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At this weekend's wedding I would have rather had a cash bar than have to pay for EVERYONE'S beer, which is what I basically ended up doing.

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There's such a thing as a 'money tree'?

Why don't the bride and groom just cut to the chase here--stand next to a sensibly inexpensive slop line instead of wasting money on a fancy buffet, and just aggressively pick the guests' pockets while they're distracted picking up their sporks.

P(Etiquette for the New Century)J

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It's truly wonderful to find someone else who understands the genius that is/was Young MC.

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Well, you are a rich LAW-YUR.

With nice TITS!!

I once attended a wedding that had a dollar dance. After giving your money to either the best man or bridesmaid, you were given a shot of whisky before going off to dance with the bride or groom.

Very classy.

aV

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How could it possibly considered anything but tacky to suggest that the bride, on her wedding day, is willing to sell herself to any and all comers?

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I won't defend this practice too strenuously, but the dollar dance does allow guests some one-on-one time with the bride and groom that may not otherwise be feasible. Doesn't make it not tacky......

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Oh I don't know, given the whole original purpose of marriage in the first place. Wasn't her family just selling her?

I vote tacky, but I can see how people would consider it something else.

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I got roped into a dollar dance with the groom a few years ago. His mother was handing out dollars to everyone in the room. He was seething with anger by the time I got to him. I think it was the one thing he specifically asked NOT happen at his wedding. Prior to that wedding, I'd never seen the practice before.

No sex for you!
 

This meshes rather nicely with the W. Va. wedding thread.

"Get off me pa, you're crushin' my smokes."

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Well who sold/bought whom?

Groom shucks out $4,000 - $25,000 on the ring.

Bride's family supposedly shucks out $5,000 - $50,000 on the wedding/reception.

I like the post from a week or so ago where the comment about the wedding/reception was, "I just bought a Lexus, and drove it into a lake."

Mister(happy to have taken the father-in-law to the cleaners)Ebola

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You pay a buck to dance with the bride. Not to be confused with the Maid of Honor's Five Dollar Fellatio.

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Actually, I've never been to a wedding where this sort of thing happened. Until someone mentioned it here a while back I never knew it existed.

Maybe because most of the weddings I go to are jewish, well that or it is a committment ceremony. Has anyone been to a jewish wedding where someone did this?

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Dance cards do the same thing without the strip-club tenor of the dollar dance.

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And for a freakin' dollar, no less! At least she's not being directly pimped by the groom...

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We received a herd of goats for my sister. And a bunch of other stuff. I kid you not. (heh, heh, a goat pun).

Just dropping by to say that the dollar-dance comments are truly exposing the snobs amongst us.

Last I read, this tradition exists over about 75% of the country. Only wedding I've been to in the last four years - and this counts MN (several), CA, AR, MIA, and Balt - WTF state is that in, anyway?) that didn't have one was the wedding where virtually everyone who knew the B&G considered them "too snobby by half".

It's not the dollar. It's the point in the evening where everybody gets their three minutes alone with the B or G to say congrats.

Sheesh. Give people a little money and it goes right to their egos . . .

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Most of the weddings I go to are Catholic, and most of those are latino, and I've never seen dollar dances there.

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That's what the receiving line is for.

Thats why you also have the B/G walk around to each table to say howdy to all the guests - escorted usually by a parent who knows who 7/8s of the people at the wedding actually are.

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Go figure.

Maybe they aren't as common as you think Bilmore, given the number of people here who had never even heard of them. At the weddings I have been to the bride and groom circulate and make sure to see everyone there, and also, there is a receiving line.

And it took a lot of money to make me egotistical, thank you very much. What do you think, I'm cheap? Sheesh.

Which didn't stop them from attending to enjoy the free food and booze, I gather...

Jesus H. Christ. Maybe we should call off all these things until it's evident that guests and hosts alike are fit to leave their houses and interact with others.

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Aint law school debt a bitch?

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Still not one on one time, and in my experience always rushed. I would rather have my time when people are relaxed and having a good time.

Ah, so glad I eloped. I hate silly formalities, and I am pretty sure I don't even know how to spell ettiquette. But my reception ROCKED.

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Sing it brother.

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I think I read about a similar practice in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle -- apparently it was a wedding tradition for the Polish (?) immigrant community for each man to dance with the bride, then to leave a monetary gift (not a dollar, but a real gift to help the new couple get started in their lives).

No idea if people from W Va or whereever the dollar dance is practiced have inherited this tradition. It seems weird to me....but dismissing others' traditions with a sniff of "oh, so tacky" always strikes me as a touch snotty.

Particularly when it comes from a board full of big city lawyers who are all anxiously waiting to see photos of each other's tits next week.

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I hate receiving lines. They force the guests to make small talk with people they don't know while waiting to get a few moments with the bride and groom. And it should only be a few moments, else everybody else is stuck either looking around aimlessly or trying to make conversation with the 14-year-old sullen junior bridesmaid who didn't want to be in the wedding party but was merely a pawn in a power struggle between the mother of the groom and the bride.

This is why receiving lines shouldn't consist of every person in the wedding party, but alas, the practice continues, even at weddings thrown by urban sophisticates.

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I attended an Italian-Irish wedding in NY that featured a dollar dance.

If I recall correctly, the bride wore Carolina Herrara and it was a rather swanky affair. My mother, seeking to soothe my teenaged shock, explained that it was a sign of respect for the Italian family and was not considered tacky, despite the pinning of money and the passing of a money bag.

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The annoying thing is how much money that you put out that you don't really think about before hand. The wedding spot and reception are obvious.

Pay the organist at the church.
Pay the minister/rabbi.
Tips for the bar folk.
Etc.

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Hey, we're a classy bunch.

So, you invite people that you don't know to your wedding in the hope of scoring some extra gifts, and you call other people tacky?

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So, you're saying that we should have a "dollar peek night" where we can pay a dollar to see FB members' boobies?

Can we post a paypal address to pay for this? Thurgreed should really consider charging.

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Fuck. I agreed with Bilmore. Better call my doc.

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Speaking of receiving lines, "Pirates of the Caribbean" - I'm shocked to say - was one of the best Hollywood flicks I've seen this summer. Depp was a riot and Kiera Knightley is fucking hot hot hot hot hot.

I'm kind of torn between the shorter hair Kiera in "Beckham" and the fuller-figured Kiera in Pirates. Whatever.

not7y(out with the old list, in with the new)S

Uh no. Its called my in-laws invite some of their friends to the wedding because they are the ones shucking out $35,000 for the deal.

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You are my crush for today. :kisscheek
Anyone else have a dramatic life changing book in their lives?

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Word.

Plus, it means you gotta kiss the groom's granny, who half the time tries to slip you some tongue, just to get a little lovin' from the bride.

Just Chillin' at the Ole Folks Home
 

I'm much more offended by full Catholic ceremonies than dollar dances.

And I'm Catholic.

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She was godawful fat, wasn't she.

What the fuck are you talking about? She rivals Angelina.

Just Chillin' at the Ole Folks Home
 

Seems kinda word to have a full Catholic wedding mass when only about 1/8th of those in attendance are eligible to take the "cookie".

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Apparently we have solved the site funds problem: Breasticle day should be made pay per view.