the debate over the reception start time

princessofgenovia

What if the sun didn't set at exactly 7:38pm that day? What if it went down at 7:20pm? Or at 7:52pm?

levioosa

princessofgenovia said:

What if the sun didn't set at exactly 7:38pm that day? What if it went down at 7:20pm? Or at 7:52pm?

She's done her research, duh.  That's the EXACT TIME. 

Come on, genovia, get with the program. 

PrettyGirlLost

princessofgenovia said:

What if the sun didn't set at exactly 7:38pm that day? What if it went down at 7:20pm? Or at 7:52pm?

Oh please, exactly!

God forbid it rains, right?

princessofgenovia

PrettyGirlLost said:

princessofgenovia said:

What if the sun didn't set at exactly 7:38pm that day? What if it went down at 7:20pm? Or at 7:52pm?

Oh please, exactly!

God forbid it rains, right?

She probably can control the rain.

crackktheskyy

princessofgenovia said:

PrettyGirlLost said:

princessofgenovia said:

What if the sun didn't set at exactly 7:38pm that day? What if it went down at 7:20pm? Or at 7:52pm?

Oh please, exactly!

God forbid it rains, right?

She probably can control the rain.

lyndausvi

princessofgenovia said:

What if the sun didn't set at exactly 7:38pm that day? What if it went down at 7:20pm? Or at 7:52pm?

Well to be fair I often looked up the sunset times for wedding we had on the boat.   We didn't really have a dusk in STT.  Seriously, about 15-20 minutes after the sun sat it was pitch black.   So I do not think her knowing it was at 7:38 to be a big deal.

That doesn't excuse the 4-5 hour gap and making people wait until 9pm for dinner just so she can have sunset pictures AND not miss anything.     Her priorities are all messed up.   Something has got to give and I think your guests waiting for 4 hours for the reception starts means you have to miss the salad course to take a few pictures.

PrettyGirlLost

lyndausvi said:

princessofgenovia said:

What if the sun didn't set at exactly 7:38pm that day? What if it went down at 7:20pm? Or at 7:52pm?

Well to be fair I often looked up the sunset times for wedding we had on the boat.   We didn't really have a dusk in STT.  Seriously, about 15-20 minutes after the sun sat it was pitch black.   So I do not think her knowing it was at 7:38 to be a big deal.

That doesn't excuse the 4-5 hour gap and making people wait until 9pm for dinner just so she can have sunset pictures AND not miss anything.     Her priorities are all messed up.   Something has got to give and I think your guests waiting for 4 hours for the reception starts means you have to miss the salad course to take a few pictures.

I can see looking up historical sunset times to try and get an idea, and then as your date gets closer you keep better track.

But to refuse to get up off of your ass to take a few pictures during the salad course and trying to plan dinner around those pictures after already submitting your guests to 4-5 hours of a gap?!  Nope.

Shit, you had the misfortune of a hurricane occuring ><  So much for all the tracking, right?  But you weren't planning to postpone dinner just to take some pictures, KWIM?

dcbride86

PrettyGirlLost said:

lyndausvi said:

princessofgenovia said:

What if the sun didn't set at exactly 7:38pm that day? What if it went down at 7:20pm? Or at 7:52pm?

Well to be fair I often looked up the sunset times for wedding we had on the boat.   We didn't really have a dusk in STT.  Seriously, about 15-20 minutes after the sun sat it was pitch black.   So I do not think her knowing it was at 7:38 to be a big deal.

That doesn't excuse the 4-5 hour gap and making people wait until 9pm for dinner just so she can have sunset pictures AND not miss anything.     Her priorities are all messed up.   Something has got to give and I think your guests waiting for 4 hours for the reception starts means you have to miss the salad course to take a few pictures.

I can see looking up historical sunset times to try and get an idea, and then as your date gets closer you keep better track.

But to refuse to get up off of your ass to take a few pictures during the salad course and trying to plan dinner around those pictures after already submitting your guests to 4-5 hours of a gap?!  Nope.

Shit, you had the misfortune of a hurricane occuring ><  So much for all the tracking, right?  But you weren't planning to postpone dinner just to take some pictures, KWIM?

I looked up the sunset time as well.  I thought MY GUESTS might enjoy eating dinner at sunset because my venue has a beautiful view of the White House and the monuments.  Unfortunately, I will probably not be able to get a gorgeous sunset picture in front of the White House, but my guests will be properly hosted and will have beautiful scenery.  That was way more important to me.

lyndausvi

PrettyGirlLost said:

lyndausvi said:

princessofgenovia said:

What if the sun didn't set at exactly 7:38pm that day? What if it went down at 7:20pm? Or at 7:52pm?

Well to be fair I often looked up the sunset times for wedding we had on the boat.   We didn't really have a dusk in STT.  Seriously, about 15-20 minutes after the sun sat it was pitch black.   So I do not think her knowing it was at 7:38 to be a big deal.

That doesn't excuse the 4-5 hour gap and making people wait until 9pm for dinner just so she can have sunset pictures AND not miss anything.     Her priorities are all messed up.   Something has got to give and I think your guests waiting for 4 hours for the reception starts means you have to miss the salad course to take a few pictures.

I can see looking up historical sunset times to try and get an idea, and then as your date gets closer you keep better track.

But to refuse to get up off of your ass to take a few pictures during the salad course and trying to plan dinner around those pictures after already submitting your guests to 4-5 hours of a gap?!  Nope.

Shit, you had the misfortune of a hurricane occuring ><  So much for all the tracking, right?  But you weren't planning to postpone dinner just to take some pictures, KWIM?

Well we are normal reasonable people who put the needs of our guests before our own.   The plan was always taking pictures during cocktail hour.     We lucked out and  the eye of the storm happen to come over during cocktail hour.  So we went out to to the beach to take pictures during that time.  Took about 20-30 minutes.  Then we had dinner.   

We had tentative plans to take some sunset shots, but the hurricane nixed that. (the beach was right there, so it's would not have been a big deal taking pictures during that time). I can't remember what time that would have been, but I think it was after dinner.   Postponing the guests dinner for some pictures was never in the plans.  I didn't know people actually do that?   

southernbelle0915

Yea, we looked up sunset, moonrise and moonphase stuff for our wedding. Science knows that shit way in advance. We also looked at average rainfall, and average temp when picking our day (outdoor wedding).....don't throw things at me.

But that wasn't the rude part of SS's plans - the rude part was 1) a 4-5 gap and 2) deciding sunset pics > wedding guests. Nope nope nope. 

chibiyui

Hm.

Cookie Pusher

We have a couple of gorgeous sunset pictures from our wedding. One of the photographers actually came by our table during dinner to grab us for them. So, uh, yea... I literally missed 7 or 8 minutes of the time when everyone was busy eating to take pictures. 

I NEED A RE-DO!!!