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What would you think if you came to this wedding

63 replies

SuperBadPig · 12/07/2019 16:52

Early afternoon ceremony
Pimms/cider/soft drink while a few pictures are taken
Champagne toast& cut cake
Sandwich platters & cake, tea/coffee
Music, dancing, hog roast (&vegetarian option)

Cash bar throughout. No table plan, no speeches (just a toast and a quick thank you)

OP posts:
FeltCarrot · 12/07/2019 16:54

Sounds lovely.

lanbro · 12/07/2019 16:54

Sounds similar to mine, everyone said they enjoyed it!

madmother1 · 12/07/2019 16:54

Sounds great x

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Shockers · 12/07/2019 16:55

I’d come!

Milicentbystander72 · 12/07/2019 16:56

Sounds nice. Just make sure there's enough sandwiches to soak up the booze and enough chairs for everyone.

Like many others, I've been starving at wedding (they did looooong speeches before the meal and the meal was pretty tiny). It wasn't fun.

shiveringtimber · 12/07/2019 16:57

Sounds like the best kind of wedding!

AriadneesWeb · 12/07/2019 16:57

Sounds great but very inflexible for anyone with dietary requirements other than vegetarian.

QueenOfWinterfell · 12/07/2019 16:58

Sounds fab!

Loopytiles · 12/07/2019 16:59

Sounds lovely, but dislike both cider and pimms, would prefer wine, beer or lager.

Champagne unnecessary, would do some cheaper fizzy wine such as cava

Fumnudge · 12/07/2019 16:59

I would bulk out the sandwich option if at all possible (you know the usual, some pastry tarts, etc, fills people up a bit more) and maybe some scones if you can as well as cake.
If you can't stretch to it it still sounds lovely.

BlueSkiesLies · 12/07/2019 16:59

Sounds nice

Are you doing speeches?

Swishyswash · 12/07/2019 17:00

We had very similar. No sandwiches but canapés, hog roast then a sausage bbq much later. Worked very well for us. Nice and informal.

Loopytiles · 12/07/2019 17:00

People who want or need a gluten free option might struggle in the day part.

2015newstart · 12/07/2019 17:03

Sounds nice, just make sure you have some nibbles to hand during the photos. Worked at too many weddings where the guests were sloshed before the meal and one where an ambulance was called for granny due to too much sun + booze + hanging around waiting for photos and she collapsed.

Kpo58 · 12/07/2019 17:03

Confused. You have sandwiches and then straight into hog roast, but no snacks with the early drinks?

Could the food availability be evened out?

hormonesorDHbeingadick · 12/07/2019 17:03

As long as there is enough food and chairs and tables it sounds good.

EskewedBeef · 12/07/2019 17:04

If it's all in one venue, it sounds great. I'm happy with most wedding offerings as long as I don't have to travel from the ceremony to another venue.

TitianaTitsling · 12/07/2019 17:06

Hog roast first to soak up the booze sandwiches later?

MadisonAvenue · 12/07/2019 17:07

It sounds lovely!

We've been to a few weddings lately. One a couple of years ago was lovely, just a small number there and while they had photos taken (and they took a while) we were treated to Pimms, soft drinks and warm Welsh cakes, of which there seemed to be an unlimited supply. There was a sit down meal shortly afterwards but at least we weren't starving.

Contrast that with a wedding last year. The ceremony was at 11am and due to the number of photos being taken and then the fact that there were a lot of long speeches and even a PowerPoint presentation before the meal, we didn't actually get our starters until 4.30pm and in the meantime all we had was an expensive cash bar and nowhere nearby selling food as it was in the middle of the countryside.

BobTheFishermansWife · 12/07/2019 17:07

My cousin did this a couple of years ago, it was lovely, a wonderful day and a really relaxed way to do it. The family got to mingle and catch up. They did do speeches though, but only him and his wife and it was more of an acknowledgement and thank you to their mums and stepdads.

ExpletiveDelighted · 12/07/2019 17:09

Fine so long as there is plenty of seating for both the sandwich eating and the hog roast. Preferably seating to be away from the dance floor for those who want to catch up with old friends rather than dance so they can hear each other. I'd also prefer different drink options, Pimms is very sickly and I can't bear cider.

newmomof1 · 12/07/2019 17:10

That sounds perfect to me!

Crunchymum · 12/07/2019 17:13

Sounds really relaxed, informal and low pressure - right up my street!

Unfortunately all the weddings we are attending this year are freaking nightmares (travel / over night [or longer!!] stays, expensive, formal, large)

Would much prefer something like you are doing OP!

NannyRed · 12/07/2019 17:15

It’s nice, and it’s your day, nobody else’s.

mindutopia · 12/07/2019 17:23

What time would the hog roast be? If it’s at 5 ish, that would be fine. If ceremony is at 1 and hog roast isn’t until 8-9pm, I would be pretty hungry with only sandwiches and cake. I think it depends on the timing of things. Otherwise seems lovely and relaxed.