Throwing the bouquet... Is it even necessary?

Yeah we're skipping it. The last wedding I went to they literally had to force us out on the dance floor to participate because no one wanted to. It's so awkward and pointless. People keep making comments to me about skipping it but this is actually one of the few times the phrase " it's MY wedding" was made for.

Definitely skipping it. At my cousin's wedding nobody wanted to do it, so she started calling out single girls (myself included). The the bouquet fell on the ground. It was awful.

We skipped the garter toas due to my tight dress but we did a bouquet toss. It was fun. I threw it into the ceiling and it hit the floor about five feet away from me and one of my girlfriends ran for it haha. Everyone demanded I do it again and my brothers girlfriend caught it (we slightly planned that). I have a lot of girlfriends who are shamelessly single and proud of it so they all thought it was silly. Even my shyest friend got out there. I’m 26 and H is 31 and it’s been about every wedding we’ve been to.

My florist included a toss bouquet complementary so that is what my mom carried down the aisle when she escorted me and the during the ceremony we did anniversary dance and my husbands grandparents had been married the longest so I gave it to them. Pictures from both things are great!

Definitely not doing the bouquet toss or the garter toss. I can't imagine anyone will care at all.

I did it because I love the tradition and everyone else enjoyed it, but there's nothing wrong with skipping it!!

I plan on doing a bouquet toss but am thinking about passing on the garter toss..

I was going to skip it, but the venue has a gorgeous balcony to do it from. So it's an excuse to go up there. We are going to just ask everyone to go catch it instead of the single people. The bouquet is made from harry potter paper roses and we have a bunch of Harry Potter fans, so they might just like to have it.

Eh, I haven't seen it done in years. I definitely won't be doing it and really don't think it's needed

I've always loved the bouquet toss, but everyone I know is already married and I don't think we will have anyone to catch it. I am planning to skip it for now. I've heard of people giving it to their grandmother or to winners of an anniversary dance.

My wedding is still a while away so I have not made a decision but I have considered playing the shoe game or anniversary games instead.

Shoe game- Bride and Groom sit back to back and hold one of each shoes. They are then read a series of questions and must raise the shoe of the person the question pertains to. (example: Who is the better cook?)

Anniversary game- all married couples join you on the dance floor and dance to a slow song. It would be announced that those married for longer than 5 years and keep going up until you find the couple married for the longest and then they can be recognized with a bouquet or something.

I'm doing a tiny wedding now but never wanted it to be part of my wedding. It was always my least favorite part.

Our florist package actually includes the throw away bouqet but I have no interest in it, so I'm seeing if they'll switch it out for an extra BM boquet.

We skipped that and the garter toss. Once the dance floor opened up that was all anyone did all night...no one said anything to myself or my family about why we didn't do one either.

The bouquet toss is fun! But it's your choice.

We didn't have the bouquet/garter toss.

It's not mandatory, but everyone expects it - particularly your older family members as it is American tradition I think it's a nice moment and your guests will enjoy it as much or more than your cake cutting.

We did cake charm pulls which was a reflection of my husband's culture. In Argentina brides don't toss their bouquet. The bride gives a ring and other charms on ribbons to the baker. The baker puts them under the bottom layer of the cake. During the reception all of the single ladies circle around the cake and pull on a ribbon and whoever pulls the wedding band is next to marry.

I attached a picture of my cake with our pink ribbons.

We skipped it. But because we didn't get the tossing bouquet the florist gave us the travel fee free of charge! Win win!!

We skipped it. We had a small destination wedding & honestly besides my cousins who ate late teens, early 20s, everyone else is married or engaged so we skipped the bouquet & garter tossed