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Wedding Crashers

kaimahkaimah member
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What are you ladies doing to avoid or stop wedding crashers? 

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  • Carla1019Carla1019
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    edited December 2011

    Anyone can attend my ceremony at the church, it is huge! At the reception we will have an attendant handing out welcome cards. If they do not have a card they do not sit down and eat.

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  • 2010Bride2be2010Bride2be
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    edited December 2011
    I would surely hope that no one that we know/associate with would be that tacky. However if they try, they won't have a place to sit.
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  • Kedeisha8Kedeisha8
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    edited December 2011

    me too have some estrange fam n not interested in seeimg them

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  • kaimahkaimah member
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    edited December 2011
    See, my family is from west africa. So sometimes people just show up because they know your family. I think this is very rude. Looking for suggestions on keeping people out????
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  • lil01lil01
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    edited December 2011

    I had a list of every guest in alphabetical order & their table numbers. Those who were not on the list had to wait to be seated if there were empty seats. We had 4 people that came that failed to rsvp, but they were lucky there were enough empty seats. No one showed up that wasn't invited though.

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  • FabbiegirlFabbiegirl member
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    edited December 2011
    When I was going to get married in my hometown, I was afraid of this.  I thought that my grandmother would invite everyone from my home church to the wedding because I grew up in that church.  They will come and expect food.  Thankfully, we changed locations, so the only crashers will have to spend about a grand to do so.  lol
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  • mikimoto6mikimoto6
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    edited December 2011
    I am getting married in my hometown and have the nerve to have a small wedding with 65 invited, hoping that like 50-55 actually attend.  I don't think I am terribly worried about crashers because the wedding is a Friday aftenoon (4pm). I think that a few people may come to the reception (after dinner is served). I don't really care what happens after dinner is served because there will be plenty of cake to go around.  
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  • KnaijaQueenKnaijaQueen member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_african-american-weddings_wedding-crashers?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:400Discussion:7a41dd68-c374-40b7-aed4-f26d7b150af3Post:bc294158-357c-457a-ab1a-50b12f15ad07">Re: Wedding Crashers</a>:
    [QUOTE]See, my family is from west africa. So sometimes people just show up because they know your family. I think this is very rude. Looking for suggestions on keeping people out????
    Posted by kaimah[/QUOTE]

    I feel your pain. I'm West African too so wedding crashers are quite common. What I've decided to employ is a seating chart and a guest list at the door. Crashers will have to wait until invited guests are seated to see if there is enough room.
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