How many guests stayed till the last hour of your evening reception?

[Ccsmith91]

I got married a few weeks ago and invited 100 people to my wedding and had a few no shows. I noticed people leaving from 9pm till 11pm. I think we must have had around 50 people at 11pm. Do you remember how many people you had around the last hour of your wedding? Is this a normal amount? I’ve not been to many weddings so unsure.

Sounds exactly the same doesn't it

This is the same person

www.mumsnet.com/talk/wedding/4665673-bridesmaidsguests-leaving-early?utm_source=thread&utm_medium=share

We had tons of children/ families at our wedding so probably only about 40-50 people out of 120 stayed to the very end. No problems at all and it was what we expected.

We had 98, all of them except 2, who had another wedding and they spent half of the time at ours and other half at their other friends's wedding.

As a guest I have never really stayed later than watching the first dance ... weddings do seem to last an incredibly long time ... my (first) wedding reception was just an afternoon tea party .... and my second was lunch for five us and that was it . Both wedding ceremonies were register office with very few guests.

Scottish here. Our wedding was still going to the extent the band played some extra songs and then we all descended into the hotel bar for a sing song. We’ve only left one wedding early because the person very kindly giving us a life was exhausted. You’ve put me in the mood for a wedding now 🤣. However, I do think the main point is to enjoy your marriage OP; the wedding is just one day. Congratulations on your marriage 💕x

Pretty much everyone but then again, we got married at 4.30, reception until 6.30 and then dinner dance so dinner wasn't done until 9.30 and then dancing plus coffees until 11

I know this is a necro-thread and we didn’t have a last hour as such, but there were probably half the guests there at 11. Some of them were still there when the sun came up the next morning.

Most people. We left before they did. The venue closed at midnight and we left about 11.30 I think. But it was a mid afternoon start and carefully planned so none of the hanging around what do we do next thing I've experienced at weddings.

We were quite lucky as we'd hired the venue exclusively for the weekend, as we couldn't get rid of people! The after party lasted until about 7am - it seemed that everyone had a bar in their rooms and it just went on all night. The party started around Friday lunchtime and went on until everyone left on Monday morning. It was fab!

It does feel like the same style writing, op if it was you who started both threads it indicates you’ve become obsessional over what was a very normal wedding experience. You say you’re struggling with anxiety as a new mother, is it manifesting in other ways or just intrusive thoughts on this?