As recent brides, we (Leslie and Lynne) had lots of ideas about what we wanted our respective special days to look like. And both of us wanted to leave out some things that were traditional at weddings. For example, neither of us wanted to do the bouquet toss or garter throw (because we didn't want our single friends to have to dive for flowers alongside my 14 year old cousin), and neither of us wanted a cake. "But you HAVE to!", people told us. "That's what EVERYBODY does!" Well, at the end of the day, both of us stuck to our non-flower/garter throwing plans, and Leslie and her husband stuck to their plans of having no cake but had an AMAZING dessert spread (Lynne is still having dreams about those pecan things). Lynne did wind up with a cake, because one of her wonderful bridesmaids gifted her with one. And it was beautiful and yummy.
And everyone went home happy because at the end of the day, after the input that we did and didn't take we would up with the weddings we wanted.
So, the question is.......
What is the traditional wedding-y thing that you want to leave out of your big day that everyone else tells you is a necessity? How are you dealing with that?
Post your comments here!!!
Leslie's yummy, yummy wedding dessert spread
Lynne and her husband cutting the cake she thought she didn't want. BUT SHE LOVED IT.
The flowers that neither Lynne....
...nor Leslie threw at their weddings.
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