No clinging of glasses at my wedding!!

I didn't read all the comments, so sorry if this is a repeat. My cousin is getting married in September. She bought those place card holders that look like picture holders. There's a little wire piece at top that holds pictures, name cards, etc. I will try to find a picture. Anyways, the bottom piece is a kissing bell. It's an actual bell, and it came with name cards. You put the names on the front, and on the back is an explanation if the kissing bells. I think my cousin is trying to replace the glass clinking also.

I wanted a different options like we give everyone 5 hersey kisses and if they want us to kiss they have to use the hersey - like put it in a bowl or something. FH didn't like that idea so I got vetoed. So clinking glasses it is.

I didn't want people to do it at my reception. We didn't make any sort of formal announcement, but when the first round of "clinking" happened, I kissed my maid of honor, and he kissed his best man. No more clinking happened.

I agree that the clinking to kiss is annoying, but every wedding I've been to that usually only lasts through dinner before people just stop doing it and get busy drinking and dancing. I'm hoping the same thing happens at ours

I'm missing what the big deal is here...it's no more annoying than a lot of other stuff that goes on at weddings...

Here are a few ideas.

A guest hula hoops, couple have to kiss as long as the hula hooper can hula hoop (best with kids)

Have two different colored Hershey kisses (hugs), one color means B&G kiss, other color they don't or the person picking has to kiss someone else

Someone tells a story of the bride or groom

Someone sings a song with the word love

There's lots of kissing games. Just google. I can't think of anymore right now lol

(I work in banquets and have seen soooo many different ones)

Is the sound annoying or is the PDA annoying? If this is the biggest thing you were upset about after your weddings done I'd chalk it up to a success. Control the things you can control. Not kissing, at weddings I've seen are extremely awkward and people don't really stop lol. I'd just do a quick peck everytime, don't stand up, don't make a big deal. Or even have FH kiss your hand or something instead

We like to incorporate games that encourage guest participation in exchange for the couple's kisses instead of the simple clinking of glasses. One example that went over well was a 'guess that song game' where guests would have to correctly guess a song title / artist from a genre of their choosing. If they guess correctly, the couple would be compelled to kiss, if not, the guest needed to dance to the song.

It really helped to cut down on incessant 'calls to kiss' especially as guests began to feel the effects of the open bar.

At my friends wedding, she had the DJ make an announcement that if you were clinking glasses, you had to get up and toast the couple. Not one glass was clinked (clanked? idk).

We had the MC ask that instead of clinking to have their table call out an animal call- so oink like a pig, nay like a horse etc. It was fitting since my husband is a farmer and it was funny because we had a fairly formal wedding. We only had to get up about 4-5 times to kiss.

I'm gonna have a double whammy...our American guests clinking glasses and our Spanish ones chanting "que se besen" (kiss!) over and over, lol. We're gonna try to make light of it I guess.

A friend of mine had bells one each table at her wedding. While many guests used the bells, there was still clinking of glasses!

My H was very against it at first and we vowed to come up with a way to put a stop to it. Then it fell by the wayside and we completely forgot until the first glass clink occurred at our wedding. We just went with it! And our guests didn't clink as frequently as we thought they would.

I am so thankful that somehow, some way, I have been/been in at least 10 weddings in the last 10 years, and never have I ever seen anyone actually do this.

All wonderful ideas!! Thanks Ladies! It's not that the clinging "annoys" me, and I certainly do not have a problem with public display of affection. I just like different! I got some great ideas here!