August 2012 Weddings

advice on how to get through

I am painfully shy.  That being said, 90% of our wedding guests are my FI's.  Dollar dances are tradition around this area, but I HATE them, so, as a compromise, we have printed out play dollars with a picture of us on them, and on the back they say advice for the bride or advice for the groom....then we're going to have a jar for people to put them in as they come up to dance..that way people can stick their 'advice' in the jar throughout the reception of they chose not to dance with us.  (I am well aware that some here will think that's tacky, silly, stupid, etc, but I love my FI and I want to make the day special for him too, and this is important to him).  I told him I would rather have a root canal and a mammogram at the same time than have to dance with all those strangers, but I am going to do it.....now, the question....does anyone have any advice for how to get through it?  I'd rather not imagine our crowd in their underwear LOL. 

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  • My advice would be to set a firm time limit per dance, make it short and have your MOH or someone be the one to tell you and your current partner when their time is up. My sister did that for time constraint reasons, but it also helped cut down on face time with strangers.
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  • In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_august-2012-weddings_advice-on-how-to-get-through?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:1fb748ee-7a4e-40eb-b4b4-e553486f4cacDiscussion:2bb45bf5-fd04-4767-8e1c-e6019cdb67e6Post:0fff3388-a2cf-4c41-b1b3-0825379b0efd">Re: advice on how to get through</a>:
    [QUOTE]My question to you is, is it the people that have you spooked, or the idea of dancing that many times?
    Posted by mtishawt[/QUOTE]


    I guess a little bit of both.  I really dislike dancing.
  • I like carpediem's idea! I think since you've agreed to do it, grin and bear it! Think about your honeymoon! Distraction is always a good coping skill. Hopefully, you'll be so blissfully happy that it will fly by!
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  • I would pick two songs that you really enjoy and ask the DJ to play those, and just dance for those two songs.  Have someone there to keep the guests moving, so you only have to dance with each for 30 seconds or so... once the songs are over, you're done!  Then claim you need to go to the rest room or something, and just don't go back near the dance floor.

    You're a good person to do this for your FI.  Just try to make it as pleasant as possible!

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