Boquet Toss?

Amy+Chris · November 2009

The majority of my female friends are already married and a few have recently gotten divorced! Should I still do the boquet toss? I have always pictured doing the boquet toss at my wedding with a large group of girls clamoring to catch that darn thing...but I don't know how I feel about doing it if there are only 3 or 4 unmarried gals there. I really don't want to single anybody out or make a big deal about my girlfriends being "single." Any suggestions?

aerinpegadrak · November 2009

I've heard of brides tossing a bouquet of lottery tickets, or something similar. I'll bet if you tossed that, and announced that it was open to all the ladies present, single or not, you'd get quite a crowd.

Lasairiona · November 2009

Either skip the toss or have it open to all female guests to bring good luck to whatever relationship they have, whether single or married.

danieliza1127 · November 2009

We skipped the tosses completely for similar reasons. The majority of our friends are married or at least in relationships and I know from when I was single, most women HATE going up for the bouquet toss. Just skip it. No one will even miss it.

ldcf11206 · November 2009

I'm having the same dilemma that you are having. I think I'm going to skip the bouquet & garter toss altogether. Maybe we will do an anniversary dance in place of the bouquet & garter toss, but maybe not. I haven't decided yet. But an anniversary dance might be something you'd like to consider...

jenn.daniel · November 2009

I went to a wedding where there were only 5 or 6 of us who weren't married. I felt kinda awkward. More so than usual.

I <3 Seabass · November 2009

We're skipping it for the same reason.

Catwoman708 · November 2009

I would skip it, or leave it up to the single ladies. If they want to do it, then fine, if not no big deal. Maybe you could be a little untraditional, and get the guys and the girls out there to catch the bouquet, and/or garter.

megk8oz · November 2009

Oh, Stage, the clamoring, it happens ... in the "right" crowd. When my BSC friend got married, 6 or 7 girls started destroying the bouquet (I mean, it got ripped to SHREDS) and it ended with 2 girls actually getting into fist fight on the dance floor for it. I'm still not quite sure HOW the determined the "winner" since there was hardly anything left of it when it was over. Either way, I think there's only 4 or 5 unmarried girls attending and 3 of them are engaged/in serious relationships. We were never going to do a garter toss in the first place (Unless FI had one in his pocket, I'd be waaaaay to embarassed to have him crawl under my dress), so we eventually just decided to scrap the idea entirely.

zippyelf · November 2009

We're skipping the bouquet and garter tosses. I have extremely independent single friends and they would be humiliated by it. I've always hated doing it, so I'm not going to make them.We're doing an anniversary dance, but we already know DF's gram will end up with the bouquet.

Soonergrlnks · November 2009

I am having a toss but instead of it being the boquet I'm putting a ribbon around several gerber daisey's when I toss it I will until the ribbon and each gerber daisy will fly for a girl to catch. That way everyone gets a flower.

AKatharine · November 2009

We are not doing a Boquet toss as I see no reason for it, and I think it is very tacky.

Amy+Chris · November 2009

I am just too darn traditional to scrap the boquet toss, so I really like the idea of doing a lottery-ticket boquet that is open for everybody to grab at, and I also like the idea of an anniversary dance...thanks for the great ideas! This has been SO helpful.

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