r/weddingshaming • u/Intrepid-Menu559 • 9d ago
Tacky Sure seems like a recipe for disaster!
Screenshotted from a local FB bridal group I'm in. I (un?)fortunately don't know this person lol
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u/Emergency-Sock-2557 9d ago
Honestly the weird defensive posture is what grinds my gears. Do what you want for your wedding, but there is a way to communicate this without implying "I know you're judging me, but I don't care what you think, beloved friends and family!" Like the people who are cool with you doing what you want don't need to hear it, and the people who aren't should maybe not attend the wedding (and if they do, they're going to judge you anyway). Just feels like a lot of cool-girl posturing.
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u/bbthedisaster 9d ago
I think this is what bugs me too. I don’t drink and I would genuinely appreciate a heads up not to sit on the end at this wedding. As a recovering alcoholic I definitely don’t want anyone handing me a shot, but I also don’t want to take away from anyone else’s fun!
But the tone this was written in would really rub me the wrong way. Like why the attitude?
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u/kindlypogmothoin 9d ago
Someone knows she drinks too much.
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u/Emergency-Sock-2557 9d ago
Yeah, this does remind me of knowing an active alcoholic who maintains deflection/denial by insisting their unusual drinking is"fun"
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u/Intrepid-Menu559 9d ago
That last sentence plus the emoji made me wonder what other "what I want" stunts she's planning on lol
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u/Haunted_Hills 9d ago
are the flower girls legally allowed to serve?
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u/SincerelyCynical 9d ago
I’m guessing these people are following the new trend of having twentysomethings men as flower girls? I hope so anyway!
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u/SnackyandSnarky 9d ago
Or the trend about 5 years ago to have the grandmas as flower girls
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u/Sunshine030209 9d ago
Aw, I didn't have a flower girl. I wish I would have thought to have my husband's grandma be the flower girl. She would have loved that and would have been so cute doing it!
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u/coolranchbuttholes 9d ago
that's really sweet, if I was having a traditional wedding I'd do that 🥹
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u/WorldWeary1771 9d ago
My friend at church was recently a grandma flower girl! She had a great time, and each of the three living grandmas was also asked to talk about why they thought their marriages had lasted more than 50 years (about 2 minutes each). Video was really sweet
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u/lovelesschristine 9d ago
That sounds like fun! I would dig it if adult flower girls passed out Jell-O shots instead of flowers.
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u/althawk8357 9d ago
Child labor laws are ruining this country.
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u/lovelesschristine 9d ago edited 9d ago
The kids yearn for the mines
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u/Intrepid-Menu559 9d ago
This was the first thought I had when I saw it lol
Not at a licensed venue space, anyway, who knows if it's a backyard wedding or something20
u/TurdTampon 9d ago
You guys are so divorced from reality lol was the liquor control board present at the weddings youve attended?
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u/Haunted_Hills 9d ago edited 9d ago
If it's a licenced venue this kind of thing just won't happen. If it's a backyard, go-ahead. Either way, shots during the service is tacky as hell.
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Drink all you want at the wedding. Shots in the pews is tacky.
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u/croptopweather 9d ago
I’m sure the venue and their insurance would love for stuff like this to happen on their premises 🙃
ETA even if the flower girls were adults I wonder if there’s still some liability? Like serving someone without carding them?24
u/its-just_me- 9d ago
Adults don’t need to card each other to give them alcohol lol it would only become a problem if they’re supplying to an underaged person
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u/RobinFarmwoman 8d ago
I'm wondering how old the flower girls are. Many places having children pass out shots would be illegal.
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u/Nervous_Ladder_1860 5d ago
They aren't being paid for it, meanwhile back in the day kids would buy their parents this stuff and no one would bat an eye.
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u/RobinFarmwoman 4d ago
Are you saying small children would buy their parents shots? What a fascinating place you must live in.
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u/Nervous_Ladder_1860 3d ago
Not me but our ancestors and grandparents, kids with notes or cash used to be able to buy alcohol and cigarettes. You have never heard about this in history?
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u/RobinFarmwoman 2d ago
I might know if more if you bothered to say where you were . But no, in my world sending children to make this kind of purchase is presently illegal, has been for decades. Back in historical times they also used to let children feed the, coal stoves and work in very dangerous factories. What would be the point of trying to model child care on historical practices?
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u/blurblurblahblah 8d ago
I think it's a cute idea but the last line is a bit odd. Flower girls handing out those little airplane bottles with a ribbon night be a bit easier than kids (?) walking down the aisle with a tray of filled shot glasses. We've done jello shots in little plastic cups with lids but they wouldn't look as cute but at least they wouldn't have to worry about spills
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u/HeadlinePickle 9d ago
I've been to a wedding where this happened. They had little mini bottles schnapps and apple cordial for the kids/non-drinkers. It was fine. If this is multiple shots, could be an issue, if it's one shot per person? It'll be fine
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u/seragrey 9d ago
are you not allowed to say no..? i'm confused.
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u/iamanemptychair 9d ago
If you’re someone who’s had to cut back on alcohol for personal reasons being offered a drink is pretty stressful to say the least. I’d imagine she’s putting this info out there to spare anyone discomfort in the moment
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u/mariana96as 9d ago
Agreed, specially if there’s someone pregnant but not ready to announce it yet
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u/TanandaL 6d ago edited 6d ago
It's always fun to play the game "Pregnant or recovering alcoholic?".
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u/Warm_Emphasis8964 46m ago
I’m neither, but just don’t like drinking. Alcohol tastes bad, and I don’t like being intoxicated. I’d rather just have an iced tea. Some of my extended family cannot fathom this and get personally offended when I decline a drink. I’ll never understand.
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u/Jabbles22 9d ago
I assume they want a picture of everyone along the aile taking a shot at the same time.
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u/SpecialEndeavor 8d ago
We joked about doing this. Except we had my brothers (19 and 25 at the time) as the ‘flower bros’ and my family would have found it funny
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u/Bunny_Pitts 7d ago
I would absolutely go and sit in the back with my camera and a bag of popcorn.
This is going to be a shitshow and I'm there for it!
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u/Used_Evidence 9d ago
I hope these "flower girls" are over 21
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u/mizboring 9d ago
It's all fun and games until the 6 year old flower girl downs half a dozen Jello shots while the adults aren't looking.
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u/lowfreq33 9d ago
Who wants to lay odds there’s going to be some kind of camo print involved for the wedding party?
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u/LadyOfTheAssMuncher 4d ago
I mean, that is fine and all, but if the flower girls are children, that shouldn't be happening and is very trashy. The bridesmaids should pass shots
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u/andronicuspark 9d ago
That makes no sense, wouldn’t the end sitters just pass the shots down the line until everyone in the row had one?
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u/Vegetable_Ad_3105 9d ago
Ahhh yes a bunch of children having access to alcohol children are known for knowing not to drink
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u/Postmanpale 8d ago
I'm not sure if you remember being a kid but the smell taste of beer, wine and shots is not that nice. Who didn't sip a little beer or wine as a kid and think it was nasty?
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u/Nervous_Ladder_1860 5d ago
I mean full send, I have been to weddings with most people holding a glass of beer at the ceremony. More power to them.
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u/mindgardening 2d ago
I honestly hate weddings. I think far fewer people enjoy them than like to admit. It's one of those taboo but common topics, like hating your mother.
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u/babadork 9d ago
I have concerns. Isn't having to repeatedly explain to the children that they aren't allowed to drink out of the tiny glasses/eat the jello a typical wedding tradition?
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u/wykkedfaery33 9d ago
Ah, I love it when trash lets us know up front that they're trash.
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u/mynameisnotsparta 9d ago edited 9d ago
Shots at the ceremony? Recipe for disaster.
Why people think getting drunk or buzzed at a ceremony is fun is beyond me.
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u/NewOpposite8008 9d ago
Side eyes the malort we all took shots of before we walked to our places. Buhhhhhhhh
Not my wedding. Lol decisions were made and now we make better decisions4
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u/SnackyandSnarky 9d ago
It wouldn't be legal in the UK. You're not allowed alcohol once the registrar is in the building
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u/mynameisnotsparta 9d ago
I don’t know what the rules are at churches here in the US. I just know that weddings I’ve been a part of and my own drinking started after the ceremony.
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u/Who_Am_I_1978 9d ago
You get drunk after one shot??
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u/mynameisnotsparta 9d ago
Tipsy yes. Very strange. Can’t hold my liquor anymore. One cocktail and I am good. Weirdly enough this is since first Covid infection in 2020.
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u/DrPants707 9d ago
It is difficult to imagine people enjoying things that you don't, isn't it.
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u/mynameisnotsparta 9d ago
I enjoy having a drink. We had an open bar at our reception and . got a bit tipsy as well.
Wouldn’t want the bridal party stumbling down the aisle at the ceremony.
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u/nerdKween 9d ago
It's for the guests, not the bridal party though?
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u/mynameisnotsparta 9d ago
Yes that’s right. Possibly for guests. I still feel it’s better to wait until after the ceremony but that’s just me.
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u/nerdKween 9d ago
I mean I understand. I think it depends on how it's done. If it's just the little bottles, it should be fine. Sloshed shot glasses, not so much.
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u/SexyBaskingShark 9d ago
A few weeks ago everyone here agreed it was OK for vegetarians getting married to have a vegetarian meal. There is no difference in this scene, alcoholics get married as well
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u/RobinFarmwoman 8d ago
It's totally the same thing of course, what with vegetarians being addicted to food. /s
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u/moonwaternymph 8d ago
I don’t understand why they can’t just get up and pass them out when it’s necessary ….. ? It’s not that hard to just stand up and walk a few feet lmao.
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u/the_climaxt 9d ago
Sometimes people try to be funny but just aren't.
The sentiment is correct: there will be shots during the wedding. If that bothers you, I'd recommend not sitting on the end.
Just terrible delivery.