Wha?? You live in the South. I think about 1/2 of the weddings in our circle are dry. The other half are cash bar-- with the exception of a champagne toast.
Sheesh. I live in the South, and <10% of the weddings I have attended have been dry. Even the Southern Baptist wing of my family drinks like fish.
I don't really have any strict baptists in my circle. My H's grandparents are baptist teetotalers, so holidays are dry, but all the rest of our friends/family are catholic or not religious.
I think a limited bar is fine, but I don't think a guest should ever have to reach in their pocket at a wedding. I went to a wedding with a cash bar once and I felt SO awkward when the waiter brought me a beer and I had to whip out my credit card.
The first wedding I brought D to was dry. (RBP you know the one I'm talking about.) He still gets pissy when we talk about it. LOL.
Aww man. That is one of a handful of dry weddings we've been to. The others were for coworkers, which were by definition unfun (with a few exceptions).
You should have brought him to our wedding two weeks later, instead! Booze flowing like water.
I know! Since I was in the TN wedding I kinda had to be at that one, though. Yours would have been much more fun! :drink:
Aww man. That is one of a handful of dry weddings we've been to. The others were for coworkers, which were by definition unfun (with a few exceptions).
You should have brought him to our wedding two weeks later, instead! Booze flowing like water.
I know! Since I was in the TN wedding I kinda had to be at that one, though. Yours would have been much more fun!
I think a limited bar is fine, but I don't think a guest should ever have to reach in their pocket at a wedding.
I totally agree. But I will say, even at the open bar weddings here, guests are often encouraged to tip. There will sometimes be a tip jar or, even worse, the bartenders will put dollars on the bar before people get there to encourage people to tip. At the classier reception halls, many guests still feel that they should be tipping the bartenders and valets and such.
We were very happy that our venue had a strict no cash policy so guests couldn't tip even if they tried to. Even if it was a dollar here and there, we didn't want guests to have to do that.
I think a limited bar is fine, but I don't think a guest should ever have to reach in their pocket at a wedding.
I totally agree. But I will say, even at the open bar weddings here, guests are often encouraged to tip. There will sometimes be a tip jar or, even worse, the bartenders will put dollars on the bar before people get there to encourage people to tip. At the classier reception halls, many guests still feel that they should be tipping the bartenders and valets and such.
We were very happy that our venue had a strict no cash policy so guests couldn't tip even if they tried to. Even if it was a dollar here and there, we didn't want guests to have to do that.
This was important to me, too. No tip jars at the bar. Thankfully, it was not customary at my venue.