Receiving line

[Kacie_bride]

I was just wondering how many people are planning to do a receiving line and who all are you including in it?

[ikkin510]

We are planning on doing a recieving line. It will be us, our parents and the BM and MOH. From what I have read, that is who most people have in their lines.

[LaceyinPgh]

We are doing one too. WE are doing it after the ceremony as people leave the church. It is just oging ot be Sean and I, his parents, my mom and dad, and our honor attendants. I have been to weddings though where the whole wedding party is in the line. That is just a waste of time.

[MOB Karen]

We are doing one too. WE are doing it after the ceremony as people leave the church. It is just oging ot be Sean and I, his parents, my mom and dad, and our honor attendants. I have been to weddings though where the whole wedding party is in the line. That is just a waste of time.

Why?......

[WhiskeyGirl]

We did our receiving line right after the ceremony and included our whole wedding party and ourselves and our parents. It was slow moving but hey, what else would our bridal party have been doing!!?? My day my way!! lol

[MOB Karen]

We did our receiving line right after the ceremony and included our whole wedding party and ourselves and our parents. It was slow moving but hey, what else would our bridal party have been doing!!?? My day my way!! lol

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[Kacie_bride]

Since we are having a large number of people I am thinking of just having Justin and I and our parents.

[Amber818]

Nope we aren't doing one! I do not want anything slowing down getting to the booze and food ;)! The way I see it I can mingle and thank everyone at the reception.

[MOB Karen]

Nope we aren't doing one! I do not want anything slowing down getting to the booze and food ;)! The way I see it I can mingle and thank everyone at the reception.




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[Valmai]

wedding we just went to had the bride and groom, and both their sets of parents, wasn't too bad then just speaking to 6 people, then the Bestman and Chief BM were by the seating plan helping people to be seated.
Valmai xxx

[LaceyinPgh]

Why?......
Sean's sister's recieiving line had the bridal party in it (6 people total) then had the bride and groom and both sets of parents, it took over 90 minutes. That 90 minutes ate into the reception and bar time. My best friends recieiving line had the entire bridal party in it too. Again, it was the 6 bridal party memebers, the bride and groom, and the parents. Again it took over an hour. Same deal it ate intot he reception time.

Frankly I hate when I am in a wedding and forced to stand there having to talk to total strangers that I know don't give a **** to talk to me. I hate being at weddings where I have to make small talk with every member of the wedding party including the groom's drunk frat brother, the brides bitchy cousin, and great aunt Ethel.

If it were up to me I wouldn't have one at all. But, it is either have one or spend half of my receptions walking around personally talking to everyone. Oh, and I absolutely detest to be touched by people or to have to shake hands.

[MOB Karen]

Oh, and I absolutely detest to be touched by people or to have to shake hands.

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[Shawna Bride]

We did a recieving line with both sets of parents and us. I regret doing the recieving line to be honest. We spent almost the whole cocktail hour in it, and missed out on all the martini's, and appetizers. I wish we just didn't do it, and said hello to everyone by visiting the table.
This is one of the only things I would change about my wedding.

[Jenn060306]

I think we are just going to have us and our parents. So that will be 8 cause Mark's parents are divorced. I am dreading it taking forever. So maybe it might just be Mark and I. Who knows. Honestly.... we haven't talked toooo much about.

[Kacie_bride]

That is my worry that it will eat up too much time because we will have about 200+ guests. I know I will not include the whole wedding party because I have 5 attendants and so does Justin and that would be way to long! The reason I am thinking of doing it is because of the large number of guest. I don't know if I would be able to make it around to everyone and thank them for coming. I know I could do an announcement, but I want to thank everyone personally.

[WhiskeyGirl]

If you are worried about time, make sure to allocate a block of time for it. Ours took about 45 minutes with us, 6 bridal party members and four parents and about 120 guests. And we still had plenty of time for everything else in the day! We set aside 45 minutes in the day knowing that there would be nothing else that we could do in that time. We didn't try to cram a whole days worth of events into a small time from. We got married at 12 noon, cermony was over at 12:30. Then recieving line and small finger foor reception with champagne in the hangar (where we were married) then while everyone was mingling and drinking and eating, the family members and wedding party went and took pictures on the farm. From there they packed the flowers up and went to the hotel for the "real" reception. And the bridal party went for more pictures at the studio.

So anyhow, the moral of the story is, that if you make time and stretch your day in length a little, you don't have to worry about running into cocktail time. You just have to plan ahead a little! :)

[bnd94]

Our ceremony will be private so no receiving line. I doubt we will have much of a reception either.

But I was just thinking......I know you do a receiving line to thank everyone for coming but then why do you send a thank you note to everyone doing the same thing all over again after the wedding? Maybe I missed something. I know you ladies will straighten me out. :bblol:

[WhiskeyGirl]

Our ceremony will be private so no receiving line. I doubt we will have much of a reception either.

But I was just thinking......I know you do a receiving line to thank everyone for coming but then why do you send a thank you note to everyone doing the same thing all over again after the wedding? Maybe I missed something. I know you ladies will straighten me out. :bblol:

Informal thank you - recieving line

Formal thank you- thank you card

Thats what I would think and most times recieving lines are used to congratulate the Bride and Groom.

[andysgirl07]

I don't think we are going to do a receiving line - we haven't talked about it too much either. After the ceremony, I want us to go ahead and cut the cake so we can get pics. Then have the guests eat while everyone else goes back upstairs for pictures of me and Andrew together with the parents and bridal party. So if we do have a receiving line, it will probably just be me and Andrew (with parents, it would be an added 6 people) while we're all leaving the church for the bouquet and garter toss. But I'm like Lacey too - I hate making small talk and getting touched!

[usahgrad]

We're kind of cheating on our receiving line. Once Jason and I arrive at the reception, that will be when dinner begins, so we're going to station ourselves right at the buffet table and catch people as they come to get their food, just the two of us. That way, no one stands and talks to us for a really long time but we still get to talk to everyone at least once because, despite any attempts she might make, there is no way my Aunt Marge is going to get me to "mingle" in my wedding dress and shoes. I'm going to have fun at the reception (after dinner of course!) We figured we'd stick something in there but make sure to keep it short and sweet so it wasn't a hassle for anyone. Hopefully the idea works as well in reality as it does in my head! :)

[WebLady]

I think that is the best way to go Kelli. I see ALOT of weddings with long drawn out receiving lines ... I also see the people at the back of the line dreading having to go through the line to get to the food ;)

But if you do decide to have a receiving line, I don't think the whole wedding party needs to be there. Usually it is just the parents, the bride and groom and (if any of the wedding party) the BM and MOH.

[bnd94]

We're kind of cheating on our receiving line. Once Jason and I arrive at the reception, that will be when dinner begins, so we're going to station ourselves right at the buffet table and catch people as they come to get their food, just the two of us. That way, no one stands and talks to us for a really long time but we still get to talk to everyone at least once because, despite any attempts she might make, there is no way my Aunt Marge is going to get me to "mingle" in my wedding dress and shoes. I'm going to have fun at the reception (after dinner of course!) We figured we'd stick something in there but make sure to keep it short and sweet so it wasn't a hassle for anyone. Hopefully the idea works as well in reality as it does in my head! :)

Kelli I think that sounds like a great plan.

[usahgrad]

Thanks guys...that makes me feel so much better about it! I was so afraid it was going to seem tacky. Of course, I don't care enough to change it, but still, the fear was there! :)