The shoely Wed Game - IDEAS!

karlaluchanne

I heard of this new game at receptions now. it's called the shoely wed game

Place 2 chairs back to back and have the bride and groom sit in the chairs. Each should remove their shoes. The bride should take one of the groom's shoes in one hand and her other shoe in the other hand. The groom should do the same with one of the bride's shoes and one of his shoes. The MC or DJ will then ask questions of the couple and the couple should raise the shoe appropriate to answer the question.

Does anyone have any appropriate questions that I could have our DJ ask us? Sounds like a lot of fun!

I googled & not many showed up! Give me your ideas!

Summer2011Bride

When during the reception were you thinking of doing this? FWIW, I have never heard of nor seen this done at a wedding. I guess, as a guest, I wouldn't mind watching this as entertainment while I ate dinner, but I would hate to watch a prolonged game instead of getting my groove on on the dance floor or socializing with other guests. If you do it, I'd do it during dinner and keep it brief.

Shaybot21

I've seen the game and myself and other attendants thought it was fun. My FH and I will be asking our wedding party to come up with questions because 1) we trust them to come up with fun but tasteful questions and so that the questions will be a surprise to us when we play the game

MyNameIsNot

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_reception-ideas_the-shoely-wed-game-ideas?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:5Discussion:99b39963-d9ed-4353-8a35-18b5f0c77502Post:c32c4121-f2c3-4019-9b69-15ab5a37319d">Re: The shoely Wed Game - IDEAS!</a>:
[QUOTE]I don't think your guests are going to enjoy that very much. Maybe it would be okay at a co-ed shower, but generally, I don't enjoy watching other people play games. I think most guests would rather, dance, and mingle then be help as a captive audience for a quiz game.  <strong>Also, at the end of the game, your hands will smell like feet.</strong>
Posted by Liatris2010[/QUOTE]

<div>Gross!</div><div>
</div><div>I agree, I would do it during dinner to avoid a lull in the party, if you insist on doing it.  Perhaps you could find some questions by searching for the newlywed game?</div>

dokchampa

It's only fun for your guests if you limit it to max five questions. More than that, people get seriously bored. They want to dance and mingle and chat, not watch you answer questions about yourself. 

RamonaFlowers

I don't have suggestions for questions, but if you insist on doing this, I do suggest having an open bar so your guests have something that's actually enjoyable to do during that time.

Seriously, if you have good music, good food and some booze, that's all you really need for people to have a good time. You don't need to drag the party to a screeching halt to play "games".

jemmini6

We did something similar during our reception, but we definitely did NOT use our shoes.  I love my husband and all, but I didn't want to hold his sweaty shoe after he'd been wearing them for like 6 hours already.

Our DJ had bride & groom rubber duckies on a stick for us to use and he had his own list of questions.  He told us he doesn't like to share the questions with the B&G beforehand because then it takes the fun out of it when you already know your answer, but he assured us that none of them were inappropriate (they weren't). 

We did ours right after we cut the cake, so while guests were eating dessert.  The timing worked out really well and we actually had a lot of guests come up and tell us what a fun idea that was.

But to answer your original question, I don't remember all of them, but here's a few that I remember being asked:

- Who has the craziest family? (my family thought it was hysterical that both H and I automatically raised the 'bride' duckie for this one - because it's definitely true)
- Who is the better driver?
- Who is more likely to say 'honey, not tonight'? (that was about as raunchy as the questions got, and the DJ did mention this one to us before hand).
- Who is the better cook?

Basically, relatively tame questions that some you'll be in agreement on, and some you won't, but always ones that are fun/funny.  Also, don't make it too long, I think we did maybe like 10 questions total.  Just enough to be 'entertainment' while people were eating cake, but not so long that people get bored.

alithebride

i'd step outside to admire whatever's outside while that's going on. not a fan of games at weddings.

anndinga

Hi! Apparently I might be in the minority, but I have seen this game played several times at weddings and me and everyone else around us always got a laugh out of it. I think the key is to ask questions that wouldn't be really obvious, but that the couple actually has to think. I am currently helping my best friend/bride come up with questions and I found this list:

Who is up first in the morning?
Who takes longer to get ready?
Who apologizes first after an argument?
Who said "i love you" first?
Who mentioned marriage first?
Who makes all the decisions?
Who is the messiest?
Who wears the pants in the relationship?
Who is more into their looks?
Who spends more money?
Who likes to shop more?
Who has the bigger wardrobe?
Who is grumpier in the morning?
Who does most of the cooking?
Who is the better driver?
Who cleans more?
Who gave who the first kiss?
Who made the first move?
Who does the dishes?
Who does the laundry?
Who's a bed hog?
Who is always running late?
Who takes a longer shower?
Who is the biggest baby when they get sick?
Who mows the lawn?
Who holds their liquor better?
Who has the best taste in decorating?
Who has the best taste in music?
Who is the first to say sorry?
Who said "I love you" first?
Who cooks more often?
Who wears the pants in the relationship?
Who is the first one to say they're sorry after a disagreement?
Who walks the dog more often?
Who's the better mountain-biker?
Who's more likely to destroy clothing doing the laundry?
Who was the first person to "pass gas" out loud in front of the other?
Who's more likely to leave the cap off the toothpaste?
Who spends more time in front of the mirror?
Who's more likely to run a red light?
Who snores the loudest?
Who watches more TV?
Who is always right?
Who likes to show their affection the most?
Who is shyest?
Who steals the covers?

Good luck!