In Lieu of Garter / Bouquet Tosses - Your Opinions

BeanGirl84 · August 2010

I am repulsed by the garter removal (especially when done with teeth!) and I'd hate to advertise all the single people for the tosses, as I hated when that was me, so I thought I would forgo all of these. I still want some activities to keep the flow at the reception going and people interested, so I thought up these alternatives.

Are these good ideas or totally lame?

1. Good luck Breakaway Bouquet: Invite ALL the women to the dance floor. Announce that the person to catch the bouquet will get good luck in love and friendships. Create a bouquet that is really 4-5 smaller ones. Throw it and watch it break up and the ladies go crazy.

2. "Gift-Carter" Toss: Have all the men on the floor. Throw a garter with a $25 gift card to a manly place like Best Buy or Home Depot attached to it. Hope that nobody gets hurt

caseyandlizzie · August 2010

Eh....I think I would just forgo the toss altogether and not do these extra tosses. This just seems weird to me.

mysticl · August 2010

You don't really need to do anything to keep people interested. I know a lot of people who look at the tosses as something to "get out of the way". We aren't doing them and aren't replacing them with anything.

But if you do want to do something make it more equal. The girls who get the pieces of your bouquet aren't actually going to get good luck it's just symbolic, which is fine except that that the guys get a real gift. So if you do this I suggest that either a guy just gets "good luck" for catching the garter or one lady catches the bouquet and it has a $25 gift certificate to somewhere attached to it.

aerinpegadrak · August 2010

The tosses are a party killer. We didn't do either and didn't replace them with anything, and it was totally fine. If you don't like them, just don't do them. No one will really notice.

twilight.rose · August 2010

Ditto PPs. Just skip them.

2dBride · August 2010

We had two bouquets and two garters--and we didn't throw any of them. Seriously, it is not needed, and you do not need a replacement, either.

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kristinanddan · August 2010

We skipped them completely.

trix1223 · August 2010

I don't think that the ladies will be "going crazy" for the breakaway bouquets. I think what could well happen is everyone standing around staring at the flowers on the floor, which would be embarrassing and awkward.

If you don't want to do tosses, don't do tosses. I'd rather see them skipped than see someone trying to hard to make it clever.

AbbeyS2011 · August 2010

I have heard of some couples doing this:

Ask the DJ to have all married couples stand up - start eliminating couples by the years they have been married, 5 yrs +, 10 yrs +, etc. Give the garter and bouquet to the couple married the longest. In case of a tie, ask the last two couples when is their wedding date.

brittanydee1231 · August 2010

I HATE the garter thing .. who came up with that anyway?? I don't plan to do it, and don't plan to replace it either.

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