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day after brunch

HawaiianTXbrideHawaiianTXbride member
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in Texas-Dallas and Ft. Worth
Is this a fairly new tradition? I am very excited to be leaving the very next day for our honeymoon, and as such will be missing out on the family's brunch. I know I'm going to be so tired the next day, and i don't really want to be "on" again after 3 days of rehearsal, getting ready, wedding. It totally makes sense that my families would want one for the out of town guests, but I know that I'm disappointing a lot of people who wanted to see us again before we left. Did you have a day after brunch? or leave while it was going on?
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  • fallbride1109fallbride1109 member
    5000 Comments Fifth Anniversary 5 Love Its Name Dropper
    edited December 2011
    We are having one.  It starts at 9:00 a.m.  I told FI, no WAY will we make it down there that early but we are going to at least try to put in an appearance.  We will see everyone at the RD also though so I don't feel that bad about it.  However, it is for his grandmother's 100th B-day.  We aren't leaving until the next day for the HM.  Like you, I can't get excited about it right this minute but I'm hoping we can at least spend an hour with everyone before they leave.  It will be a nice way to sort of "wrap up" everything and then go home to get ready for the HM!
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  • BalletBride620BalletBride620
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    edited December 2011
    We did not have a day after brunch. I honestly had never heard of it until TK. None of my family members have ever done one either. I definitely agree that I would not have wanted to be "on" again as you say; we were so tired on Sunday! In addition, our flight left at 7 a.m. Sunday morning, so that was another excuse not to have one.
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  • texasprincess1976texasprincess1976 member
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    edited December 2011
    We didn't have one but I would have loved the opportunity to see everybody else again in a more relaxed setting.  We didn't leave for HM until late the night after our wedding though....
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  • TerriniskiTerriniski
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    edited December 2011
    We had one, but it was mostly for out of town guests. It was nice to see people, and I refused to be in party hostess mode since I did so much of that at the wedding. So I didn't talk too much with family friends, and instead chatted with my own friends (high school and college). I also spent some time packing and tying up loose ends (making sure dad knew where to return linens, boxing up wedding gifts to ship to ourselves, etc.). We also did not arrive right when it started and we left before some of the guests. I don't think anyone took issue with our approach and I think it worked well.
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  • TCUESW1999TCUESW1999 member
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    edited December 2011
    We are doing one since fiance is from OOT and I want him to be able to spend as much time as possible with his friends. We are having ours at 11am and it is very casual for anyone who wants to come, dutch style. We aren't leaving till Monday afternoon for the hm so it worked out great.
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  • juliebug1997juliebug1997 member
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    edited December 2011
    We had one and stayed for most of the time.  Our wedding was Mother's Day Weekend so we didn't really feel like we could skip out on it.  Plus, we didn't leave on our honeymoon the day after the wedding.
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  • maykiousmaykious member
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    edited December 2011
    At this point we will probably have one with whoever else is staying in the same hotel. If my family has their way, and they probably will since I agree with them, we'll all stay at the Embassy and partake in the awesome breakfast there--omelets, pancakes, etc. Therefore, it'll be really relaxed and just another opportunity to hang out with whoever's around, most likely my family and a few OOTers. However, we don't have our honeymoon plans set yet and if we were to leave early the next day, we'd definitely skip out. If it's not something you don't want to do, don't do it. Anyone who's expecting to see you again the next day or expecting you to host again will have to get over it. You will have done plenty for them at the wedding and RD.
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  • emimayoremimayor
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    edited December 2011
    We had one and it was so awesome! We left the Monday after our wedding, so we had a day to chill out before we flew to Mexico. My aunt hosted ours at my parents house and it was a come and go as you please kind of thing. I'm glad we did it because we got to "relax" with our families. We opened up gifts, ate, and relaxed. No one expects you to be "on" and we certainly weren't. I showered and put my wet hair on my head and went, no one blinked an eye either. You can make it as casual or formal as you want. And also, we didn't show up right when it started, we showed up when were finally able to open our eyes...we were exhausted! GL!
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  • Jay&MarissaJay&Marissa
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    edited December 2011
    My mother is holding one for pretty much everyone the morning after the wedding--largely because both sides are having so much family come into town and my family is very social. Our wedding is also the summer of my grandparent's 50th and the day after my brother's HS graduation (poor guy has to miss it for our wedding--bad planning on my part) so I think we will try and incorporate those events in as well.We plan to leave for our honeymoon that evening--I'm actually excited about seeing the family in a more relaxed setting.
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  • ChocolateDelightChocolateDelight member
    Fourth Anniversary 500 Comments
    edited December 2011
    We are planning on having a farewell BBQ at our house the day after our event.   We think it is a good way to send off our OOT guests.  My mom, my aunts, and cousins will be the hostesses.
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  • CrombieFayeCrombieFaye member
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    edited December 2011
    We had one and went and I would TOTALLY have regretted not being there.  It was out of town family and very close family friends.  The entire event was very relaxing and it was wonderful to hear everyone’s wedding stories, what they enjoyed the most, and stories about things I missed due to cake cutting, etc.  It also gave DH and I an opportunity to get more one on one time with people we didn't get much time to talk with at the wedding.
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