Morning after brunch?

achiduck · May 2012

FI and I are trying to decide if this is something we want to do. How many people are doing it?

aimee58 · May 2012

I put other, mostly because we're not sure yet. If we do, it will just be parents, WP, and grandparents.

[Deleted User] · May 2012

We're planning on it. FSIL had one with the families and used that time to open gifts and spend some additional time with family.

CFM102012 · May 2012

I put yes but we're not going to host it. We'll spread it by word of mouth that we are having brunch at the B&B which starts at a certain time. If people join us, fantastic. We'll open our wedding gifts then.

goatlady12 · May 2012

FMIL is hosting the brunch at our house and insisting on a gift opening.

islandmonkey8 · May 2012

I put yes, but we have to leave the hotel at 9am because of our flight for our honeymoon. So if people want to see us to say goodbye it'll be an early rise for them!

Bryan&AmyC · May 2012

Most of our guests are from OOT so I love the idea of getting to spend a little more time with them before everyone journeys home! I think we'll be renting a meeting room in one of our hotels and using their continental breakfast. The hotel staff can set up the exact same breakfast in the meeting room that they normally offer in their breakfast area, so we can all relax away from other hotel guests.

LDubHawksFan · May 2012

Yes, all of my family is OOT so I asked them to try to make later flights if possible so I could see them one more time before they leave town. My plan as of now is to use the house that I am renting for about half of them. Then it will just be a relaxed place to gather, we can have some breakfast casseroles made and it should be cheaper than having everyone go out to a restaurant (easily 25 people will be at this too). I'm mainly doing it to maximize my family time since it is one of the few times they will be out to visit me.

kjerl · May 2012

Yes, a few random details. We are getting married on a Friday and out of town.
Since my FI is a huge college football fan, we are telling people we will be having brunch and they are more than welcome to come join us and watch some games

LDubHawksFan · May 2012

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[QUOTE]Yes, a few random details. We are getting married on a Friday and out of town. Since my FI is a huge college football fan, we are telling people we will be having brunch and they are more than welcome to come join us and watch some games :)
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Oh I love this! We were a little concerned about the football schedules and our wedding, but oh well. We realized that the Cal vs. Stanford game is that day, and I just found out that the Iowa vs. Penn State game's ko is at 7 pm (Central), so it looks like there could be the possibility we will have a tv on during cocktail hr! haha

minionlover · May 2012

We will be going back to my parents house. That is where all of the festivities are taking place except the wedding.

pockysquirrel · May 2012

The hotel at our venue includes complimentary brunch for anyone who's staying there, so we'll be joining at least some of our guests for that and spreading the word about it to anyone else who wants to show up and either pay for food or just hang out.

snuff9861 · May 2012

My mom suggested it. We're having OOT family, our WP and FILs over to my parent's house.

MelyndaRyan · May 2012

Our families want it. We will be getting together with family and bridal party around 11:00 the next day to open gifts and rehash the wedding. We plan on having it end by 1:00 at the latest as we leave for our honeymoon the following morning early.

oneday12 · May 2012

There will be a brunch but my father's wife is "hosting" it for him. My father suffers greatly from Dementia so he can not be expected to plan/pay but his wife is going to do it at a place of our choosing and anyone who wants to show up can - family. My parents divorce was over 20ys ago but there are still a lot of issues especially in regards to my father's wife. Some of my siblings will come and some will not.................. I had already decided to not host/organize a brunch bc well to be honest my siblings are annoying. Our rehearsal dinner will mainly be just my family (I have 4 brother and 5 sisters - 8 nieces and 7 nephews). I already had to tell my father's wife that it would be best if they did not attend the rehearsal dinner, it is at our house and is WAY to close for comfort. (Many of my siblings refuse to even speak to his wife and blame her entirely for my parent's divorce. She is not without fault BUT they had one of the worst marriges EVER - its been 20yrs and she has taken care of my father through (and never asked for any help financial or other wise) several major illness - strokes, brain aneurysm and now the dementia). Anyway she wants to have one last time for my dad to spend time with just his kids and she is including my mother in the invite. He is 81 and does not remember most of us without a lot of reminders. I know several of my siblings will be jerks and not attend bc of her but she is aware of that and wants to do it anyway.

brainybrunette · May 2012

Yes, we will probably have a brunch for close family and out of town guests. We're not opening gifts then though. Most people give money for weddings in my family/social circle, so there's probably not going to be many gifts to open.

Ividian · May 2012

I'm thinking about it. FI and I are leaving for our honeymoon the day after the wedding, but it's only a 3-4hr drive from the hotel we're getting married at, so I think we'll at least tell people where we're going to be for brunch and what time so if anybody would like to join us they can. At the very least I'm sure we'll meet up with his father, sister, and bro-in-law since they are all staying at the hotel.

aimeek420 · May 2012

We are having a day after bowling party. Not super classy or traditional, but we have a ton of OOT friends from college attending, so we wanted to have a get together with them, our parents, and the WP. Our hotel serves a hot breakfast, so we didn't want to do a brunch, and check-out is at 11, so we thought we'd bowl a few frames with friends, have pizza, and catch up.

fishinflagrl · May 2012

I put other b/c we are undecided. I really want to do one, but not sure if we can afford it. I think we need to work it out though so we can b/c all of our guests and ourselves are staying at the same hotel and they serve an awesome breakfast.

kimm260 · May 2012

Our hotel has a very nice hot complimentary breakfast. We will go to that and visit with our guests who show up!

Simply_Caitlin · May 2012

Yes because almost my whole side of the family is from out of town. We're getting married in a hotel that does a really great brunch buffet on Sundays already. My mom is going to put vouchers for free brunches in the out of town bags for the family and close friends and cover it. Everyone else is welcome to join us but we will not be hosting it for them.

violakat03 · May 2012

We have a 6:45 am flight the day after, so we are not doing one. However, our rehearsal dinner is going to double as ours, so it will be a night-before celebration. His family is big on cookouts, so after the rehearsal, the BP will be going back to his family's farm for a cookout dinner, and then the rest of the family and OOT guests will be welcome to join us.

pzavecz · May 2012

Not sure yet...I kinda want to just relax with just FI and I (who will be new hubby at the time..ahh!) enjoying the time just between the 2 of us. We fly out of LA the night after our wedding for our HM and I kinda just want to use that day to get things together before we take off...probably last minute packing, dropping off our dog at the boarding kennel, etc. Things are always hectic before we leave for a vacation.

If we do decide to do one, we won't be hosting it. We just blew a crap ton of money on the wedding...I wanna be done with hosting crap. Haha. It would just be a word of mouth thing like "Hey, we're going to X restuarant for breakfast. You're welcome to come along and join if you would like..."

DeannaCW · May 2012

No. The day after the wedding is the start of the honeymoon in my book. We host a celebration to say thank you, we don't need another the next day. I'd never even heard of day-after brunches until I got here. Our OOT guests will likely all be staying at the same hotel anyways, so they'll probly see each other.

halij52002 · May 2012

We are leaving the morning after our wedding for our honeymoon! I can't wait! I'm so excited.

laxchick20183 · May 2012

My FMIL wants to have it but my FI and I don't want to be bothered. She makes such a big deal about it but when we brought up who was paying for it she thought we would. I don't think so. We don't a lot of family from out of town so I suggested she do something at her house but I rather have the day to unwind before we leave on Sunday at 430am for our flight.

LadyElite · May 2012

Other. Our wedding is on Sunday and it's a brunch reception. A brunch after the brunch might be too much brunch.

SomethingBeautiful08 · May 2012

Saturday after noon wedding, we are big church goers, so the plan is that we will let those at the wedding know that we will be attending church the next day and planning on going out to brunch / lunch with those that want to afterwards and invite those who want to, to come along... the only problem might be if there are too many people that want to come along.

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