Post by pantsparty on Apr 30, 2013 11:48:55 GMT -5
I think the reason most people don't eat, actually, is your guests come up to you all dinner long. H and I even had a sweetheart table and it was one person after another.
One thing that I did that seemed appreciated by the bridal party was arranged to have a fruit tray and meat/cheese tray with water (and beer) arrive during photos. There wasn't a piece left
I drank a lot less than I normally would though. We were too busy visiting to drink much.
This is a great point. We had many of our pictures before the wedding, so in the 15 minutes between photos and the ceremony starting we had a tray of lunch meat and some potato chips. It definitely kept everyone in the bridal party satisfied until we got to the reception venue where we could start drinking and nibbling.
I took maybe one bite of each plate. I don't know, i was distracted and wanted to go see everyone during the dinner to make sure I spoke to every guest, so by the time I made it back it was always cold. And being excited/nervous kills my appetite. I should get married every day, I'd be super skinny.
Post by litebright on Apr 30, 2013 12:03:57 GMT -5
DH and I got ate dinner, but he only got the bite of cake that we fed each other. He still remembers that.
He just got too busy socializing and by the time he remembered the cake, it was a couple of hours later and had all been packed away. I still regret not asking for a bunch of it to be boxed up so we could have more of it, it was really good.
I had like 3 bites of my dinner, and 2 bites of cake, and that was it. Nothing at cocktail hour, none of the other courses, and nothing from the Viennese thing. I really would say that I was too busy to focus on eating. And I don't think I was hungry at all. That whole day was a weird out of body experience when I didn't need to eat or pee.
We did our table visits during dinner. We ate first, but I didn't eat that much. It was a combo of a tight dress, nerves, and being interrupted by people coming to say hi.
Post by flamingeaux on Apr 30, 2013 12:20:53 GMT -5
I'm a droppy mcdropperson, when it comes to food. It doesn't matter how careful I try to be, so I ate a few bites of a roll. DH's parents packed us a couple of plates for afterward, but forgot to put forks in them. I ate crawfish fettucine with my fingers on the way to the hotel, after the reception.
Post by sunshineluv on Apr 30, 2013 12:24:08 GMT -5
I ate at mine, that was a request of mine to my sis. Make sure I eat. I needed energy to dance and then to get it on. We did have a pizza delivered to our hotel room from a friend, much appreciated!
Post by shostakovich on Apr 30, 2013 12:26:57 GMT -5
I ate a few bites here and there, but really only because our planner had plates made up for us, and my SIL was insistent that I eat at least a little (she almost passed out at her wedding from not eating all day). Honestly, I was just so emotional and jittery (in a good way), so that every time I went to take a bite, I felt physically repulsed by it. Which is sad, because the food we picked out was so, so good.
I made sure that the caterer packed a little away for us, and our planner squirreled away some of our cupcakes, too, so we had it for breakfast/lunch the next day.
i didn't eat as much as i would've liked. i didn't anticipate what it would be like to be at a party where i literally knew everyone (except for 3 of my mom's friends) and EVERYONE wanted to talk to me. it was fun, i got distracted, i missed a couple of the apps i'd really been looking forward to.
but i also didn't have a lot of time to get hammered. i think that's the biggest risk of not eating. not that getting a little drunk at your wedding isn't fun, but you don't want to be vomiting down the front of your dress or having no recollection of the most expensive party of your life the next day.
Not as much as I'd have liked. We had a buffet and H and I went through first, but by the time we got back and had taken 3 bites, guests were dropping by our table to talk. I'm still sad about that, lol.
I ate, but people kept interrupting us to talk and/or take pictures. I just wanted 20 minutes to shove that beautiful rare steak down my throat, but my husband's family was not having it.
I found most of the problems we had to "battle" with this were 1) servers not wanting to interrupt anything, so whenever we were talking to someone during passed hor dourves they just bypassed us and 2) servers being too quick to clear the tables. If you anticipate these things, you will eat.
Post by speckledfrog on Apr 30, 2013 12:48:01 GMT -5
I ate at mine. I missed the sorbet course (boooooo!) because we visited tables i between courses. I didn't feel like eating my cake when it came so those got sent up to the room and they were effing delicious when we got them.
I ate, but it wasn't what I normally eat. My dress was tight. I was excited. People kept coming up to talk to us. Then before you know it you are being buzzed away to cut the cake or dance or something.
This was me too. One of the few times I remember that I didn't finish my meal, lol.
We had chocolate covered strawberries in our hotel room that night. What we did with them was not sexy. Like at all. I had chocolate all over my face, I was so hungry.
I got to eat a bit, however I had my dress tied so tight that I couldn't eat much. What I didn't get to do enough of was drink. I wish I would have been able to enjoy the wine and sangria...