet only to have it hit the floor in front of a disinterested gaggle of happily single girlfriends. The custom is outmoded -- best to let it go the way of the garter toss.
Verdict: Tacky
More than one bride has tossed her bouquet only to have it hit the floor in front of a disinterested gaggle of happily single girlfriends. The custom is outmoded -- best to let it go the way of the garter toss.
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Shame on you for making brides that like this tradition feel bad. It doesn't hurt anyone. It should be up to the B&G to gauge what their guests are like and make the determination themselves.
ReplyThe only things that are tacky at a wedding are following someone else's advice other than your own heart, and anything where the guests have to pay (cash bar, money dance, etc).
But I do have to agree... the tradition where the catcher of the garter puts it on the leg of the catcher of the bouquet is the worst, most awkward moment I've ever seen at a wedding.
Very nicely put! I agree.
I've seen this end up as a huge hit at numerous weddings. If your guests are rude enough to let it fall on the floor in front of them or to start a psycho fight over it on your big day, then you need new friends, not a new tradition.
Well put, I agree. Your wedding, make it yours.
I'm 56 years old & I've been to a lot of weddings. I've never seen the garter catcher put the garter on the bouquet catcher!! They just put it on their arm & it later ends up on their rearview mirror.
I've been a professional wedding photographer for 35 years. I think the bride & groom "cake smashing in the face" thing is a lot more tacky than fighting over the tossed bouquet. I didn't watch the video, but it looks like the two women are laughing a lot. What's wrong with a little fun, even if people have had a bit too much to drink? Weddings are a celebration, among other things. - Rob in Oregon
ReplyI second that opinion! I threatened my children with violence if they engaged in cake-in-the-face at their wedding receptions. lol
Thank you, Robert! The "food fights" I've witnessed at the wedding cake cutting ceremony is far more tacky than any other tradition!
you said it! i hate to see the bride and groom be so disrespectful of one another...
I think when the bride and groom smash cake into each other's faces is far tackier! Talk about white trash behavior! My daughter is getting married soon, and they agree they would never do this. They have too much respect for one another.
ReplyActually, weddings in general are tacky.
ReplyCouldn't agree more, SkyBlue......weddings are tacky. Everyone should go to Vegas and get married by a fake Elvis. And there is nothing tacky about that.
I cringe every time this happens, if ti makes some people happy, fine, but it's gross and weird and makes me uncomfortable and embarrassed for the participants.
ReplyI've never seen women fighting over the bouquet (perhaps its because when it comes my way I always duck to get away from it). I agree that the cake smashing is far more tacky, and I'm not overly fond of the groom going under the bride's dress to find the garter either.
ReplyI have seen some brides have a cheaper made up bouquet just for throwing, while their real one was handed off to someone who actually preserves bridal bouquets by drying and framing. I have seen some beautiful bouquets that a family member preserved for brides to cherish their special day. She told me that the job was so labor intensive that she decided to get out of that business. However, she charged a small fortune to preserve those beautiful bouquets and there are some very lucky brides who now have a beautiful memory still intact to remind them of the scents of their wedding day.
ReplyMy soulution? I had a 2nd boquet made up of single stemmed roses which I held together so it looked like a boquet, but when I threw it, it separated into individual flowers. Problem solved!
Replyi was the last single gal in a trio. At each of the wedding of the other two, when it came time to throw the bouquet each bride said...here it come...blank.. and people stepped back and I had not choice but to catch it as I did not want it to hit the ground. Strange to say but last one married but first one divorced 40 years later...
ReplyI would add the drunken slightly off color toasts as well to the tacky list.
ReplyI don't think it's tacky. Maybe childish but it's in good fun. My daughter's 80+ year old great aunt caught her's. What a riot.
ReplyIt's my own opinion but what I consider tacky is when the groom (and it's usually him) smears cake all over the brides face. I think that's inconsiderate to smear the face of the woman he loves on the day that is so special. As little girls, beautiful weddings are what we dream of. It makes him appear to be a stupid ass'd bafoon.
I agree with the writer on this one,and the garter thing is even worse. Nothing like the creepy co-worker moving his hand up the thigh of the girl who caught the bouquet.
ReplyOf course, expecting the bride's family to pay the whole bill is the tackiest thing of all!
Tossing the bouquet is not tacky. It is how the guests handle it that makes it tacky. Time to grow up!!
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