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re: Settle a debate about who pays for alcohol at wedding reception

Posted on 10/25/24 at 11:00 pm to
Posted by LSUJML
Central
Member since May 2008
51895 posts
Posted on 10/25/24 at 11:00 pm to
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pizza so inexpensive


We did this as well
Made a big salad & had some cake balls & cookies made
That’s what they wanted so that’s what we did
Posted by KTShoe
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2020
532 posts
Posted on 10/25/24 at 11:04 pm to
Groom’s side pays reversal dinner and wedding bar.
Posted by LRB1967
Tennessee
Member since Dec 2020
22876 posts
Posted on 10/25/24 at 11:06 pm to
The bride's family pays for all costs of the wedding. The groom's family pays for the rehearsal dinner. Asking guests to pay for drinks at the reception is tacky.
Posted by Gravitiger
Member since Jun 2011
12169 posts
Posted on 10/25/24 at 11:07 pm to
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I want your answer as to the custom and not what you did or your family did because the other side was poor or Baptist and refused to buy the alcohol. I don’t care that you had keystone and not Coors or Michelob or that you had taaka and not grey goose.
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By the way, I’ve been married for 15 years and my wife’s side paid for the alcohol. There was never even a question about this.
"Don't tell me what you did. Now let me tell you what I did."
This post was edited on 10/25/24 at 11:08 pm
Posted by tiger91
In my own little world
Member since Nov 2005
39945 posts
Posted on 10/25/24 at 11:21 pm to
When our daughter gets married, I see it as our responsibility.

When our son got t married, brides family paid for beer and wine.

Next son is getting married and she/him are paying for the wedding so they’re paying.

I do have friends who’ve been asked as the parents of the groom to pay for the alcohol. And they did. It was a lot a lot.
This post was edited on 10/25/24 at 11:24 pm
Posted by Dingeaux
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2005
5673 posts
Posted on 10/26/24 at 12:18 am to
20 years ago when me and my friends were getting married, all reception items were paid by the bride and the rehearsal dinner was paid by the groom.

I have a young male cousin getting married in the spring and I was just informed that his parents had to pay for the alcohol at the reception. That's definitely something that has come up in the past 20 years as far as I know.
Posted by MyRockstarComplex
The airport
Member since Nov 2009
4874 posts
Posted on 10/26/24 at 6:26 am to
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Groom’s side pays reversal dinner and wedding bar.


A reversal dinner sounds amazing.
Posted by IT_Dawg
Georgia
Member since Oct 2012
26226 posts
Posted on 10/26/24 at 6:32 am to
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Groom’s side pays reversal dinner


Well, I don’t think anyone would argue that.
Posted by Privateer 2007
Member since Jan 2020
7678 posts
Posted on 10/26/24 at 6:35 am to
The people getting married.
Her side, or your side ... Pathetic.

Be adults, pay for your own shite.
Posted by Zendog
Santa Barbara
Member since Feb 2019
6273 posts
Posted on 10/26/24 at 6:42 am to
whatever side says they'll pay for it
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
13168 posts
Posted on 10/26/24 at 6:59 am to
How about this: the bride and the groom pay for everything.
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
23308 posts
Posted on 10/26/24 at 7:04 am to
Groom:
Bride wedding ring
Rehearsal dinner
Majority of honeymoon (by this I mean many use some gifts from wedding to supplement)

Bride:
Wedding
Wedding dress
Reception including alcohol
Grooms wedding band

Posted by highcotton2
Alabama
Member since Feb 2010
10334 posts
Posted on 10/26/24 at 7:11 am to
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is the bride’s side or the groom’s side customarily responsible to pay for the alcohol at the wedding reception?


Traditionally the groom’s family pays for alcohol for the reception. Been to weddings from Alabama to California and this was always the case.
Posted by Psych23
Member since Aug 2024
731 posts
Posted on 10/26/24 at 7:14 am to
Id rather just elope and get a generous dowry. Why don't we do dowries anymore? Us men should get something for taking on the financial burden of another man's daughter.
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
61263 posts
Posted on 10/26/24 at 7:26 am to
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Traditionally the groom’s family pays for alcohol for the reception. Been to weddings from Alabama to California and this was always the case.


I’ve never heard of the grooms side paying for alcohol. Around here, the reception halls , etc are paid for by the brides family and alcohol is almost always included in the packages for the event.
Posted by Midtiger farm
Member since Nov 2014
5898 posts
Posted on 10/26/24 at 7:32 am to
In swla groom's family pays for the alcohol
Posted by Midtiger farm
Member since Nov 2014
5898 posts
Posted on 10/26/24 at 7:34 am to
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alcohol is almost always included in the packages for the event.


Its is included but you have different tiers and its itemized. It isn't hard for the grooms family to put up the money for just the alcohol
Posted by nealnan8
Atlanta
Member since Oct 2016
3905 posts
Posted on 10/26/24 at 7:38 am to
it's the bride's side that pays, but the groom's side should provide a man to operate the keg tap.
Posted by makersmark1
earth
Member since Oct 2011
20244 posts
Posted on 10/26/24 at 7:40 am to
Traditionally, the bride.


Posted by Crow Pie
Neuro ICU - Tulane Med Center
Member since Feb 2010
27119 posts
Posted on 10/26/24 at 7:54 am to
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That said, my husband & I paid for our own wedding ....


That said we took all that money that would have been wasted in 3 hours and put a small down payment on our first house which a few years later we sold and put the appreciated gains on another house without PMI which eventually lead to a few more homes and after 25 years to having no mortgage which is 1000% better than some photos we might or might not ever look at!!
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