AIBU buy they copied our wedding dance

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Background-
Group of friends, all couples, friends for about 4/5 years. DH and I got married last year and this particular couple came. Earlier this year, all couples together watching films and the song that came on when the credits rolled so DH and I decided to recreate our dance after a few drinks. A few days later female friend said to me that that was actually the wedding song they have planned, they had completely forgotten we had used it at our wedding (how could they?! Our dancing was amazing, lol) and did I mind? Of course I said no, it's a song, who has ownership of a song etc.
Fast forward to their wedding this weekend, and they used said song, but also had exactly the same dance routine. I mean, everything identical (we went to lessons and learnt it). Isn't that a bit weird? Like less than 12months later they're doing the same dance routine to the same song? Even if they went to lessons to learn it (but they say they haven't had lessons) then they could ask for a different routine ?
I know you can't have ownership of a song (or a dance) but AIBU to expect that you at least do your own version? Mutual friends attending both weddings so if they care (probably don't) it would be pretty obvious.

Natalia is right about a first dance being a signal to day 'is now ok to start dancing'. I really really didn't want a first dance, but our band on the night asked what ours was. when i said we weren't having one, they said we had too! otherwise noone would dance. so i asked them to just play any suitable coat dance song, which they did.

I had never heard it before, but now it's one of my favourite songs! this is of course different to choreographed stuff, but that's a twist on essentially the same thing, the obligation for the b&g to kick things off.

I have never been to wedding with a choreographed first dance! Sounds hilarious; I feel like I've missed out

Wedding dance, wedding schmance. I don't like first dances and didn't have one but every one else can fill their boots.
I'm more intrigued by this bit
"Earlier this year, all couples together watching films and the song that came on when the credits rolled so DH and I decided to recreate our dance after a few drinks."
Was this at someone's house? Surely that was the cringe moment, doing your wedding dance "routine"
some months after the event whilst pissed in front of a few friends. That's the cringe moment here.

My BIL and SIL had an owl deliver their rings. I wonder what people may say to that

Personally I think the whole notion of a preplanned first dance is rather odd and a little common. You can't possibly object to someone using the same song. It's a couple of minutes music and imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Unihorn surely you could have just dispensed with the first dance entirely?

YMCA?

You do realise that getting the dance floor to yourself is a treat - we love it when we get a chance to! It's not that I want people to watch me - but you can do dances that you can't on a crowded dance floor. We did a fast polka - impossible without space. So perhaps the bride and groom are just enjoying themselves, as you would wish them to?

I've been to lots of lovely friends' weddings, some had choreographed dances, some didn't. I'm sure I enjoyed watching them at the time but I couldn't for the life of me tell you any of the songs or dances. I think only the bride and groom actually remember 'their song and dance'

Ooh apart from one couple who had MC Hammer's Can't Touch This, that was genius.

YABU.

Why do people get so hung up on their own weddings? I once went to a hen do where the bride wasn't talking to her future SIL because said SIL had announced her intentions to have the SAME COLOUR BALLOONS at her own wedding in a few months time.

Fucking balloons ffs.

My cousin couldn't make my wedding. At his a few months later I was amused to hear the same song as we'd had. Amused. "Good taste" I said, and thought no more about it. Because no-one really cares.

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grow up

Did you dance 'You sexy thing' ?

I've just realised that i hate weddings, I've been to tonnes, I remember (vaguely) things like 'the bridesmaids looked like the bride hated them' and 'the meal was aces' and 'we got stuck on the table with the dull cousins' or whatever but dresses? dances? Speeches? Unless something goes so horribly wrong it's all a blur.

I am thrilled all my pals are almost all married, sadly some have divorced, hoping if they ever decide to remarry they do it quietly and don't expect us to sit through another day and night of them looking doe eyed and vaguely ridiculous at each other!

Heeeeeyyyyy MACARENA!!!

Literally cringing for you, that you recreated the dance a year later for your friends

Lonicera yes but I wanted to keep the "tradition" of signalling my guests to dance, and it tied in with the cake cutting. Also my husband quite enjoyed it.

To be fair, all first dances make me cringe, its just the choreographed routines are a whole new level of shit.... When I got married we skipped that bit!

That gave me visions of a bride and groom skipping around the dance floor

Was it 'My Heart Will Go On'?

Hey, Macarena!

Snap Goalie

Everyone did my first dance - we had a ceilidh and it was called!!!

Cringe at the whole thing

Sorry but I this you are BU - like you said, it's not your dance nor your song - there is nothing you can do about it. It's like the whole 'she stole my name for her child line'..... sorry OP but this seems abit playground-ish.