Boring wedding?

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I hear you!

We attended a family wedding at the end of 2019, and everyone else with my fiance's last name was seated together on one table except my fiance and I, who sat somewhere totally different. Then, they spelt the family name correctly for everyone except my fiance, whose last name was spelt incorrectly.

And we weren't married yet (or even engaged at the time!) but my name card had his last name, even though we'd provided my surname with our RSVP!

Meanwhile, we've checked the last names of our plus ones on facebook or asked the member of the couple we know better so that we can make sure we spell things right!

People make wild choices for weddings, I guess!

View Quoted Comment Oh that’s so annoying! Spelled it right 2 or so other times but not for your fiancé? I don’t get that. I double checked my cards and checked with the person when I wasn’t sure. 2 sets of eyes checked as well

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Truuuuth! But I'm sure my fiance and I will make some other kind of silly mistake ourselves, so we can forgive them

At the time I just laughed and said maybe it's an omen. If it had been in December 2021, it would have been the right last name for me (although still spelt wrong, lol)

I've gone to many weddings single (without a plus one) and where I didn't know anyone but the bride and groom. Generally I've had fun. It makes a huge difference if the couple makes an effort to sit guests (whether single or not) with people they have stuff in common with. The things that make weddings boring IMO is when there are a ton of things in which guests are expected to just sit and observe. I'm not religious so find ceremonies that are really long with a lot of traditional religious components to be boring and kind of uncomfortable, and prefer shorter wedding ceremonies in general (20-30 minutes tops). For the reception, I don't really want to sit and spectate various "events" for a long time. Maybe I'm alone in this opinion, but I think most people don't care about grand entrances, choreographed dances, watching the bride and FOB and groom and MOG dances, seeing someone remove a garter, and listening to an excessive number of long of speeches and readings during the reception. A few sentimental bits are fine, but sitting for hours with by back/neck craned awkwardly so I can pretend I'm avidly observing whatever "event" is happening so as not to be rude just isn't fun. I want to eat my meal and start dancing!