The Money/Dollar dance?

kkidd28 · January 2010

I had never heard of this til lthe Knot. Now I see it mentioned alot and am wondering if it is a cultural/location thing. My fiance & I are AA and getting married in Philadelphia. It sounds like a great/fun idea and seems to bring in tons of money. However, we just dont want to do it if its not heard of in our ethnicity! Anyone have any ideas or comments? Thanks in advance :-)!

Koretta

desi2002 · January 2010

Every wedding I've been to, there was a dollar dance. (all aa weddings) I don't know if its a location thing, im in southern ca. some people dont do it cause they think it's tacky, but others do it so they can have spending money on their honeymoon. Im almost positive that Im having a dollar dance.

berrytr · January 2010

While I have seen this event occur at Latino, Filipino, and Greek weddings, I have not yet seen this in the AA community and I was born and raised in Philly. You may want to ask your older friends/relatives about this one.

csuperstar02 · January 2010

I don't know, but they've been at most weddings that I've attended through the years. (including one for a caucasian couple this past summer). I am in southeast Texas. I agree w/ PP on checking w/ others who are in your area.

KSTURGIS · January 2010

Hi fellow philly girl !!!! Ive seen it in aa, jamaican and latino weddings. But its pretty much up to your family comfortability with it. Since its not a tradition in your family, I agree that you should maybe discuss it with older family members and see how they think it might go over.
HTH

brobin01 · January 2010

I agree with KSturgis. I have been to many weddings. I have NEVER seen this and where I am from its considered Ghetto. But I'm from MI. It may be different in southen states/

kkidd28 · January 2010

The hard part is there hasnt been a wedding in my family since I was a kid so of course I don't remember ! Plus I'm not from the Philly area so it wouldn't matter anyway I guess My FMIL is not very talkative with me so I don't know about his family either. I will try to get her to let me know.....he only has 1 married cousin so far and neither of us can remember much about her weding either. So I dont think there is a family tradition for us yet.......

mandikaykay · January 2010

I'm from Louisiana. And it's popular down here, especially in the cajun and creole cultures. They usually pass a boot around...and it's not unique to AA couples either. I work with a girl who is not AA and she said her family will definitely be passing the boot. I haven't decided it we will, if my family just randomly starts pinning money on me, I suppose we'll do it then. They tend to do that toward the end of the night.

I <3 Seabass · January 2010

I'm from NJ and I've never seen it done at a wedding. I would definitely ask your family and friends what they think before you decide to do it

nolagee · February 2010

I'm from New Orleans and have seen this at a bunch of weddings. I just got married on New Year's Day and people kept asking us TO have one. I didn't want to have one for a few reasons. One being I can't dance, Two my wedding was right after the holidays so I figured it wouldn't get much of a response, besides I saw there were a ton of gifts, Three it just didn't feel right. But I think people missed it just because so many ppl asked us to do.

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