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When is it polite to leave??

105 replies

WeddingPedding · 04/12/2024 20:40

I'm attending a wedding, I really don't want to go.

Ceremony starts at 2.30pm
Speeches & food 6pm
"Games" and music 8pm
Special fun hour 12pm-1am

It's been expressed bride wants everyone to stay until 1am

When can I leave while being polite? Do I have to stay until 1am?

OP posts:
LlynTegid · 04/12/2024 20:45

If it is not tomorrow, perhaps decline the invite.

pizzaHeart · 04/12/2024 20:44

I think you can slip away after dancing started and bride and groom had their first dance.
Are you sure that your post is not too outing? The timetable is quite specific.

Tink3rbell30 · 04/12/2024 20:43

10-11pm

Overbythewaterfountain · 04/12/2024 20:42

Why don't you really want to go, and why (as you don't want to go) are you going? Is a polite refusal not the usual thing in your scenario?

Amba1998 · 04/12/2024 20:40

Slip away after the first dance when everyone is on the dance floor