Couples dances at reception?

austinandstella

I haven't been to many weddings and I am planning mine on my own. I was wondering what everyone thought about my idea.  The last wedding I went to the bride and groom were so busy mingling with their guests that they didn't get to eat their food and only got to dance their first dance.      I don't want that to happen at my reception so I was thinking of list 5 or 6 song for me and my fiance to dance to no matter where we are and what we are doing at the reception.      I know this will pull us away from our guests some, but I feel like it would also give us more time together and more time to enjoy ourselves as a couple. I don't understand the point of throwing a party and not being able to enjoy it ourselves.       Sorry this is so long, but please let me know what you guys think.

mbcdefg

I think it's odd that you'd schedule something like this ahead of time. That just seems like you're micromanaging things. Like PP said - if you want to dance with FI, dance with him. If you're wrapped up in talking to people, then don't. Go with the flow instead of trying to build this into the schedule.

MRowland

I was a bridesmaid in a wedding where the bride and groom stayed on or around the dance floor the entire reception and did not go around to greet any guests or thank anyone for attending. After the wedding, it was ALL people talked about, everyone thought it was so rude. I think it should be a priority that you and your husband walk around and thank your guests for attending. And I agree that if you want to take a break from talking to guests every now and then, just grab your husband and walk onto the dance floor!

OFF

Maybe you should think more about encouraging your guests to get out on the dance floor with you. That way you get to dance and also get have fun/mingle with your guests. Like the pp said part of the fun should be spending time with guests. So if that means not dancing a lot so be it. But I've been to plenty of weddings were the bride and groom held court on the dance floor and made sure all their guest got out there and showed off their moves. But they did this after they had made the rounds a couple of times.

austinandstella

I didn't mean for the dances to be only us...I just meant for it to be when they come on we dance.  I definatly want my guests to dance too.  Sorry I didn't explain that better.

jessiegirl_98

The best advice I got for my wedding day was to not get seperated from your husband.  If you guys are together and greeting guests and want to go dance, then you can grab him and go dance.  I don't think you need to build it in.

Megan031710

FOOD tip: I was interviewing several caterers and well this was mentioned and I thought it was a FABULOUS idea. Have the Vendor make you a "Picknic Basket" That way if you do or don't get to eat at your reception you will still get the yummies you picked out! I thought that was a great idea and plan on doing that at my wedding. As far as the music goes, 5-6 might be too much (that is about 30 minutes of music) if your reception is only 4 hours long, that is 3 1/2 to mingle, eat, cut cake and all the other fun stuff. Maybe do 2-3 extra "where ever we are" dance's. It is a good idea but like someone else said you may want to just let the flow of the evening work itself out naturally.

jenn.daniel

Doing something opposite of what you've planned could work too. I'm deliberately choosing some songs I like but do not want to dance to to kinda force ourselves to go mingle with people who aren't dancing. Still crossing my fingers that most of the socializing can be done on the dance floor!