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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
There is nothing more tacky that having a cash bar at a wedding. Who does this? Who, BRC, who?
If one cannot afford to ply your guests with unlimited alcohol, then it is far preferable simply to close the bar early or serve only beer and wine. Or only wine, cheap wine, that no one will want more than one glass of, than to have the guests pay for the bar. What's next--dinner with a chicken breast, but an optional upgrade to steak for $8?
Oh the humanity.
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I've never attended a wedding that had a cash bar (though, I think I have been to one or two that had the sort of pre-allotted alcohol then cash bar concept that MR referred to). I have been to one or two icky southern baptist weddings that had no bar. Luckily I knew of this issue in advance, liquored up before the wedding and cut a hasty retreat during the cake and punch "reception".
And w/r/t Burger's question, yes, I've known a number of parents of the bride who have offered cash towards a down payment in lieu of a big wedding. The friends who received those offers all turned them down. Idiots.
Unless the wedding is for a
very close friend, I can do without the big wedding and reception, but that is mainly because I, as a rule, have plenty of fun with my Saturday nights without being forced to sit through any freaking ceremony beforehand.
