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re: Wedding "Money Dance" Question
Posted on 4/14/16 at 11:10 am to Mo Jeaux
Posted on 4/14/16 at 11:10 am to Mo Jeaux
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Who's concerned (actually, you're the one that seems to be)? It's the OT.
More intrigued as to why it would even be considered trashy to give young newlyweds cash for their honeymoon
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Yeah, typically, I give a gift and/or an envelope with money.
Discrete. Nice. Don't want people to think things.
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It's generally more than "a few bucks."
And rich. Real catch.
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Posted on 4/14/16 at 11:10 am to gamatt53
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Putting cash on people is the trashy part.
ON people? I've literally never seen this.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 11:14 am to LSUAfro
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More intrigued as to why it would even be considered trashy to give young newlyweds cash for their honeymoon
I called it "quaint". That word has a different meaning than "trashy". You're asking the wrong person.
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Discrete. Nice. Don't want people to think things.
Giving a gift of cash in an envelope is far, far more prevalent than a money dance. Sorry it offends you.
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And rich. Real catch.
Sorry I can afford to give friends and family more than "a few bucks" on the occasion of their wedding. 
Posted on 4/14/16 at 11:15 am to GRTiger
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ON people? I've literally never seen this.
I have. I've seen money dances where the money is pinned to the bridge and groom.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 11:19 am to Mo Jeaux
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Sorry I can afford to give friends and family more than "a few bucks" on the occasion of their wedding.
No apologies necessary.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 11:23 am to LSUAfro
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No apologies necessary.
Oh, it was said with sarcasm in a deliberate effort to express my contempt for your blatantly stupid statement. No worries.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 11:32 am to TeddyPadillac
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It's like you are the idiot Ole Miss fan that brings in catered food to your tailgate and has the chandelier hanging from your tent with real utensils and all, and you look down at us LSU fans for cooking a pig in our cajun microwave, drinking beer, and playing games b/c you think your so classy.
I'm sorry, but no Ole Miss fan thinks this way. Yes we think our tailgating is better, but we don't look down on LSU tailgating. I'd say the average Ole Miss fan actually respects your tailgate, unlike our feelings about 90% of other schools. I think we'd all be fine with admitting yall make better food than we do, and if you can roast a pig, that's fine. It's just a bit different and I prefer the compact space of the Grove and everyone dressing fairly nicely.
God can people from Louisiana be ignorant about things outside of their own culture.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 11:44 am to Mo Jeaux
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blatantly stupid statement.
Blatant no doubt.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 11:52 am to forever lsu30
I love these threads. The OT alphas turn into princesses automatically at the thought of ruining/trashing up their special day.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 12:35 pm to forever lsu30
In my case it was my groom's very Italian family's thing. not something i wanted to do but my MIL insisted that it was tradition. Every family bride used the same silk and lace purse (made from a great great grandmas wedding dress scraps) than the money/envelopes were slipped into.
MY MIL explained to me that the elders would want the first dances, to meet me, to pass on sweet words and to give to me, as they had been given to when they were young and just starting out. I am shy and this is not my kinda thing but I went with their tradition.
Though we collected a lot of money, it was the sweetness of having the chance to dance with all of the uncles, family and such that made it memorable. Many were elderly or from far away and I would not have had a moment alone to speak with them otherwise.
It also gave the older women a chance to dance with and speak to my husband. Weddings can be such a whirlwind and the money dance gives you a chance/moment to have one on one conversation with the couple.
Then of course it always devolves to the groomsmen being goofballs and dancing with my husband, another friend whipping out his strip tease he does at every wedding (above the waist only and always hilarious). It is just a fun thing and I always enjoy going to a wedding and giving the young couple a bit more money while having the chance to speak to them alone and give them my best wishes.
That being said, nobody has to participate, no one cares if you sit it out and nobody cares who gives how much. i find it acceptable at first weddings, for young couples or those older couples with special circumstances
MY MIL explained to me that the elders would want the first dances, to meet me, to pass on sweet words and to give to me, as they had been given to when they were young and just starting out. I am shy and this is not my kinda thing but I went with their tradition.
Though we collected a lot of money, it was the sweetness of having the chance to dance with all of the uncles, family and such that made it memorable. Many were elderly or from far away and I would not have had a moment alone to speak with them otherwise.
It also gave the older women a chance to dance with and speak to my husband. Weddings can be such a whirlwind and the money dance gives you a chance/moment to have one on one conversation with the couple.
Then of course it always devolves to the groomsmen being goofballs and dancing with my husband, another friend whipping out his strip tease he does at every wedding (above the waist only and always hilarious). It is just a fun thing and I always enjoy going to a wedding and giving the young couple a bit more money while having the chance to speak to them alone and give them my best wishes.
That being said, nobody has to participate, no one cares if you sit it out and nobody cares who gives how much. i find it acceptable at first weddings, for young couples or those older couples with special circumstances
Posted on 4/14/16 at 12:36 pm to junkfunky
I have seen it both ways where there is a basket or a bag where money is put in to dance w/ the bride and at a Polish wedding I recall money being pinned to the bride, again it was an ethnic thing.
BTW at my wedding no money dance but if someone had passed the hat to dance w/ mrs Ontario Tiger and we collected >1K - giddy up
BTW at my wedding no money dance but if someone had passed the hat to dance w/ mrs Ontario Tiger and we collected >1K - giddy up
Posted on 4/14/16 at 3:52 pm to gingerkittie
What we all "know" is going to happen is that every single poster who CLAIMS to have never been to a wedding that has had a Money Dance will 100% have a Money Dance experience at the very next wedding they attend.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 3:54 pm to forever lsu30
BOTH!
Posted on 4/14/16 at 3:55 pm to forever lsu30
I thought black people got money pinned on them on their birthday but I didn't know about white people doing it at weddings
Posted on 4/14/16 at 4:02 pm to slackster
Just got back from a wedding in Austin that did this. They called it the "Boot Dance". They walked around with cowboy boots and you put money in one to dance with the bride and one to dance with the groom.
It was a Messican marrying a Texan, though, so what did I expect?
They're beyond trashy IMO.
It was a Messican marrying a Texan, though, so what did I expect?
They're beyond trashy IMO.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 4:20 pm to forever lsu30
I've been to a hundred weddings and never once seen a "money dance". I had to google that.
Wtf. Are you a gypsy?
Wtf. Are you a gypsy?
Posted on 4/14/16 at 4:22 pm to forever lsu30
idk what this even is
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what the frick
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The money dance, dollar dance, or apron dance is an event at some wedding receptions in various cultures. During a money dance, male guests pay to dance briefly with the bride, and sometimes female guests pay to dance with the groom. The custom originated in Poland in the early 1900s in immigrant neighborhoods.
what the frick
This post was edited on 4/14/16 at 4:23 pm
Posted on 4/14/16 at 4:22 pm to Croacka
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Therefore I have been to nothing but trashy weddings because I've seen them at every wedding I've been to
Holy frick....really?
I've been to weddings all over the country and never even heard of this.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 4:28 pm to TheCaterpillar
I would be really weirded out if I saw this. I keep googling
Posted on 4/14/16 at 4:50 pm to TheCaterpillar
I've seen quite a few in the last 10 years. Have no problem with it at all.
Honeymoon cash for an early 20's couple is fun to give in this way.
Honeymoon cash for an early 20's couple is fun to give in this way.
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