Wedding Traditions to Skip
OK, real talk for a second: These past three weeks or so have been the craziest maybe of my entire career. I?ve been working at a frantic pace for days and days and the work just keeps coming! If you can relate, I?m…so sorry. Anyway, I am taking a break from all of that to talk about some of the fun traditions, moments, and customs?that we?re NOT doing at our wedding.

Ready to light some sparklers at a dear friend?s send-off. Just lovely!?but we?re not doing it.
While I absolutely love tradition (I’m Catholic, after all), I also feel that couples shouldn’t follow customs simply for customs’ sake. If you don’t want to do something, don’t feel guilty about it! And personally, I really enjoy reading about the reasons people choose to do certain things (or not), so I figured I?d give a quick rundown of the traditions we have certainly enjoyed at others? weddings, but have vetoed for ours.
FLOWER GIRL: They?re so unpredictable! Children and animals, am I right" Just kidding. I don?t really know any little kids, actually, so this one was an easy no.
FUNKY ENTRANCE: We really want to attend our own cocktail hour, so we’re planning on just…coming in. Our DJ will formally announce us when we sit down for dinner, but no sunglasses or hilarious choreography will be necessary.
BOUQUET TOSS AND GARTER THROW: In my 20s, I thought the former was charming. In my 30s, I fear it?s slightly shaming of non-marr...