Weddings starting as scheduled?

Sugargirl1019 · June 2014

Y'all, the last wedding I was at had the roof blow off partially and rain (waterfall!) was pouring in through a hole that morning. That wedding didn't even start late. We started on time.

lc07 · June 2014

JennyColada said:

We are doing pre-ceremony h'ordeurves and champagne, so I doubt we will be starting late (also, thanks to only having 6 guests! It's easy to get everyone wrangled up!).

I wanna come!! I think all weddings should start with food and bev.

KytchynWitche · June 2014

I intend to have my MOH walk at exactly 11:00, anyone who isn't there then misses out. Of course, that's barring any actual emergencies. My mom's ceremony started "exactly" 5 seconds late, because someone told her it's bad luck to start the wedding on time but she's a stickler for punctuality. My sister's ceremony started on time. I didn't have a watch on for my best friend's ceremony (because I was a BM) but I'm fairly certain that if we started late at all it was 5 minutes.

AddieCake · June 2014

Ours started a little late b/c we were deciding what to do about the misting.

ShesSoCold · June 2014

My brother's wedding was like 30-45 minutes late. Intentionally. The nearest hotel was like 45 minutes away so they got shuttles from the hotel block to the wedding. Someone who didn't take the shuttle called us like 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the ceremony and said a can of paint had spilled on the highway in and traffic was totally fucked. Maybe 1/4 of the guests were there at the scheduled start. So they waited until the shuttle arrived.

I'm sure it was annoying for the people who arrived on time, but I probably would have done that too. Plus, as a BM, it allowed me extra time to get my hair re-did since it looked like one huge dreadlock.

ShesSoCold · June 2014

I also went to a wedding the other week that started a little late because they had to wait for all the guest to sit down. It was 88 degrees and the ceremony was in a garden - no shade whatsoever. So everyone stood around in the shade nearby until the last possible second.

Lesson to those (myself included) planning outdoor weddings - plan B is not just for rain. Please don't make your guests sit out in the heat to bake when it's super hot.

OnceUponAVine · June 2014

A recent wedding I attended started 45 minutes late... I was pretty irritated that not even an announcement was made, but it was a very good friend so we stuck it out.

mysticl · June 2014

ShesSoCold said:

I also went to a wedding the other week that started a little late because they had to wait for all the guest to sit down. It was 88 degrees and the ceremony was in a garden - no shade whatsoever. So everyone stood around in the shade nearby until the last possible second.

Lesson to those (myself included) planning outdoor weddings - plan B is not just for rain. Please don't make your guests sit out in the heat to bake when it's super hot.

The last wedding I went to was outside. In Florida. In August. Need I say more?

ahyatt87 · June 2014

I wasn't wearing a watch, but I was escorted to the chapel entrance (a mere 10 steps away from the room I was waiting in so guests wouldn't see me) 3 minutes before my ceremony was scheduled to start. So I'm pretty confident that our wedding party entrance (read: the ceremony) started on time.

FiancB · June 2014

My MOH's started pretty late. I don't recall exactly how late, but it was at least 15 minutes. Never did find out why, but am not surprised because she is late to EVERYTHING. I think another wedding was a little late, others have been on time. Last wedding we were at went to do their first look and couldn't find a parking spot for an hour (they picked prom weekend so the location was popular for prom kids too, apparently) and they still managed to start exactly on time.

I will definitely be making it abundantly clear that we plan on starting at exactly 4:30 (and I'll be delivering my chronically late friend myself and she will have nothing better to do than show up on time, lol).

kmmssg · June 2014

My last DD got married on Saturday and we started at 5 pm sharp! My BFF was still 10 minutes out (she is always a little late) but we started right on time. I'm tellin ya - backwards planning is the way to go!

SBmini · June 2014

I'm a little embarrassed to admit this but... I have no idea if my wedding started on time! My husband and I were definitely on time, but I didn't exactly have a watch on me. If I were to guess, I'd say we started about 15 minutes late to let guests get to their seats. We got married in an arboretum and guests had to take a tram to the site. It was definitely a unique circumstance where a pass can be made for people who got there 'on time' not realizing that there was more transportation involved (and yes, we tried to communicate this the best we could. but no one reads)

larrygaga · June 2014

Every wedding I have been to started about ten minutes late. I don't really mind ten minutes, especially since I've been in most of the weddings I've attended, but anything more is super annoying.

pinkcow13 · June 2014

I actually attended a wedding this past weekend that started a little over a half hour late. They did make an announcement saying that they were waiting for the baby (the couple has a baby) to arrive. They did a first look though, and my friend and I assumed the baby would have been in the pics so we had no idea where the baby was or who had her. It was a nice day, but sitting outdoors in the sun for a half hour can get draining. I mean I love to tan and to be in the sun, but not while I'm in a fancy dress, with sweat dripping down my back.

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