Drinks on the dance floor

aecubera · April 2011

Is it normal for people to bring drinks out onto the dance floor? Do I have a stick up my butt for thinking that this isn't classy?

Don't worry, I obviously won't kick anyone off the dance floor if he or she has a drink in hand. I'm just curious as to what people think.

[Deleted User] · April 2011

I do it and don't have an issue with it....
but I can also see how it's not the classiest thing in the world

hlq2011 · April 2011

Yes, it's normal for people to bring drinks on the dance floor. At FSIL's wedding, I can't recall anyone NOT having a drink in their hand on the dance floor. People were spilling left and right, but it was a party, and everyone was having a blast.

laurenclaire1386 · April 2011

I had a glass of champagne pretty much glued to my hand for most of my reception. Including dancing. I wasn't sloshing it all over the place or anything. I think as long as you can control the liquid in your glass without getting it on the floor or anybody else, you're plenty classy.

MarinoRabeno · April 2011

Totally normal. I don't think it has anything to do with class. If you have a bar, it's going to happen.

What isn't classy is people shaking up their beer bottles and spraying them on the other guests, like what happened at the last wedding I went to.

baystateapple · April 2011

I don't do it, but that's because I'm not coordinated enough to drink and dance at the same time without sloshing it all over my dress. But if I was, I wouldn't care. You get hot dancing. Plus at most weddings, the staff removes drinks from tables if they're left unattended, even if they have something left in them. I don't think it has anything to do with class.

LDYGTR13 · April 2011

I definitely think that drinks on the dance floor are inevitable. Not much you can do about it.

opalsky007 · April 2011

I have never seen it. I have never done it, and I don't intend to. I have trouble just holding a glass sometimes, let alone dancing with one.

emilyinchile · April 2011

Why isn't it classy? Genuine question. I don't see how whether or not you have a glass of something in your hand affects the classiness of your dance moves. To me classiness is determined much more by whether you're trashed or not than by where you're drinking at a party.

crfische · April 2011

I think we all know my answer for this one.

FutureMrsFezz · April 2011

I had a beer in my hand at my wedding almost all night.

annakb8 · April 2011

While it might be in good taste to not bring a drink on the dance floor, I have been drilled to never leave my drink unattended for so long I think I'm physically incapable of setting a drink down on a table and walking away from it. I think the chances of me getting roofied at a wedding are much lower than they were at a fraternity party in college, but I just never leave my drink alone out of force of habit.

FutureMrsTR · April 2011

Don't you get thirsty when you dance?

hlq2011 · April 2011

I was wondering the same thing, Emily. I mean, as long as people aren't spraying beer all over, like someone mentioned, or trying to make each other's beer bottles overflow (as FI and his friends like to do at bars), why is dancing with a drink not classy?

FutureMrsFezz · April 2011

I guess I'm just uber classy.

Wiscisbliss · April 2011

I think it is neither classy or tacky to hold a drink on the dancefloor. It just is.

I do think that it is tacky to be spilling the drink all over yourself, other guests, or on the floor.

hlq2011 · April 2011

Fezz, I actually want my photographer to get a photo of me with a beer bottle in my hand, dancing, at my wedding. I saw a few like that when I was scouting photographers, and I thought they looked fun. FI thinks I'm a dork; he's most likely right.

FutureMrsFezz · April 2011

We had CANS!

[Deleted User] · April 2011

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[QUOTE]Do I have a stick up my butt for thinking that this isn't classy?
Posted by aecubera[/QUOTE]
Yes.

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hlq2011 · April 2011

Cans is cool too. You look like you're having a blast.

And I LOVE your sig pic. I think it's awesome.

JuneMaggie · April 2011

I am pretty sure it will happen. You can't control it!

FutureMrsFezz · April 2011

Thanks, hlq! It was a blast! And my sig pic is our last dance and I was exhausted.

aecubera · April 2011

Well I think what I had in my head, when I imagined someone with a drink on the dance floor, I was imagining someone very sloshed, spilling all over the place. And as many of you brought up, being sloshed and spilling all over the place is what is not classy, not the act of bringing a drink onto the dance floor alone.

And like many others of you said, it will happen, so I'm not going to worry about it anymore. If someone spills on my dress, well, at least the pictures are over by that point!

J&K10910 · April 2011

I sure as hell do it, because I don't leave my drink unattended anywhere, even at a wedding.

missy68 · April 2011

I DO think people ought not to set them on the band's equipment, i.e., the amps. That shiit's expensive. People would do that to my friend's band all the time, and it was my job to move them. I showed the people where I moved them, but that didn't fly.

Otherwise, I think if I've been dancing, I've certainly had a drink in hand or close by.

aecubera · April 2011

And also, while I do not believe anyone invited to my wedding would take advantage of a drink left unattended, I do not want any of my guests to abandon what is a good practice of watching your glass.

J&K10910 · April 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_drinks-dance-floor?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:ab633595-bc02-4520-826f-ae29d00fe452Post:83f788ed-2a93-4786-b314-638e917d881f">Re: Drinks on the dance floor</a>:
[QUOTE]And also, while I do not believe anyone invited to my wedding would take advantage of a drink left unattended, I do not want any of my guests to abandon what is a good practice of watching your glass.
Posted by aecubera[/QUOTE]

Another thing that tends to happen at weddings is venue staff clearing unattended glasses, even if they're not empty. If you're paying based on consumption, that's highly unfortunate for you, as well.

Habs2Hart · April 2011

I have a hard time leaving my drink anywhere unattended. I have been roofied before and it has scared me shitless. Even when I dance, my hand is over the top of my drink.

xyrius · April 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_drinks-dance-floor?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:ab633595-bc02-4520-826f-ae29d00fe452Post:61c9a4a0-a9b6-404d-b1d5-5fae4d875106">Re: Drinks on the dance floor</a>:
[QUOTE]While it might be in good taste to not bring a drink on the dance floor<strong>, I have been drilled to never leave my drink unattended for so long I think I'm physically incapable of setting a drink down on a table and walking away from it</strong>. I think the chances of me getting roofied at a wedding are much lower than they were at a fraternity party in college, but I just never leave my drink alone out of force of habit.
Posted by annakb8[/QUOTE]

Me too. And I love to dance, so I couldn't imagine myself chugging drinks just so I could get back on the dance floor - that would not be very classy. :)

Rosie109 · April 2011

god fezz is so flipping cute.

mica178 · April 2011

I love Fezz's post.

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