Talk about a long freaking day!

climbingsingle · March 2014

My co-worker was just telling me about a wedding she's invited to. Church is at 11am. Lunch reception immediately following until 4pm. They're then invited to attend an additional reception from 6pm to 10pm with dinner and dancing.

That's like 12 hours of celebrating someone's wedding. That's crazy.

sarahufl · March 2014

I would have to like you an awful lot to commit to that.

Inkdancer · March 2014

That sounds intense.

I am inviting some of my friends to an afterparty, in the evening after our lunchtime wedding. But it doesn't have set hours and they can come and go as they please.

peachy0722 · March 2014

I think I would cut out after the lunch reception. That's just too much wedding for one day.

grumbledore · March 2014

I would be psyched if it's well-hosted.

climbingsingle · March 2014

I love love love weddings. But there's only so much I can take. Maybe if there wasn't a 2 hour gap. During those 2 hours, I'd probably go home, try not to fall asleep, would ultimately fall asleep and miss the dinner reception.

Blue_Bird · March 2014

ClimbingBrideNY said:

My co-worker was just telling me about a wedding she's invited to. Church is at 11am. Lunch reception immediately following until 4pm. They're then invited to attend an additional reception from 6pm to 10pm with dinner and dancing.

That's like 12 hours of celebrating someone's wedding. That's crazy.

How is the bolded even possible? Is the ceremony 3 and-a-half hours long? Is it a four-hour drive away? I don't understand.

climbingsingle · March 2014

Blue_Bird said:

ClimbingBrideNY said:

My co-worker was just telling me about a wedding she's invited to. Church is at 11am. Lunch reception immediately following until 4pm. They're then invited to attend an additional reception from 6pm to 10pm with dinner and dancing.

That's like 12 hours of celebrating someone's wedding. That's crazy.

How is the bolded even possible? Is the ceremony 3 and-a-half hours long? Is it a four-hour drive away? I don't understand.

Church is at 11am. The lunch reception starts immediately after the ceremony. The lunch reception then ends at 4pm.

phira · March 2014

I'd stay through the end of lunch reception and then go home.

cruffino · March 2014

if i was traveling out of town, it could be fun. if i was at home, i'd skip the evening reception.

Amyzen83 · March 2014

As fun as it sounds I'm side eying the second reception... Does that mean it's tiered?

pinkshorts27 · March 2014

I could handle it. I like people. I would be freaking exhausted at the end of the day and sleep well that night, but I could handle it. FI couldn't. He is an introvert and would be drained by the end of the lunch (assuming it wasn't a wedding he knew most of the people at).

Blue_Bird · March 2014

ClimbingBrideNY said:

Blue_Bird said:

ClimbingBrideNY said:

My co-worker was just telling me about a wedding she's invited to. Church is at 11am. Lunch reception immediately following until 4pm. They're then invited to attend an additional reception from 6pm to 10pm with dinner and dancing.

That's like 12 hours of celebrating someone's wedding. That's crazy.

How is the bolded even possible? Is the ceremony 3 and-a-half hours long? Is it a four-hour drive away? I don't understand.

Church is at 11am. The lunch reception starts immediately after the ceremony. The lunch reception then ends at 4pm.

Nevermind. Reading comprehension has failed on my part. Spring break brain. Carry on.

lovesclimbing · March 2014

Well, that's one way to avoid a gap!

climbingsingle · March 2014

As fun as it sounds I'm side eying the second reception... Does that mean it's tiered?

Stupid box. It's possible it could be tiered. My co-worker said that invite for the evening reception was sent two weeks after the original invite and that it was an E-vite.

nsweare · March 2014

My aunt and uncle did something similar to this. She has a huge Italian family and it's not unusual for their celebrations to last all day. They had their full catholic mass ceremony in the morning, followed by a luncheon at a local Victorian mansion, then a full seven course dinner ballroom reception that evening, with violinists and all. It was over the top and a lot of people chose to skip the luncheon and come back for the dinner reception. But everyone was invited to all.

Chipmunk415 · March 2014

I got married at 11 am. Lunch started at 1245, went till 3 but everyone was done eating by 2:30 and was just enjoying drinks, extra cake, etc. When we got in the limo, I looked at DH and said "it's over, thank goodness, I'm tired"

ClimbingBride, reading about that wedding and after party exhausted me.

climbingsingle · March 2014

Chipmunk415 said:

I got married at 11 am. Lunch started at 1245, went till 3 but everyone was done eating by 2:30 and was just enjoying drinks, extra cake, etc. When we got in the limo, I looked at DH and said "it's over, thank goodness, I'm tired"

ClimbingBride, reading about that wedding and after party exhausted me.

Right? As the bride, that's just a super long day. You're up early to get ready for the ceremony. Pictures. Lunch reception. More pictures. Evening reception. More pictures. Holy hell.

Our ceremony starts at 12:30 and the reception will be over by 5:30. Everyone wants to do an after party, but I'm really thinking I'm going to want to go our room and lay down!

luckysnorkel · March 2014

FI was a GM in an all-day wedding a few months ago. Here's the rundown as I remember it:

10am - morning ceremony. Bride is of a different heritage so this was a small symbolic ceremony for close family and wedding party only (plus me and another GM's fiancee, we stood politely in the back)

11am - light refreshments served.

12pm - couple and wedding party drive somewhere to take pictures.

3pm - FI gets back to our hotel room, promptly collapses. Then showers and changes clothes.

5pm - FI meets up with groom & company to get ready for evening ceremony, more pictures, etc.

7pm - evening ceremony.

7:30pm-midnightish? - cocktail hour, dinner, dancing, etc.

Don't get me wrong -- we love the couple to pieces, it was a beautiful day, and it was extremely well-hosted (except for the gap, but that didn't apply to most guests so I give them a pass on that), but hooooooly hell was it exhausting. And I had a lot more time to relax and recharge than poor FI did! The week before the wedding, he got an email with a rundown of the day's timeline and he immediately forwarded it to me and said, "Can we please make sure our wedding isn't anywhere near as complicated as this?!" With pleasure, dear.

Kauris · March 2014

We're having a brunch wedding and doing a get together with a Taco Truck and margarita machine at our house that evening. If people show up, great, if not, more tacos and ritas for me!

It is not a tiered event, ONLY people invited to the wedding will be invited to the house. And it is completely optional. I do have friends who are in town that are getting hotel rooms nearby so they can make the house/after party.

Like I said, I hope people come, but if not I completely understand them being tired and wanting to head to their hotel for the evening. I really do get it if people are tired of us by then; I might be tired of us by then.

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