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The "pay your way" wedding.
So this weekend we went to a wedding that I was dreading (as I have posted a few times before).
We showed up at the park where the ceremony was supposed to be at 2:55 (it was supposed to start at 3) and I was worried about being late...well NO ONE was there...not even the JOP showed up until 3:15....
They were expecting about 30 guests....there were maybe 10 that showed up by 3:30 and the ceremony didn't actually start until about 3:45
It was actually quite pretty as the park had lovely gardens and a waterfall...but they added bright pink fake flowers to the real flowers (I guess to make it more thier colors) seemed a little bit tacky...
The reception was in a community hall and was actually quite nicely decorated with floating candles and tall candles as the centerpieces
Dinner was ok...but I am pretty sure they just bought it from a grocery store as it was served buffet style in foil pans that they threw out after. We did get lots of food since there were only 15 people who showed up to the reception when they planned for 35. And there were lots of very strong drinks (I guess to make sure the alchohol got used? not complaining....)
At the end of the evening, the family member of the bride who was dj-ing asked the guests to help clean up...which I thought was a bit tacky, but since there were not that many people, and it was pretty early still (it was on a sunday), I didn't really mind doing it.
They did indeed only have 10 favors (As I posted before, they had set up an online site to donate $ to the wedding, and you would only get a favor if you donated $10 or more), but since there were so few people there H and I ended up getting handed some.
The biggest saving grace is that one of thier friends didn't show up who I have a bad history with and who continues to cause drama even though I havn't done or said anything to her in over 2 years, mutual friends say she still trys and bad mouth me....She was supposed to be a bridesmaid but didn't show up, didn't tell the bride or groom where she was, didnt answer txts nothing. Her being there was my biggest reason for not wanthing to go to the wedding, so when she wasn't it actually was quite enjoyable to be at a wedding that small! (I'm assuming after bailing a wedding your a BM in.....they probably won't be good friends with her anymore either).
So overall not as bad as it could have been...not at all what I would have considered appropriate for a wedding, but it wasn't my wedding.
Re: The "pay your way" wedding.
wow, I definitely would not have run my wedding that way. I can't believe they asked guests to help clean up. But I'm glad you still had a good time!
so weird.
i mean, guests helped us clean up after our wedding, but we didn't ask anyone to!
We had guests offer to help us with our gifts, but we didn't ask anyone to help. I also am appalled that it started so late!