My fiance & I are fine-tuning the details of our wedding - date is set for mid-June. Our ceremony is going to be an early afternoon ceremony followed by a cake/appetizers/punch (no-alcohol policy at our venue) reception.
We are both kind of quiet and do better in smaller groups. We think it would be nice to take our immediate family & bridal party out to a nice sit-down dinner after the reception to continue the celebration.
My fiance put it to me like this - it would be really depressing to go to our hotel after the reception, change out of our fancy clothes, and get McDonald's because we are too tired/stressed to do anything else. The alternative to taking our family out to dinner would be going to dinner somewhere by ourselves- also sad. His brother disagrees and says we shouldn't have the dinner because we'll be too tired and worn out from the day.
Have you done this? What are your thoughts? Some other input would be greatly appreciated!!