perplexing wedding

[rivet]

Yesterday I went to a stranger’s wedding as a friend’s +1. It was the most traditional wedding I’d been to in a long time (full catholic wedding mass, painful MC etc). There were also a bunch of differences from US weddings, and I don’t know whether that was Australian or idiosyncratic

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[tatjna]

I have never been to a wedding that went like that.

Although I think the gap between wedding and reception is for photos.

[rivet]

That part I'm familiar with, though I found it tedious since it was cold, I didn't know anyone, and there was an hours drive between the church and reception.

The perplexing part was the the order of the reception.

[pombagira]

yeah that order was a tad werid.. at my cousins wedding last year, the reception was pretty standard, bride and groom introduced, , everybody cheers, some food served, and speaches, then dinner, then desert, then cakecuting and everyone got a bit, then desert and dancing.. with the bride and groom dancing first..

your party sounds werid

*ponders this*

[rivet]

Good to know, cheers. I had no local basis of comparison.

[zoe_serious]

I would guess that they did not want to pay the photographer to stay later for when those things actually happened so cut to the chase and did the cake and first dance in a pretend way.

[rivet]

That is an explanation that makes perfect sense. Thank you!