How To Leave a Wedding Reception Early & Gracefully
Last weekend, I was at a wedding with some friends and we needed to leave before all of the festivities ended. But we debated about whether to say goodbye to the bride and groom. It occurred to me that people probably have this problem a lot.
photo from The Wedding Lens
If you know that you are going to have to leave early, then prepare in advance by telling the bride and groom that you will have to leave (for example, when you RSVP).
If you are there, you enjoy the reception and you want to slip out unnoticed, then you could just do something like go to the bathroom and take off from there. I think that’s a bit rude, but that could just be me! I think you should at least say goodbye to the friends and family who you know.
What a friend told me — and I think is fantastic advice — is that you shouldn’t bother the bride and groom if you are leaving the reception early. He said that at his wedding, it bummed them out when people left and it made them feel like the night was ending. Rather than make them feel bad, he suggested saying goodbye to the parents of the couple (if you know them) so that they feel acknowledged and no one feels like you’re being rude.
What would you want your guests to do?
~ Natasha
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Hmm, that’s a tough call. I remember feeling sad that people left without telling us at all. I think the best course of action is to let the bride/groom ahead of time that you have to leave early and then go say good bye to them (if possible).
oohh…Wedding method it is traditional in the majority of the countries, and in any place it can last from the half-hour to several hours