Garter/Bouquet Toss

mlb83003

Hi All,
I'm hoping you can help me out. I'm planning my mother in laws wedding, which is next weekend. She wants my husband and I to do the garter and bouquet toss. She doesn't feel comfortable doing it, but thinks we would make it fun. I'm sure we would, but is this appropriate?
Thoughts?

Simply Fated

Just to clarify... she wants you to wear a garter and have your husband throw it? And she wants you to throw her bouquet? Or will you have your own bouquet?
Either way, it sounds weird.

mlb83003

LOL I would wear my own and have a bouquet to toss.

Simply Fated

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_reception-ideas_garterbouquet-toss-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:5Discussion:a2780f6f-54c3-4dce-8cf9-cd4277170fadPost:d29e5b02-02aa-4ae2-a24d-bbd5989befbd">Re: Garter/Bouquet Toss</a>:
[QUOTE]LOL I would wear my own and have a bouquet to toss.
Posted by mlb83003[/QUOTE]
so awkward.



Garter tosses and bouquet tosses aren't mandatory for a wedding, so if she doesn't want to do it she can skip it.

Jen4948

I'd decline: "MIL, this is your wedding.  If you don't want to do these things, they don't have to be done.  But please don't expect H and I to do them, because it's not our wedding and we aren't comfortable with it."

alithebride

as a guest i cringe when those are done. imo they're just awful.

why on earth would you guys do this at HER wedding? ugh. just say no.

cwaggoner07

I think it's a pretty weird/bad idea. Just politely decline.

itzMS

First thought that ran through my mind, how would this even be presented?

MIL gets on the mic: "Here's my son Mr. MLB83003 who's going to crawl up my DIL Mrs MLB83003's skirt for a garter in honor of my wedding day to SFIL!"

*shakes head*