Decorative Garters: Wedding Must Have or Thing of the Past?

I need to scrub the inside of eyes......

I know for a fact my husband went golfing for his bachelor party with his best man (fellow teacher) and all 6 brothers. Really tough since the course was across the street from his folks house....no plaid was sacrificed in the use of the golf balls....

I wore my mother's garter as did my two sister-in-law's (same decoy trick for all three). We also all carried the Bible my mother had her flowers on as she walked down the isle. No groom teeth pulling it off, etc. They just pulled it out of a pocket and threw it. If it's suppose to mean something, then my family is doomed because my two cousins (brother-sister) caught the flowers (also a double) and the decoy garter. It's easy to remember since we had so much the same.

I think some traditions are for the older people there and some for the younger. We know our song was "Can I have this Dance for the Rest of my Life." (must have worked as we are working on 32yrs) and the items of my mom's would be consistent since my folks are pushing 60 yrs together. Our cake was Amaretto (guess that should have been a hint as to my DH likes). But we again, are from large families and many MANY musicians, so the band were friends, our family all played and sang, my husband's church choir even came to sing. It looked like more of a concert recital than a wedding.

Half of the attendees were students from our schools and college friends. If my dear mother thought for one minute something was going to be in poor taste, that little bit of a person would have chewed booty! No one messes with mom! (although I do have a picture of my dear mother and my best friend doing the chicken dance.... but only Tom could have gotten her out there).

LOL My father is now 80 and from time to time has has some serious health issues. My mom is ALWAYS cool and calm. When people ask if she is concerned, her reply is always the same, "Nope. I told him he couldn't die. It's too hard to break a new one in." No one messes with mom! (I guess that includes Dad).

That's my mom!

I am not a fan of the garter or the whole groom going up yer dress thing. It just makes me uncomfortable..even watching it.

Then again I wore Nike sneakers under my dress for the reception, didn't do father/daughter or mother/son dances because I think they're creepy, forbid "Don't Stop Believing" and "Livin on a Prayer" from being played and had pie instead of cake for our dessert. So I'm not super traditional when it comes to those kinds of things.

However, if I had to choose I would pick the one pictured first. It is pretty cute.

I love the first one too! We didn't do either... Between the guys and girls, we had maybe 5 single people at our wedding....

I did give my bouquet to the couple married the longest. We did a dance of all the married couples and had people sit down as their "years married" was called. Ended up being the hubby's parents (which we knew ahead of time) but it was great seeing them out there dancing alone!