Cliche’ Wedding Ideas

Though a wedding is attended by hundreds or often thousands of people, never forget the entire marriage revolves around only two people, you and your better half.  You have spent months organising flowers, caterers, Sydney wedding videographers and obviously want the full marriage to be as perfect as possible.  Many couples now try avoiding what’s considered as cliché marriage ideas, but the reality is that they’ve been around for centuries and making an attempt to have a wedding that doesn’t include at least a couple of them is nearly impossible.  Even though the wedding day ultimately belongs to you, the couple, the guests tend to take over the reception and it is difficult not to include some conventional concepts into your wedding ceremony and reception. 

If you’ve got many guests attending your reception there is always those first awkward moments when everybody arrives and takes their seats.  Many guests are strangers to one another and getting the entire glass clinking thing going where everyone is screaming for the bride-to-be and groom to kiss is the perfect ice breaker.  This was always part of the marriage reception in years gone, it was meant to repel evil spirits and give the bride-to-be and bridegroom a preliminary moment to ‘connect’ without the evil spirits being around. 

Even if the bride and bridegroom would possibly not be too happy with the idea, most of the people who attend the reception will pay special attention to the cutting of the cake.  The exact reason and history behind it is unclear, but everybody will cheer and scream if the cake gets smeared into the faces of the bride and groom.  It might not be the most civilised way of eating cake, but it is always a favourite with the guests. 

As the evening advances you are certain to get someone who will start the conga line dance, who can resist that?  It often ends up with somebody tripping over one of the children or knocking over a table, which is something else that everybody expects.  Although poor old Uncle Joe will get a scolding for being so drunk, everyone will love the conga. 

Just before the bride and groom depart for the evening the bouquet and garter are tossed.  Though the garter tossing is slowly vanishing the bouquet toss is still common at most marriage ceremonies.  If this is one of those cliches that you prefer not to do at your wedding reception, be thankful that you aren’t living in the 14th century.  Before the arrival of the bouquet toss, the guests would rip at the brides dress to try and tear a piece off as it was considered good luck, but as the custom of handing down your wedding dress started that faded away and was replaced with the bouquet. 

Whether or not you are a fan of cliché marriage ideas or not, there’s no doubt that they are going to be around for plenty more generations to come and it’s better to get into the spirit when attending a marriage and enjoy the customs that have endured throughout the ages, after all marriages are a celebration of love and unity.

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