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Second reception

happyhalflinghappyhalfling member
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edited February 2015 in Wedding Reception Forum
Due to the snow, we are having a second reception a few towns away. We have some friends and family we'd love to celebrate with, but can't aff to do another big reception. It's going to be at a restaurant. It'll be tea party style with coffee tee and deserts with the option to order dinner. Do I wear my wedding dress or something more casual?
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  • southernbelle0915southernbelle0915 mod
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    happyhalfling said:

    Due to the snow, we are having a second reception a few towns away. We have some friends and family we'd love to celebrate with, but can't aff to do another big reception. It's going to be at a restaurant. It'll be tea party style with coffee tee and deserts with the option to order dinner. Do I wear my wedding dress or something more casual?

    I wouldn't. I think its be super odd to show up to a restaurant in a wedding dress....after I was already married. I'd just wear something I would wear to a wedding shower. A dress that matched the formality of the restaurant.
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  • wrigleyvillewrigleyville member
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    southernbelle0915 said:
    Due to the snow, we are having a second reception a few towns away. We have some friends and family we'd love to celebrate with, but can't aff to do another big reception. It's going to be at a restaurant. It'll be tea party style with coffee tee and deserts with the option to order dinner. Do I wear my wedding dress or something more casual?
    I wouldn't. I think its be super odd to show up to a restaurant in a wedding dress....after I was already married. I'd just wear something I would wear to a wedding shower. A dress that matched the formality of the restaurant.
    I agree with this.

    You could always bring some wedding photos to pass around. I'm sure some people will want to see what your dress looked like.
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  • ViczaesarViczaesar member
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    happyhalfling said:
    Due to the snow, we are having a second reception a few towns away. We have some friends and family we'd love to celebrate with, but can't aff to do another big reception. It's going to be at a restaurant. It'll be tea party style with coffee tee and deserts with the option to order dinner. Do I wear my wedding dress or something more casual?
    Are you expecting people to pay for their own dinner?  What time is this party?



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  • artbyallieartbyallie mod
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    happyhalfling said:
    Due to the snow, we are having a second reception a few towns away. We have some friends and family we'd love to celebrate with, but can't aff to do another big reception. It's going to be at a restaurant. It'll be tea party style with coffee tee and deserts with the option to order dinner. Do I wear my wedding dress or something more casual?
    This is not a reception. The reception is a thank you to those invited to the wedding. The second celebration will be just a party. What time is this other party, though? If it's a mealtime, you must provide a meal.

    Oh, and don't wear your wedding dress to any event that is not your wedding.
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  • AddieCakeAddieCake member
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    Due to the snow? As in people can't come, so you are going to go on tour and have additional parties to accommodate those who can't make it to the reception? How come you can get to their town, but they can't get to yours? Does the snow not work both ways?
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  • JoanE2012JoanE2012 member
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    edited February 2015
    happyhalfling said:
    Due to the snow, we are having a second reception a few towns away. We have some friends and family we'd love to celebrate with, but can't aff to do another big reception. It's going to be at a restaurant. It'll be tea party style with coffee tee and deserts with the option to order dinner. Do I wear my wedding dress or something more casual?
    If you are hosting an event, there should be no "option" to order dinner.  You pay if it's across a meal time.  If not, there should be no option.

    ETA - Can you please clarify this "snow" issue?  It seems you haven't had your wedding yet.  And you have another post where you talk about hosting a dinner.  I'm confused.
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  • JCbride2015JCbride2015 member
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    Wait... people have the "option to order dinner?"  So you are inviting them out to a SECOND celebration of your marriage, and then not even buying them dinner?  At a restaurant?  At dinner time?  While some people spend their money on dinner and others just sit there looking at the rest of the guests eating?

    Oh HELL to the naw.  HELL NO.  Do not do this.  You absolutely must provide a meal, the same meal, to everyone.
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  • wrigleyvillewrigleyville member
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    JCbride2015 said:
    Wait... people have the "option to order dinner?"  So you are inviting them out to a SECOND celebration of your marriage, and then not even buying them dinner?  At a restaurant?  At dinner time?  While some people spend their money on dinner and others just sit there looking at the rest of the guests eating?

    Oh HELL to the naw.  HELL NO.  Do not do this.  You absolutely must provide a meal, the same meal, to everyone.
    Ugh, how did I miss this? I thought maybe her wedding was snowed out and 99% of the guests couldn't make it or something.
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  • CMGragainCMGragain member
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    You only get ONE wedding reception, and that must be on your wedding day, regardless of the weather.  Did the snow cancel your wedding?  No?  Then it doesn't cancel your wedding rreception, either.
    Your wedding reception is not a party for YOU.  It is for the guests at your ceremony to thank them for coming.
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  • lyndausvilyndausvi mod
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    I don't understand "due to snow" we need to have a second reception.


    Can you clarify?






    What differentiates an average host and a great host is anticipating unexpressed needs and wants of their guests.  Just because the want/need is not expressed, doesn't mean it wouldn't be appreciated. 
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