Wedding garter tradition

View Quoted Comment The football is one I’ve never heard of. We’re not doing the garter or the bouquet toss.. for one the garter is cringy and secondly most of the female attendees are either married, widowed of divorced. Marrying in your 50’s does have some interesting nuances lol

I'm not even planning on wearing a garter. Not something I'm interested in doing. I'll do a bouquet toss but definitely no to the garter.

I'm not fond of how wierd and wild people get with a garter toss. It gets trashy...but you can certainly do one and have it be calmer and more classy. I'm only wearing one garter...I'm not doing the toss...but I like the traditional idea of wearing one.

I hate it. I might as well give my husband a lap dance in front of my parents. That's just too much for me and I'm not even a prude. If it were just my friends at my wedding then I probably would, but having my husband feel up my thigh or worse with his teeth (which I've seen) in front of my grandma feels wrong.

Me and my fiancé have agreed to skip the garter toss and bouquet toss.. Our family is really religious and also kids will be there so it would have been very uncomfortable anyways!

I’m going for it . I feel as it’s okay just don’t do too much with it makes it awkward.

Not doing it! To me that has always been an awkward tradition and not something I would be ok with. I will probably skip the bouquet toss as well because I don’t want to reck my bouquet. The best thing about your day is that it is yours. You can incorporate or skip traditions and all that matters is that you’re happy.

Personally it is not for me. Very few of my guests are married and even less really want to do traditional things outside of the ceremony. On my side of it, just not wild about my man’s throwing my clothing at his guy friends. It’s weird.

It's uncomfortable for everyone involved. It's a no for me.

I dont care about tradition at all. Even as a kid when fantasizing about weddings I never even pictured it. For me its cringy and just not something I want kids or family members experiencing. For me it seems the tradition was invented by someone drunk lol

Before even reading the comments I knew most were going to say how cringy it is and they don’t like it but I personally love it. My sister did it at her wedding and it was hilarious, not awkward. Seeing her husband who has trouble walking sit on her like he was going to give her a lap dance and just put on a comically sexy show is the best kind of cheesy. If you want to do it, go for it!

Do It !!!!

I'm bot really sure

I always loved garter tosses. maybe I will not do it but I love it. It is really fun to watch.

Definitely skipping it super cringy…the weddings I’d been to, the groom dances over to the bride…first cringy part cuz most can’t dance/don’t dance…then when they are trying to get it off your just waiting like 😐…cringe cringe cringe

I fully plan on wearing one but not doing the traditional garter toss or bouquet toss! We just don’t have that many single friends and my future hubby gets a little shy around larger groups of people.

The garter toss has been a long-standing tradition and I don't think anyone would be offended. Besides, it will be your husband, not your fiance to remove it. While the meaning behind the tradition has changed, it's all in good fun. The groom will remove the garter from underneath the bride's gown (with his hands or teeth) and toss it into the crowd. The garter toss is very similar to the bouquet toss. The bachelor that catches the garter is believed to be married next. Less risque if uses his hands rather than his teeth.

View Quoted Comment I agree. This tradition had been around for a long time. I recall my parents doing it at their wedding and I'm 50. It's a choice, not a requirement.

Emily, I’m choosing to omit the garter toss at my wedding because I didn’t like the idea of all my and my fiancé’s guests seeing him beneath my dress. You suggested the football alternative, but there are so many options you can do in place of the “traditional” garter toss. If that’s what you and your fiancé want to do, of course, by all means, do it. Your wedding is about the two of you, you should do what you want. I would maybe suggest taking a look at what the garter toss represents and see if that’s something you really want to promote at your own wedding.

Im skipping it. I find it to be trashy. but one side of my family is usually so drunk by that time of a wedding they have made it a skaney event at the last couple of weddings.