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I have never been a fan of them. I am planning a non-traditional wedding and we will not be doing a bouquet or garter toss for sure.
The fiancé and I decided not to do them either. I think they're just uncomfortable for everyone.
Nope, we're not. The only unmarried people there will be recent divorcees, his siblings, and a few women over 50.
We too are in our thirties with very few single friends, so we will not have a garter or bouquet toss. I have heard of brides giving away a bouquet to the couple that has been married the longest. I think that is a nice touch.
We are also not doing them. Nothing was worse to me than being paraded around as the "single girls".
Instead I am doing a pinata stuffed with mini-bottles and other treats :-)
i must be in the minority, but we are doing both.
We did both. But most of our friends are still single and most of them (including me) really enjoy this part of a wedding and look forward to it.
But I must say I have NEVER been to a wedding that does the 'put the garter on the bouquet catcher's leg thing'. I have only heard about that on wedding bee. All the weddings I go to - someone catches the bouquet and someone catches the garter and that's that!
Im doing it....im looking forward to it too! you are never to old to have fun and if there arent enough single people say that everyone can do it!
We're gonna do the boquet toss, what else am I supposed to do with the boquet anyway? We will have a good ammount of single ladies.
Not the garter toss, that's just a copy of the boquet and dosn't seem right.
My friend had a pinata at her wedding instead of the tosses. That was fun.
We're not doing it. I sort of can't stand the tradition. Instead, we'll be doing an anniversary dance and the wife of the couple that has been married the longest will get my bouquet.
No - I don't like single people having to parade around as if they all pine away to get married, you know? Not my style. Plus, having some random guy catch the piece of underwear that your hubby just fished out from under your dress in front of Grandma and then put it on the upper thigh of a stranger that caught the bouquet is g.r.o.s.s. for me! I would NEVER consent to have some guy put his hands under my dress and on my inner thigh for fun if I caught the bouquet, lol! Probably why I never go up for it...
I didn't want to do them because I have HATED the bouquet toss for years (I have attended lots of weddings single and I am 29 years old). However, my FI really wanted to toss the garter for some reason.
So, we are going to toss the bouquet to all women (married & single) and the garter to all men (married & single). I think we're going to attach a small gift card to both to make people actually want to catch them. Also, I will probably toss my sister's bridesmaid bouquet so I don't have to purchase a "toss" bouquet.
We are doing it I'm 25 he's 28 so we have younger friends and I find it to be simple fun.
I think we will be skipping both! I was not a fan of the bouquet toss. I think it might be confusing to do the garter toss, but no bouquet toss. I would either want to give it to the couple that had been married the longest, or to my mom. She's doing so much to help me get ready, she has been so supportive, I think I would really like to give it to her.
I was never a big fan of them. Now, we are so old, most of our friends are married. No tossing of anything.
I think we're going to keep the garter toss (FI's not budging on this one- he says it's tradition. >.<) but in lieu of a bouquet toss, I'd like to do a charm pull so every single gal gets something cool. :)
I don't think anyone will miss it... they always have to drag me onto the floor with the bouquet toss. I'm sorry, but I don't want a black eye because some girl is fighting for flowers that are somehow supposed to make her get married. I think it's a fun idea in theory, and I don't mind it when people have it at their wedding, but I honestly don't think anyone (well maybe a few) will miss it.
The garter toss is just weird to me.
We're not doing them. I never liked feeling forced to do the bouquet toss at other people's weddings, and I don't really want my fiance's head up my skirt in front of my grandparents for the garter thing. It's just a whole lotta awkward to me. 
Hi,
My wedding is approaching very fast - march 27th. I am 60 yrs old and Mr. Fluff jsut turned 63 (neither one of us looks our age). This is the second marriage for both of us and so I decided not to have a boquet toss (some people will be very dissapointed) and did not even bother to purchase a garter. yes, I am wearing an actual wedding gown. I am having flowers and my situation is now I do not know what I am going to do with my flowers (guess I will keep them and bring them home)
I haven't been to a wedding where people looked forward to the garter or bouquet toss in a long time. In the last few that did this, the bride and groom already had targets picked out and got everyone else to help make sure the targets ended up catching the items.
We are not doing a toss of any sort or any play on this tradition, though there are some creative alternatives out there.
I don't want to because they are time consuming and awkward! Unfortunately, I think our families expect it. :(
I think we will be doing the bouquet toss but not the garter...i dont want my FI going there in front of all my guests!!
While I think it's a fun tradition, I'm really not sure at this point if we're doing a bouquet/garter toss at our reception. It'd be really neat to do something alternative. The more I think about it, the more I think it'd be a waste to do a bouquet/garter toss.
Well I'm in my 30's and most of my friends that are single are in their 30's also. I was planning on doing a bouquet toss unless I come up with a creative alternative. As for the garter toss, I was going to have my FI toss a second garter and not take the garter off my leg.
Were doing both =) FI idea,,, he's so cute hehe. He wants a few traditional things for our off the wall wedding.
We are not doing either. I've always thought they are lame.
Wait so you need to get a special bouquet for the toss? Does the bridal bouquet not hold?
We dont really have any single friends eithe, but i still want to toss a bouquet (expecially since i already bought one) so we are going to ask any women that want to come out to the floor to catch it, not just single ladies.. same with the garter , any guys that want to try and catch it ;
@AmberAustin: My friends have done a smaller bouquet and have kept (dried, I guess) the bridal bouquet. I don't think it really matters though. Do what you want!
Yes we are doing both. I'm making a small tossing bouquet and getting a tossing garter. It's a personal decision, I don't think there is anything wrong with not doing it, it's just up to you. It will be nice either way.
We're doing them! FH can't wait to go looking for my garter (LOL).
We are doing both and looking forward to it! My toss bouquet was included at no charge with the flower order, and I did get 2 garters. A blue one (my something blue) for FI to toss, and I had a custom one made with our names/date that I will be giving to my new hubby to keep :) Indeed the majority of our guests are married, but we do have plenty who arent. It's going to be fun!
We are doing both and are pretty exicted about it. We love the idea that others have made us get out there to be humiliated and all that (jk), but yes we are doing it. We are going for a formal traditional wedding sans religion.
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So, me and FI are in our 30s and I don't think there will be many single people at our wedding. I am kind of against the bouquet toss because I think it is pointless. I said something to FI and I think he expected to do that. I think it is just more of an added cost for a toss bouquet and to get a garter and all that. What about all of you, are you planning to do this?