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Potluck Wedding Reception?
I do not think money should ever hold up a wedding. No reception is even necessary. I don't want to give that impression one little bit. I think the American wedding tradition tends to the very silly.
Please don't get me wrong, I love my family, I want said family to have a fabulous day. But having guests drive hours and stress out about food to bring? We're not being set up to succeed. I don't even know what facilities will be at the reception site. I just don't think a fabulous inexpensive wedding requires the request for food.
Potluck Wedding Reception?
I know, I know, but it's so not chowish! I'd die of embarrassment to bring a Safeway deli platter, I admit it. Rotten ego.
Potluck Wedding Reception?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a snob with disposable income to burn. I just feel like I'm being put in the position of doing a half-a**ed job. I put such care into my contributions. I never ever bring bought food to a potluck. But this time I'm just not able to do my normal thing, and I don't have the advantages of the local guests. It makes me feel uncomfortable. I admit it. That's why I'm leaning to cookies. I can make beautiful cookies and not have to worry about having enough ice.
What will be funny are the 10,000 references that will be made to the last dry wedding in the family!
Potluck Wedding Reception?
Fancy soda is a great idea. Trader Joe's isn't local to where we're going, so I could stock up on some fun stuff and wedge it in here and there in the car.
The lack of alcohol mostly means fewer fun stories from various inebriated relatives...I can cope!
Potluck Wedding Reception?
I'm sure I won't be turned away, but the invite says "please bring." I haven't the foggiest what's available in their local area, and the dessert I could bring still has to ride in the backseat with the dog and suitcases... I know, grump, grump...I do appreciate the dessert idea. Maybe I'll just bring cookies.
Potluck Wedding Reception?
Help me rise to the challenge. I just received a wedding invite for a family member who lives in a semi-rural place, a handful of hours away. There was a slip of paper in the envelope indicating that the reception will be a potluck, and the guests are asked to bring marked dishes. And no alcohol allowed.
Most of the family guests will be traveling from hours away. There are no places to stay in right in town. Does the couple really expect us to all pack coolers? I'm stumped and a little frustrated. I really would have preferred a cake-and-coffee simple reception to being on the hook for food!
Talk me down? Suggestions?
