I'm afraid to ask but....

christinelyn0131

...what's a tiered reception?

nda_roxybabe

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[QUOTE]...what's a tiered reception?
Posted by christinelyn0131[/QUOTE]

a rude idea.

christinelyn0131

I seriously laughed out loud at that. People really do that?

dolanjj

i had never heard of that until TK.  what a horrible, rude idea.  who comes up with this stuff??

Calypso1977

IMO, they are only one step below A/B lists.

ashmy211

I think they are worse than A/B lists. I would be more offended to only be invited to selected parts of the wedding/reception than to be invited later to the whole thing.

Calypso1977

that's what i meant... a step below A/B lists means that A/B lists are a step above, meaning better.... anywho.

ashmy211

Reading fail, sorry!

noodle_oo

Do people really do that?  How rude!

Backpackers

I remember when I was younger (like 7?) going to a wedding where we were only invited to the dancing. Even back then I thought it was kind of weird.

JoyTate1

I was invited to one.  It was very awkward to be invited to a ceremony, wait for an hour and a half, and then be invited to "rejoin" the rest of the wedding guests.  What made it worse was my fiance was not invited, all our mutual friends were invited to the whole reception, and it was out of town.  So, I would have had to go back to my hotel alone for a while and wait?  I don't think so!  I politely declined the invitation.

quotequeen

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_im-afraid-ask-but?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:456dc357-8dd4-4052-bfcc-cde54118c379Post:686167cb-32ee-45f0-8474-9395d1e01f8d">Re: I'm afraid to ask but....</a>:
[QUOTE]I was invited to one.  It was very awkward to be invited to a ceremony, wait for an hour and a half, and then be invited to "rejoin" the rest of the wedding guests.  What made it worse was my fiance was not invited, all our mutual friends were invited to the whole reception, and it was out of town.  So, I would have had to go back to my hotel alone for a while and wait?  I don't think so!  I politely declined the invitation.
Posted by JoyTate1[/QUOTE]

Wow.  Tiered receptions are horrible anyway, but to do that to an OOT guest is just preposterous.

brit_bell90

Ugh, I went to one of these this January. It was pretty ridiculous, by the time we got there (the time we were invited to come) everyone was drunk off their asses, and all that was going on was the chicken dance and other lame song/dance cliches. We stayed long enough to be spotted by the bride and groom, drop off a card and $20, then left to go to our REAL friends house and play video games.

I honestly don't even see why we were invited, it was stupid. I would rather have not been invited at all.