Unplugged Wedding Wording

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Agreed!

Omg, people taking pictures with tablets in the middle of a wedding... my goodness haha

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Who even thinks to bring a tablet to a wedding is my question haha

I honestly love it a lot! I don’t understand how it can be condensending to people. WHEN PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW NOT TO HAVE THEIR PHONES OUT ANYWAY DURING THE CEREMONY. This is why you are hiring a photgrapher. Bride and grooms pay thousands of dollars for photographers. They are not cheap! And for someone’s pink big iPad to be in a beautiful picture is a little rude. However, For the cocktail hour and reception have at it with the phone. I personally like your rhyme!

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It sets the mood for the rest of the day in my opinion!

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My FH and I discussed with the photographer (for a cheaper price) to be at the reception up until the special dances are over. At that point, the best pictures you get are from your guests. It was cost effective! I want my guests to pay attention during the important part, and the ceremony is where the most romantic pictures are taken.

View Quoted Comment I love this! Did you buy this somewhere or did you DIY it?

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I like it and I may borrow it for my sign!

View Quoted Comment I think the rhyme is cute

View Quoted Comment Agreed. I know so many older people who are addicted to their phone and then try to talk smack about the younger generation

View Quoted Comment Oh god. People taking pictures on Tablets block the view for so many people. Just no...lol.

As far as proofing your wording, I would change the word I'm into we're. The message is from both of you and you use we throughout the rest of it so I think it fits better. I also prefer the last line as "so put down your camera's..." rather than "so put your camera's down..."


Personally I think the wording overall reads a bit like I'm being talked down to but if you want to go with rhyming then that's how it is.

Personally, not a fan of rhyming as it comes across as juvenile to me but, I do love unplugged ceremonies. We've asked our officiant to briefly address the crowd before the ceremony begins asking them to turn their devices off at our request. We also have a line in our programs requesting an unplugged ceremony.

I'm beyond shocked how many people feel offended at a rhyme as an adult.

Anyways

It's your wedding. I personally like the sign (rhyming or not). It is seemed as whimsical, not childish.

Most of the signs you see online are of a rhyme.

But if you are feeling the pressure from those who are commenting about it feeling childish, then a simple "Welcome to our unplugged ceremony" or "Let our photographers handle the photos. Just sit back and enjoy the ceremony" would be fine.

I'm not having a program, and I feel like it's a movie, school, or church when someone stands in front of others and the first words are "put away your phones", no matter how gentle it's stated. There it seems a little rough as an adult to hear.

This is the exact reason I won’t be posting anything I actually care about getting advice on. I will only be asking factual questions, because I think it’s so disgusting that other brides are going to make you feel insecure about your wedding day ...the best day of your life, because they wouldn’t do that at their wedding. I get if it’s an offensive post or inappropriate that you would comment negatively, but you should just keep your mouth shut and not comment if you’re not gonna say something that is positive or useful to the bride if it’s about something like this... this isn't politics.. its a wedding forum

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Thank you so much. I'm just here for advice, not to get an earful about how it's not what someone else would do. This has been happening to me a lot lately with forum discussions. I think I'm going to stop posting for a few months. It's sad that we are supposed to be building each other up on here, but a good majority just tear others down.

View Quoted Comment Am I missing something? OP literally asked what people thought about the wording and people gave feedback. Surely it's not productive to only give positive comments when someone asks for feedback? People weren't rude just honest about how the wording came across to them. That's why a lot of people use the forums, to get honest feedback rather than the unhelpful positive responses from people in their lives.

People posting in the forums are generally pretty good at responding appropriately to what is asked of them. If someone posts a thread asking for opinions on dresses they're choosing between, people will comment things like one dress makes them look bigger and isn't as flattering etc. If that person had posted saying they were so happy they had bought their dress then nobody would say it wasn't flattering, they would say congratulations and compliment the aspects they like. This is no different. If OP asks what people think of her wording then people will tell her because they assume she genuinely wants to know. If she came on here posting that she'd made her unplugged ceremony sign and was happy with how it turned out then people would say great job and compliment the design etc because it's already done. Basically you get what you ask for*

*Excluding clear etiquette breaches. Then people will still try to change your mind because it actually matters

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I totally agree.. people have been nice to me so far, and I was so excited, but the I started seeing things like what people are doing to you and there's no way I'd feel comfortable asking advice on something now.. or I'll be ready to ignore at least.. just sad that of all the places to go be rude on the internet, some people choose this.

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She asked for advice on WORDING of the rhyme.. the rhyme being a rhyme wasn't up for debate.. and yes it is rude to say she doesn't care about her guests and is being childish and condescending over something that was clearly not intentionally that way.. people saying they wouldn't personally isn't the same as " That's so condescending and childish" but again, The rhyme itself wasn't the question. it was grammar of the rhyme

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I couldn't have said it any better.

Are you having a program? While I’m not having an unplugged ceremony, I’m putting a note in our program about being considerate of the professional photographer and videographer by not standing in front of them. I’m not sure of wording yet but our photographer asked us to do so.