Is anyone breaking any wedding traditions/norms?

Mademoiselle D

We will be breaking a few wedding norms for our wedding:

- We will not have a FG. FI and I only have nephews (one each) and I have a younger cousin who I basically consider him as another nephew. They mean a lot to us and we thought it be best for each one to be part of our wedding party and have a role in our wedding. We didn't feel too comfortable just "borrowing" someone's daughter to fill the FG spot and it would be useless since our church does not allow petals to be thrown.

- I will be walking down the aisle with my parents Although I love my dad very much...I want my mom to walk me down the aisle as well. I believe both of them will be giving me away to my FI so it's fitting that both will walk with me.

- FI will also walk down the aisle with both of his parents.

- I'm considering not tossing my bouquet. I may not have many single friends attending our wedding so it might be kind of pointless to do this. I'm thinking of giving my mom my bouquet since my mom will be somewhat experiencing thru me the church wedding she hasn't had.

- We will not do the receiving line...not a fan, lol.

- No videography. We might see it a few times but it will eventually get stored in a closet and get lost.

What are yours???

STBMrsDio

We're not breaking any uber traditional things. We're using very contemporary music (I'm walking down to Beauty and the beast, we're recessing to All you need is love, and we're entering reception with Sure thing by Miguel lol) and we didn't like the unity ceremonies so we're doing a wine ceremony instead. We're not catholic so no lasso/arras...but I am wearing a mantilla veil. We're also doing 2 honeymoons (1 mini, 1 longer one) but that's pretty common now. But besides that we're pretty traditional, FI and I didn't live together before marriage, there will be no first look pics, and though I fought it, I still ended up with FG and RB. I like the idea of 2 RB, are you doing the "Here comes the bride" sign?

FaithCaitlin

We aren't having:

-any kids in the wedding

-a receiving line

-a traditional reception (we're doing a restaurant reception-- Goofy and Pluto will stop in)

-I'm not tossing my bouquet

-We're not doing the garter toss

... I think that's it!

Jessica & Mark Andrew

We're not having:

-A huge bridal party. Just a MOH, BM, RB and FG
-I'll be walking down the aisle with grandpa (he and grandma raised me)
-No bouquet/garter toss
-No big party after the ceremony. We are having a sit down dinner with 60 family members

carl4252003

***were not having any kids .... 

*** tiny bridal party ... 3 on each side

*** no FG or RB (goes along with no kids)

*** No garter or bouquet toss

*** no additional things at the ceremony... no sand no unity candle ... we just want it short and sweet

*** no veiil

*** no formal sit dwn dinner ... were having a buffet thats very cocktail casual

*** no receiving line ... 

im sure there are plenty more ... but neither of us are religious ... so we took ALL religion out of the wedding ... 

MsAmeera25

No kids....No recieving line...everythin else is pretty traditional/

AnaLove87

thanks for sharing, makes me feel a bit more normal lol

We are not having:
-a recieving line
-a FG (i have the same situation as: Mademoiselle D)

everything else is pretty traditional

STBMrsDio

Ohh forgot that. No kids besides FG and RB and tiny little wedding party. 3 BM and 2 GM.

minionlover

- No children in the wedding
- No veil
- No DJ
- I am planning on having my brother stand up for me.
- My father will not be walking me down the aisle.
- No garter/bouquet toss
- No limos
- No receiving line
- No huge reception

hose85

jewish wedding so pretty traditional for those, but my dress is a dark tea color, not white or ivory. thats my biggest non-traditional thus far

deelopi9

Not having
*not getting married in a church - breaking tradition for my family
*videography
*FG or RB - no young kids in our family
*Limo
*Receiving line
*Small Wedding (immediate family only)
 

mrsj9

no garter/bouquet
no official cake cutting
no rcvng line and i dont plan to walk around from table to table either. ( i want to enjoy every minute)
no unity candle at mass but we are doing mantilla

everything else is totally traditional.

Martica14

I'm so glad everyone is sharing because I felt bad for the following:

- were not having any bouquet/garter toss bc we dont have that many single ladies

-no public cake cutting

-no receiving line

DorkyGirl17

We're so non-traditional also---

-no limos
-no church or anything religious (I was raised Catholic, but not really practicing and he's not religious at all)
-no veil
-barefoot on the beach anddddd Cons for both of us...no shoes which Mom & Dad think I'm crazy over :-D
-no RB
-I have 2 MOH's and 3 BM's (My 2 best friends, 2 closest friends besides them, & FI's niece) and as of now, FI just has his brother as the best man.  lol potentially his good friend too if he decides to and slight chance a coworker of his could be
-reception will be at a restaurant and pretty small overall
-no guestbook...we're having guests signs seashells that we'll keep in a bowl in our home

I'm sure I missed something else. lol

josgirl

1. My brother is the man of honor 2. Blue shoes 3. No chinsey little gifts 4. Rock music 5. No receiving line 6. No guest book 7. No ring bearer pillow 8. No escort cards 9. No fancy shmancy wedding bands 10. We are having a bouquet and garter toss but He WILL NOT be going up my skirt to get the garter and no one is raunchily putting it on who ever catches the bouquet