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These guys are generally not the "get hammered" type, though I suppose the occasion may loosen them up a bit. I'd take off the full day under most circumstances, but I am out of town for a long weekend beforehand and will be taking Mon/Tue off during that week as it is and I'll be in catch-up mode. I'm leaning towards maybe partying a bit and spending the night at the hotel and then just going to work as usual on Friday AM.
I don't like the word tacky, but just not something i would do.
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I went to a very nice wedding for a cousin that had a open bar for 90 minutes or so after the wedding but before the reception. Once we went into the reception I was surprised to see the open bar had ended and it had gone to a cash bar. IMO If you're going to not go full cash bar, purchase a couple kegs of good beer and a couple cases of good wine and at least offer complimentary wine/beer and allow guests to purchase liquor drinks if they so choose. Going full cash bar at a wedding reception is kinda weak.
What if it was a byob wedding? I don't have a problem with them. My fiancee lives in a pretty small, farmish type town. They literally have one stoplight in the entire city limits. The weddings are generally very cheap, because if you make $10 an hour, you're making great money. The last two weddings we went to were cash bar, and I wasn't offended at all, we sat at picnic tables during the ceremony. It's just not something we wanted to do with our personal wedding. We opted for fake rose petals in our centerpieces on the tables (in a vase full of water with a floating candle, they look real as can be saved about $500), Chinette plates, forks etc instead of "real ones", which saved close to $1k. And then spent that 1500 on three kegs, a bunch of wine and a few bottles of liqour for our two drinks. I guess it really depends on the wedding. We decided we'd rather serve a bit nicer meal and free drinks.
With byob, expectations are set beforehand. Cash bar is usually a blindside you get once you're there.
Weddings cost an assload of money and makes decisions like this necessary sometimes.
Not for much longer.
Talk about living in the past. I'm 30 and my wife is 27. I can't even count how many weddings we've been to over the past 4 years. No one gets invited with true "guests" anymore. People will invite serious significant others and name them on the invitation. Zero times have I seen people bring someone who would be a stranger to the couple. Maybe, MAYBE it's something you offer people in the bridal party as a courtesy/thank you.
Like the Lannisters?
Really? Sounds bizarre - why would a single guy even want to go to a family wedding - half the place is off limits (in my neighborhood)..
That was my thought too. I'm 27 and have been attending a few a year for awhile now, usually with people in generally the same circles (obviously). I don't think I've been to any wedding where a single twenty-something gets to invite a guest, assuming they're not in a serious relationship. I get invited by name on the wedding invites for my girlfriend's friends, and vice versa her for mine....but never just "Person X and Guest".
Because you love and care about your family member and want to celebrate their day with them?
Apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
I wouldn't say that. I'd say that opinions now are the same as they were when you brought this up the first time. It's not about you. It never will be. As for the +1 thing, I don't see the big deal one way or the other. Especially to the level of "tacky".
