SO I think we need to start a post on here about all of the Epic FB fails..... There was a question just posted on a FB group I'm..
"We ARE doing the dollar dance but we also want to auction off the garter, will this make us look greedy? How do we do it without looking to greedy"
Replies most saying how to stick to one......... ONE though said the following
"We did a money dash! The bride and groom run around to people holding up money whoever gets the most wins, It was a big hit since everyone knew we couldn't afford a good honeymoon"
ARE- YOU- KIDDING-ME
I WOULD BE so embarrassed running around looking for money. NO! I've heard of dollar dances and auction the garter.. I don't like them but whatever.. BUT TO DO TWO! That's like 100x worse then having one... I have no words. But I had to share. If anyone was wondering I replied and said as a guest I'd leave after the 2nd one started.
Re: I just can't
2. Why does she think anyone will buy it?
3. If she is going to sell it, why not on eBay to someone with a bride fetish. She'll get more money that way.
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Yes. I can live my whole life without seeing the rose petal strewn bed the bride and groom want to spend their honeymoon boinking on.
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It'd work up here in Canada where we have $1 and $2 coins. My dream of a tacky wedding may come true yet!
I come from the land of Stag and Does, so I've seen some things, but at your wedding RECEPTION?
I have also unfortunately seen Honeyfunds, but at least those you can ignore.
Seeing the bride and groom run around for money? Besides being a bad etiquette breech and tacky, it seems down right demeaning to me.... like the B&G are not adult people, but some sort of animal in a cage at a handler throwing meat (ok, that was weird, but seriously that's how much the "money run" offends me).
And auctioning off the garter? Weird.
I also used to be part of a few FB wedding groups. Started out as buy/sell groups, but then people would post questions. I eventually removed myself from all of them after repeatedly getting told I was mean and "who pissed in my cornflakes?" when trying to offer sound etiquette advice. Most of the responses were, "It's YOUR day! Do what makes you happy!", or, "Everyone I know does it, so it's fine!". Fortunately, SOME people would agree or at least like my posts.
My family will be okay with this as we are not actually inviting any of them and instead hiring much better looking actors to take the place of our loved ones. My sister even wanted to bring her husband and at £75 a head she is having a laugh!
This, with the dollar dance, my FI pick pocketing the coats in the cloakroom and our cash bar with SAT (Sarah Added Tax) will mean we can have the honeymoon of our dreams!!!!
Still need to pay for the venue of course, but I have told my dad in no uncertain terms he needs to look at downsizing his house. I've got some real bargains so far though. My dress was only £9,800 and we are serving sandwiches that we are getting for 80% off as they will be a day or 2 old.
So excited!!!!
You are thinking about this all wrong. You need to put your dad in a home, as utilities will be included then and he won't have to waste extra wedding $ on water and electricity bills. Also, have a date auction with your bridesmaids. Creepy Uncle Joe will surely pony up some cash if you make sure to only to ask your cute friends to be in the wedding.
"a best friend of mine, I have no doubt, but you're not hot enough, for me to whore out. Ps we are registered at target and Macy's".
Because a cute poem makes everything okay.
A friend I used to work with did this with his wife on their PPD. There are photos in their wedding album on FB of them COUNTING MONEY from the "money gather". They had their FIRST wedding in May 2014 then their PPD in March 2015.
Edited because 2105 hasn't happened yet.
@CElizabeth419 FI and I were not invited to the wedding, so I don't know how guests felt about it, but the pictures show him sitting on a chair with a bunch of $ in his hands with all of his groomsmen looking excited. It isn't a posed picture, just a candid shot. Unfortunately there weren't any pics of it actually happening lol
The comments explain that the groom and bride (and maybe the whole bridal party??) went around the room collecting $$ somehow and whoever (whomever?) got the most "won". I think the groom got $40ish.