Did it go by too fast?

[FleurDeJewelry]

I swear, after planning and planning, I felt like my four hour reception, flew by and I got ripped off. Anybody else feel like this? Or was it just me?

[ladymelissa]

It went by fairly quickly, but I wouldn't say I felt ripped off. It was a lovely event.

[shawnsgirl]

We won't have our wedding until Sept 1st. But, every wedding I have been in or attended the day has always gone by fast. I expect it to fly bye, I can't say though I would feel ripped off. I'm sure as much fun as we'll have I will be happy knowing that we're married and we'll have a wonderful wedding night and honeymoon to follow!

[katieandalex]

It went by fairly quickly, but I wouldn't say I felt ripped off. It was a lovely event.

I agree. I said that I was going to go to our reception and we were going to have a blast. And thats just what we did. I said, if anyone wants to talk to me, they need to come out on the dance floor because that is where I'll be all night...and I was. I had a great time, and I'm very pleased with how everything turned out...and I think our guests would have been bored if we would of done the reception for an additional hour (though our reception was supposed to end at 9:30pm and the DJ didn't stop playing until almost 11pm because some many people were requesting songs! LOL!

[NicksBride]

Now I can answer this question and I can safetly say it was PERFECT. It went by really fast sure, but I took time to stop and look around and say to Nick "This is our wedding"

[Doglover]

i loved the day, it went perfect. But it did fly by! And i was sad when it was over and didn't want to take my dress off.

[tiffany.marlene]

Our wedding and reception FLEW by! I didn't feel ripped off, though. I try to think back and remember little details, and it went by so fast that it sometimes feels like it didn't really happen! LOL

[4424]

all i can say is thank god for pictures and video! the day was a blur. i loved every second of it but it did go by fast. by no means did i feel ripped off though, everything was perfect!

[ekewer]

yes it went super fast..

[Smashingpennies]

YES! it goes by fast. I do not feel ripped off, but there were things that I wish had gone diffrent. Our reception was from 6:00-9:00 and they kicked us out at about 8:30, I wish we had let them have their birdseed and bubble line and just walked around the building and came back in and finished what we had wanted to do. We also didn't get to eat much at the reception, and ended up going to burger king to get something to eat in our wedding attire. We had to drive around for about half an hour as we were early for check in at the hotel where we had our honeymoon reservations. We also had an issue with the photographer, she was my mother in laws best friend and she was used to doing school pictures and wanted to break out into doing wedding pictures. I disliked most of the pictures she took of us and she was also the reason that we did not get to eat much of anything. Remember it is your day and do not be afraid to speak up. We both should have said we have had enough pictures, but we didn't want to hurt my mother in laws feelings.

[Doglover]

i didn't eat a darn thing. A few bites of cake. Nothing tasted right until AFTER the wedding was over. I guess bc of nerves. DH's aunt who married us was like "have you eaten anything" and i said no but i would and she said "oh so your just drinking champagne and not eating?" and i said "yes but i will eat in a lil bit" and she kept saying well we need to get you something to eat.blablablaaaaaaaaaaa.

[ger]

Our day went by really fast...and although there were a lot of things that didn't happen the way we wanted it too, it was a good day. I wish we would have gotten married on the boat...I wish we wouldn't have forgotten the toasting flutes...I wish the other couple hadn't taken off for over 2 hours...I wish for several things that we had planned for that didn't happen...but what did happen was a lot of fun.

I'm so glad we listened to everyone that said to take time to take it all in. And I'm VERY glad we took the time to eat. The girls made us plates and brought them to the head table and we all sat at the same time and ate. AND the best part of the whole day....I AM MARRIED!!! to the BEST man on the face of the earth!

[Mrs.Gittins]

My Wedding day flewwwwwwww... I never even got a chancet to get a slice of our cake. I was amazed at how fast a 45 minute wedding ceremony can seem like 5 minutes. :bbeek:

[Doglover]

our ceremony was only like 15 min. lol. It went by sooo fast. The reception too.

[ger]

I was amazed at how fast a 45 minute wedding ceremony can seem like 5 minutes. :bbeek:

I was the opposite..Our 15 minute ceremony seemed like 45. I was so surprised when one of my co-workers told me our ceremony lasted exactly 15 minutes. The rest of the day flew by however!!!

[gennymac]

If there are any tips or 'wish I'd done it this way' ideas on how to really relax and enjoy the day, please drop a line here. My first wedding went by so fast I don't remember much of it and I don't want that to happen this time. I also don't want to make the ceremony so long that my guests are bored to tears. We are bouncing around some indeas on how to maybe do something interactive with the guests during the ceremony - any thoughts?

Any ideas or comments would be wildly appreciated on this one.

Gen

[ChibiAiChan]

Hi I'm new to the forum (my sister REALLY wanted me to join cuz she said the people were REALLY nice here. BTW: my sister is NekoChanPurr!). My name is Daniele and I was married Aug 19th 2006! I am very happy~ Our wedding and reception went by super fast but it was really fun too. I loved being surrounded by my family and friends, it was a wonderful time. We were married were my husband, Sean, proposed to me, Frankenmuth, MI. The only thing that slightly sucked was that I had a really hard time eatting, I don't know if it was my dress/bra or nerves! Its okay though because Sean got me a pizza later that night. All in all I had a wonderful wedding/reception and the honeymoon was great too! Wonderful meeting everyone, by the way.

[kevinsbride2B]

I couldn't belive how fast the morning went by! I woke up at like 530 in the morning and it was midnight before I knew it.
But one that I'm really thiankful for is that after 16 months of planning a wedding I took the time on my day to stap and appreciate it. Soem of my friends and family must have wondered what I was doing because there are pictures of me just standing looking ahead and just thinking. I totally appreciated the day.

[shawnsgirl]

I couldn't believe how fast the day went...We started getting hair done at 8 we all got done around 11..I ate some lunch which well didn't last too long and boom it was two and my photographer we there..The rest of the day went even faster..The only thing to really drag was the ride to the church in the limo bus..lol..Either way the entire day flew by.. I almost cried when DH helped me to take my dress off. Either way it was all worth it in the end...I'll never forget when shawn and I had our first dance as husband and wife he told me I was to most beautiful bride ever!! I'll never forget it!

[TrulyWed]

Yes it does go by VERY quickly. I didn't feel ripped off at all it was just a lot of fun, and time sure does fly when you're having fun!. So much fun in fact me and my husband have made a promise to do it again on our 10 year anniversary!:p

[heatherh321]

I have already said that i AM eating at my reception. $2000 on food, I better get some! We have decided to have our own little food table behind the bridal party table.

Any suggestions on how to do the reception-like should you rush through the dances, toasts, garter throw, etc and get the party started ASAP? Or spread it out? I want to have a good time!

[ger]

We made sure to eat at our reception too. Because of all the good info from the nice people on this board, we had decided to have a couple of the girls working in the kitchen have the "job" of making sure we ate. They brought us each a plate...and then found us and told us it was on the table. We all sat down at the same time and ate.

We did things all at the beginning...but only because the other bride and groom left for a time. It worked out OK. It also gave the guests the opportunity to see all that stuff before it got to late (we had quite a few kids at our wedding).

[Qtlilone22]

I am very afraid that we are not going to get to enjoy the day! I hope it doesn't go by so fast. I am looking forward to it and can't wait for it to get here!! :rassberry:

[orchidbride]

Having already been there and done that and with two cousins weddings recently completed I would like to make the following suggestions.
1. Complete the ceremony
2. Official photo session
3. Reception line
4. Unity candle ceremony if applicable
5. Meal
6. Speeches
7. Cake cutting
8. Bouquet throwing
9. Garter
10. First dance
11. Let the party begin

There are some caveats here - if you are going to have a long photo session with guests not involved just hanging around with nothing to do then I would suggest some finger food and drinks are served. I've been to weddings where I 've spent hours hanging around for the photos to be completed so I have tried to avoid this in every wedding I've had anything to do with.

If you have a signing in book DO NOT PUT IT ON THE END OF YOUR RECEPTION LINE. It holds up the traffic no end. I tried to tell my cousin this but she insisted that she wanted the guest to sign the book as they came throug the line. It soon became obvious that this was not working. We moved the guest along and advised them to sign the book at their leisure during the evening.

I don't know what type of reception you are having. We usually have the head table served first that way the bride and groom are fed first. You might find that you're too excited to eat. Have the caterers prepare plates for you and your husband to take with you when you leave. Believe me when I say you'll be hungry later on.

I hope that this is helpful and wish you well.

Miriam

[shawnsgirl]

HE HE..DH and I still talk about this! We were very clear with our DJ on the timeline of our wedding reception and unfortunately he didn't listen to us. We ended up doing somethings back to back and it was very frustrating!!! We had time to eat though and visit with guests, we were just pulled away! Make sure to leave at least a half hour 45 minutes at the least for the meal depending on how it is served. Where we had our reception did more than an amazing job! I just couldn't have been more impressed. They served us like royality and kept making sure everything was no less than perfect. Even asked me if the lighting suited and if we were ready to have the lights turned low!! lol! Anyhow, our supper went by pretty fast since they had plenty of servers. We had a table just for me Shawn and the boys and we were able to sit and eat with the kids. I think we just did an estimate with the timeline and told the DJ after we finish eating we'll cut the cake..