Garter toss?

Abeja1226 · May 2012

Are you doing one? At first I wanted to do the whole bouqet/garter toss thing but after thinking about it, once dancing gets started I'm not going to want to break it up with a lot of little things other than the cake cutting after dinner. Also, if we don't have a garter toss I don't have to wear a garter right?
Are you doing a bouqet toss? If so, when?

Amanda1443994 · May 2012

Yes, we're doing a bouqet and a garter toss. We haven't really figured out the logistics of it yet but we're thinking the reception will go something like this:

- Cocktail hour at 7 pm
- Bridal party introduction/entrance at 8 pm
- FI and I first dance
- Dinner at 8:30 pm
- During dinner we're going to have the father/daughter and mother/son dances
- Cake cutting at 10 pm
- Open dance
- Bouqet/garter toss
- Back to dancing!

Our reception ends at midnight so we're hoping that 2 hours of dancing will be enough for everyone.

jjswin · May 2012

My FI and I decided to not to the whole garter/bouqet thing. For two reasons (1) most of our friends are married (2) it takes up to much time in my eyes

PeachesKFG · May 2012

Agree with PP, we just decided it's not for us. Whenever I was in the group of "single ladies" that stood around for the bouquet toss, I always felt so awkward! Plus I'm not too keen on that whole spectacle of the guy who catches the garter putting it on the girl with the bouquet. So I figured we would just skip it alltogether

Mona8 · May 2012

We are doing a bouquet and garter toss (but not the part where the guy who catches the garter puts it on the girl who catches the bouquet)

We'll be doing it right before the cake cutting. This way we don't have to stop the dancing more than one time.

dancegurl1118 · May 2012

We decided not to do either...it's just not my cup of tea. If its something you really want to do don't worry about it taking up too much time.

Amanda1443994 · May 2012

I think if you're worried about time/breaking up dancing then it might be a good idea not to do one. But honestly, out of all the weddings I've been to, the bouqet/garter toss took 5-10 minutes max. To me, 5 minutes isn't a lot of time and I know all my friends are looking forward to it.

amymaysa · May 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_connecticut_garter-toss-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:65Discussion:17c733a8-8be9-476b-bad6-7b1d1eeddbb0Post:8568152c-80be-412b-ade4-50692cc53c7d">Re: Garter toss?</a>:
[QUOTE]Agree with PP, we just decided it's not for us. Whenever I was in the group of "single ladies" that stood around for the bouquet toss, I always felt so awkward! Plus I'm not too keen on that whole spectacle of the guy who catches the garter putting it on the girl with the bouquet. So I figured we would just skip it alltogether
Posted by kfesta[/QUOTE]

We also aren't doing one, for the reasons liste above

cdbishop · May 2012

I did a bouquet toss mainly because my mom really wanted me to do it. But we did not do anything with a garter and I didn't wear one. We did the bouquet toss a little ways into the dancing

toomanychoices17 · May 2012

We're not doing a garter toss because I think it's awkward. As of now, we're not doing a bouquet toss either. If I hear from my friends that they want the bouquet toss, than we may do it. We'll probably have that right after the cake cutting.

CTJenny · May 2012

We aren't doing either for many of the PP's reasons. I think it is definitely awkward for people in many ways. I haven't decided if I'm wearing a garter. Seems like it would be awfully uncomfortable. I'm curious how the whole garter tradition began....

MoonlightSilver · May 2012

No garter or bouquet toss. Most of my guests are older relatives, so it's not like there's many single ladies or guys to drag out on the floor.

One thing though- if you do the whole "pair them up" afterwards, you should have the LADY put the garter on the DUDE (over his pants). I saw that once and it's hilarious.

stefpet22 · May 2012

I am not doing either. Instead we are doing an anniversary dance. So all the married couples will dance to a slow song and the DJ will start taking couples off by the amount of time they have been married. My FI and I will be the first to be taken off. The longest couple married will get the bouquet, which will be my grandparents. I am not wearing a garter, since I am not doing it.

kls114 · May 2012

We did it all! It was a blast! We did it right after the father/daughter dances etc. Definitely one of the fun times of the night!!

Abeja1226 · May 2012

I think I'm just going to stick with the bouquet toss towards the end of the night, or maybe right after cake cutting, haven't decided that yet! I think my main thing is I don't want to break up the dancing once it gets started, even for 5 minutes. Thanks for all your input!

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