What NOT to do at/for your wedding (Spinoff from Cheapskate Nik's Post)

-Don't have a ton of alcohol and no solid food. I like to call that, "The Wedding Where I Puked in a Tent."

- Receiving lines are slow torturous death for your guests. For the love of kittens, let them get a cold drink and a seat, not stand in line for half an hour to make awkward chitchat with your mom.

Seriously. We were bumping into stuff because we could not see anything.

-Do not have your wedding/reception outdoors without a BACK-UP PLAN. Truly, they had storms, hail, wind, etc.....and guests could not seek shelter because they did not have anything planned.

-Do not have a port-a-potty. Find a venue or something with restrooms. People are decked out to come to your wedding, and you give them a port-a-potty. Furthermore, don't just give them one.

@Penguin - are you sure you were at a wedding? lol

- Don't have your family members be taking down the reception while your guests are still there.

- Do send thank you cards for your gifts. I get extremely pissed without them. I wasted money on a gift and likely wasted my day attending your wedding. You could send me a damn card.

- Do not make your guests stand out in the heat or extremem cold just because you had a vision of wanting your wedding outside and failed to take into consideration the season.

- Do be on time, unless its an emergency. I hate waiting and honestly it makes me want to leave.

- Do not make your guests pay for juice, water and soda, especially while greeting them in your $6,000 wedding dress

-Do not charge your guests "admission" by asking them to contribute to the wedding.

Not sure on that. They had vows...they had rings...it must've been a circus minus the animals.

- Do not spend money on frills like a caricature artist, then freak about the budget later and start trying to cut drinks.

Do not have your wedding on the Friday of a 3 day holiday weekend at three PM and not provide alcohol for your guests. If you are going to take up their whole weekend, help them live it up.

Future Mrs. S.- My FH has advised me that when they say "you may kiss your bride" he is going to tackle me and lick my face. Is that inappropriate?

Oh my god! that is great! only because this is my first (and only) wedding and I have never attended any other weddings. So keep em coming!

@Future Mrs. S, lol what kind of first dance did you see! Sounds like it was quite a show!

- Don't make a huge stink about starting the wedding on time and then start the wedding an impressive 1.5 hrs late, some of your guests aren't mind readers and don't know what "fashionably late" translates to in actual time.

- Don't use a full size cake for your centerpiece at each table unless you are okay with a lot of half eaten cakes.

Oh but on a brighter note: DO serve mimosas during cocktail hour if you are having your wedding ceremony at 10:30 AM on a Sunday mmmm they made it all worth it =).

Don't go off to bar hop for 2 hours leaving your guests with nothing to do but drink. Especially if the caterer is only expecting you to be gone for 1 hour and is forced to serve your guests before you return so the food won't get ruined.

Don't have an all polka band.

I know it's hard because there is so much going that day but make an honest effort to say hi to all your guests... and their dates. I went to a wedding where the Bride didn't say one word to me or Fh and he was a GM, untill the after party (after she had opened the card loaded with cash that FH and I gave them as a wedding gift)You never know who's going to blow your mind with an awsome gift don't make them regret it because thy felt ignored by you at the wedding!

Again DON'T rent a porta potty!

And make sure your veggitarians have food to eat

And this is the most important one of all! Don't run out of booze! FYI if you are having 200 people at your reception 2 kegs and 4 cases of wine ARE NOT ENOUGH!!!!!!! You will run out of booze a good hour or more before the reception is over, and it makes people wanna leave and go to the bar or ggo home and take a nap.

@Pumkin's Sunsine- your comment about your FH tackling you to the ground and licking your face...That's totally something my FH would do, he hasn't mentioned it, and i'm def not going to mention it to him. But it's something he'd totally do at random. lol. we gotta love our boys!

@Future Mrs. S, Why on earth would you need anything besides alcohol? :-)

Pumpkin, you could ask your officiant to say, "Pumpkin, you may now kiss your groom!" That will surprise him enough that you can escape with just a kiss.

He's Pumpkin, I'm Sunshine. But not a bad idea.

In reality I'm going to tell his mom. He knows his mom will beat him if he does it so if she says no, we are good. Sad but true.

@Lynsie - LOVE the weather one, that is SO true!

Don't force your guests to eat like you do; if you want to only eat raw organic locally grown baby fern sprouts, great. Don't make 150 other guests do that too.

Don't make people play games during the wedding.

Don't schedule your ceremony hours before your reception so your guests have nothing to do in between.

Don't think that everyone at your wedding will think the screaming, crying two year old is cute.

Don't think that just cause it's not raining it's appropriate to have your ceremony outside; extreme heat and cold are just as unpleasant as rain is.

Don't be late. Don't let anyone in your bridal party or family be late.

Don't forget your license!!

Don't lose your sense of humor....