HEAR ME OUT!!
My venue is small, in an enclosed garden. We have 170 guests. I'm not sure if we can fit that many chairs in there. Also, I am a very "get to the point" kind of person, and do not want my ceremony bogged down in ritual stuff, like the sand combining, candle lighting, ceremony reading, song singing kinda stuff. I want it very similar to my brother's, which was in fact, over before you knew it had even started.
My ceremony venue also does not come with chairs...and they are very expensive to rent, especially for 170 people.
So with all that in mind...would I be the worst bride in the world to make my guests stand for ten minutes or so? I could, of course, have chairs for the older, enfeebled.. but it's really a space/money issue.
