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Wedding evening reception at home???

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myermay · 27/05/2008 22:05

Ok, we are goign overseas in a few months to get hitched with the kids and that's about it. Really looking forward to it, it'll be relaxed and just us to think about.

Anyway, dh, really wants our reception at home. He wants a BBQ for about 50ish people. Initially i agreed and found a butchers to come and do a hog roast type thing and we'd supply all drinks etc. Make it look pretty. But even though i love house parties, i can't help but feel it'll be me who organises all of it, stresses about the house, garden and all being tidy etc.

I've found a lovely relaxed pub, who've said we can have the bar area with a disco for £12 a head for a cold buffet. They'll do all the cleaning, setting up etc. It'll be stress free for us. We won't have to stress about whether it's raining or not!

DH, reckons it'll cost a lot more at the pub, but surely by the time we've hired plates, glasses, drinks it amount to about the same. I'd estimated the pub do with food and disco will be approx £800

Can i have your thoughts, am i being unreasonable to not want this at home?

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WestCountryLass · 27/05/2008 22:19

YANBU

I do think it would be lovely at home, much more intimate and just fab BUT if you are going to do all the work then that will take the edge off of it.

Is your DH an organised do-er of a person, can you organise it but can he do all the running around? Would he do the clearning up? Can you get any family to help with that?

myermay · 27/05/2008 22:24

Hell no, he'd help with the clearing up the following day but not the running about (in his little world he thinks you can feed 50 people for £100!!), and i know our families would. But that's just it, i don't want my mum & mil, doing the washing up - i just want everyone to have a really fun time

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duomonstermum · 27/05/2008 22:48

one of my friends did this for her wedding and it was fab! because they had been together for so long rather than having a list of presents they asked for people to help out. so a couple of people hired the glasses etc. some of us cleaned before, some after and those who volunteered to do dishes/watch children got a bottle of wine! it was great fun and it meant that everyone felt involved and the hosts weren't stressed out.

myermay · 28/05/2008 08:37

do you mean they did it at home? So, do you think we should just go with it at home? i'm so worried though about he weather, it will be august and if it rains there is no way all those people will fit in my house

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duomonstermum · 28/05/2008 18:04

yup. they did it their back yard. someone hired a marquee for them. it sounds huge but it wasn't thaaat big. it meant that when the weather turned some could stay outside and others took shelter in the kitchen and lean-to conservatory.

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