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So I've been to weddings where one of the couple got loaded and it was really obvious so I was a bit worried about drinking, especially since we were going to be around so many close friends (some of them more like good drinking buddies).
Neither of us can quite figure out how we pulled this off since we don't have super high alcohol tolerance - but we managed to drink quite a lot and not get that drunk (more like we weren't scared to dance). My husband thinks there was some kind of magical wedding power that came over us and allowed us to take shots with friends and have some wine and beer but not really act crazy drunk or end up with a hangover or any bad wedding night side effects.
Did anyone else have a similar experience?
I'm worried about getting too drunk at the wedding - I have a tendency to, er, overimbibe - so I already have a plan for when during the day I'm allowed to have a drink. I'm going to space it out earlier at the actual wedding and then I'll be able to afterparty with friends. That's the plan, anyway :-) We'll see if I can stick to it.
My hubs drank a little, but I didn't drink one DROP. Not even for the champagne toast. Which bums me out because I was really looking forward to some bubbly. But my stomach decided to do a number on me in the days leading up to the wedding, and the hardest thing I was drinking was pepto bismol.
*edit: I didn't vote in your poll bc none of the options were for one drank, the other didnt!
Uh I picked the last one, I won't lie 
We had a potluck reception and some of our friends brought jello shots, another brought rum punch, and we had beer and champagne there of course. It was flowing. But I wasn't alone. EVERYONE was doing jello shots, it was funny to see our older guests do one. No one was over the top or anything, we all just all had a really good time.
I think I had a similar experience! I had a drink nearby almost all day, but I never got drunk. I threw in a few glasses of water and a soda, and I wasn't hammering down drinks, but I drank all afternoon. Weird...
I haven't gotten married yet, but I'm planning on drinking in MODERATION on the wedding day. Our BMs/GMs and many friends there will be our college & drinking buddies and it will definitely be tempting to overimbibe. I want to remember every second of the day, but it won't hurt to have a couple of drinks to relax.
I'll prob be the same way - drinking, but not drunk. I save that for friends' weddings, haha!
Noelle - i love your icon!
I had maybe 2-3 beers that whole night, because like you I've been at a wedding or two where the bride and/or groom gets super drunk and it's kind of embarassing... I definitely didn't want to be a big mess. We also were catching our flight at 10:30 AM the next morning so that was some incentive not to get too crazy.
I do think your husband is right about wedding magic though - at our friends' wedding weekend I drank a LOT at the festivities Friday and Saturday night but avoided any kind of hangover or absurd drunkenness. It was very, very odd...
@mary-alice-me - I think it was the water. One of the girls working at the wedding was just a complete blessing during cocktail hour. For both my mom and me she came by and made sure we were alright all the time and if we'd just had wine she'd give us a water. It didn't stop me from drinking a lot but I just wanted to kiss her for being that nice to us and I think it was what made a difference of drinking but not being drunk.
We both drank quite a bit, especially when the dancing started and all the "formalities" were over with. I would say we were both drunk, but not to the point of embarassment. We were just having a good time.
I do agree with one thing though, I am prone to hangovers and I felt great the next morning.
Here's hoping for some wedding not-too-drunk-no-hangover magic for me! Someone should bottle that and sell it on Etsy.
me too kittyachi! I'd buy it. but in the meantime - booze water booze water etc, a post wedding newlywed workout, and a hearty breakfast should hopefully do it!
Um let's face it. We were both drunk. We were happy drunk. I had a few cocktails, he had a few gin and tonics, we all had a blast. We weren't too intoxicated to the point we were a mess and we certainly didn't look it, but let's face it--our wedding was a party and EVERYBODY was drinking and dancing. It was so so so much fun. Too many of my friends were too stressed out to enjoy the night and after all that and after all that money we paid, dammit if i'm not gonna have some beer, relax, and dance. At the end of the night we were like, "ooo...i think i'm kinda drunk!"
I remember having quite a few drinks but not being sloppy intoxicated...it was like that buzz beyond one or two drinks, but still perfectly in control. Yet knowing 100% you're a little drunk and shouldn't drive a car or anything of that nature. I think I wouldn' thave had as much fun without a few drinks. It helped take the edge off of such a stressful day! And I still enjoyed it just as much
I didn't wake up hungover either! But my feet hurt and my heart hurt from all those bobby pins =]
I plan to only drink for the toast. Same with my SO.
I think it is okay to drink at weddings but I want to be 100% clear headed on my special day :)
@EJS: That's my plan :o) Continuous buzz, still able to remember everything.
Oh, i should add: all my friends who didn't drink at their weddings because they felt it was inappropriate (someone said that) or because they wanted to remember every single second, ended up confessing later that they should have just had a few and relaxed, that they would have enjoyed it more. They were so focused on taking in the moment that it stressed them out MORE! ah, the irony. They didn't have as much fun.
we each had a little white wine and a little champagne over the course of the night
oh, and we didn't even have hard liquor at the wedding, so I think it normally is harder to get really drunk on wine/champagne...just keep in mind you will already be tired and possibly NOT have enough food in your system, so it could hit you faster than usual....I actually have never been to a wedding where the couple was drinking a lot...I don't think I'd like to act that way at my wedding AT ALL
I think you should add to the poll to see if anyone felt they were "too drunk" because I think al ot of people are like, "yeah we were drunk" without being loaded at their wedding. I think I woulda killed DH if he ended up being "that guy" at our wedding, haha. Although, about 30 min towards to the end of the reception, he took his dress shirt off and ended up with his undershirt and his tux vest on, along with all his groomsmen. They said they were "keeping it classy" for some reason. It was pretty funny but I can see how some people would find that inappropriate. I didn't care cuz the photographer was gone =]
I had a glass of champagne during the toasts, and I meant to have more, but just got so busy seeing people and dancing that the one drink was all I had. I was kind of sad about that because like, it was an open bar!
My husband, however, had about six mixed drinks and was definitely very drunk. It didn't show until we got up to our room, though, and he passed out in his suit, haha. He woke up the next morning and felt fine, though. He said that he didn't really start to feel drunk-drunk until we got upstairs, so that was good that he didn't get so drunk that he didn't remember parts of our wedding!
We both talked about this beforehands, though, and we both agreed to just let loose and do what we felt like that day. He has a pretty good tolerance, and I'm really good about cutting myself off, so it was all good. We also agreed to not worry about how it would impact our, umm, bedroom activities that night since we both decided it most likely wouldn't happen. We put partying with our friends and family first on the list, and then we decided the honeymoon was the time to take care of the other intimate details :)
We both drank a little at our reception but we weren't drunk. We did stop at our local hangout and I ended up feeling a little drunk when we left there. But neither of us were hungover the next day.
There was hardly any time for drinking, unfortunately. Our guests were imbibing well, for sure... but we ended up with just a little buzz (which was perfect)!
I had a little bit and thought I would have drank more than I did, but my mouth was so dry from talking to people and with the weight of my dress and dancing, I was really hot and honestly, just wanted to drink water!
I ended up only having 3 drinks. We had a small afternoon wedding and while I really wanted more than that (events and being center of attention really stress me out!) we were just too busy trying to talk to everyone. I really wish I had a couple more so I could have really enjoyed myself and let go of all the tension I was holding in but oh well. We had an after party so I was able to enjoy myself there.
We both drank. I drank more than usual, but never was drunk, surprisingly since I didn't eat much until later. And the hubby, well, I never kept tabs on his drinks, but he was drinking and wasn't drunk either - we even had champagne back in our room. I did have a little stomach ache the next morning from all the bubbly, but other than that, I was fine.
We didn't drink, but it was a dry wedding (we were'nt allowed to at the church).
My FH and I plan on having a few drinks, but not to get drunk. He has this awful tendency to completely shut down when he gets drunk, i.e. doesn't talk, just sits there with his eyes closed, but not passed out/sleeping. Also my brother and sister-in-law got drunk at their reception and had a fight in the parking lot.... how embarrassing. I am definitely trying to avoid a moment like that!
Not married yet, but I plan on drinking without getting smashed. There is a time and a place for me to get drunk enough to start slurring I love you's to all my friends, but in front of my parents and elderly relatives - not so much. I plan to drink for most of the evening, but intersperse alcoholic beverages with non-alcoholic ones.
Plus, I get really tired when I drink lots, and me passed out on our wedding night doesn't make for a good first night together as husband and wife ;)
Ok I added the too drunk to the list. I put it in quotes cause it's subjective what too drunk means.
And I def wouldn't have had either of us behind a car wheel. But even though I was definately happy, dancing, buzzed - that amount of wine, beer, and liquor would have completely knocked me on my butt normally
I literally had two sips of wine and he tried to have three bottles of beer but we kept getting interrupted... I don't see how you'd ever have time to get wasted, lol!
My husband doesn't drink but he had a little champagne to celebrate. I drank a little as well. I had to keep reminding myself a drunk bride is not a pretty bride (watched too many horror drunken bride videos beforehand).
i barely drank and my husband drank but we both wanted to make sure we were able to talk to our guest and what not so neither of us got remotely drunk.
however i have been to a few weddings where the bride and/or groom got so drunk they passed out or threw up =x
Throwing up=too drunk. LOL. I haven't been to a wedding like that, wow!
No wait..i have. I second shot a wedding a few weeks ago where they busted out the PATRON at 1pm.
Ha, wow, that's what I was worried about. Our reception was 9 hours and I knew we'd be toasting and stuff before the wedding - so I was a bit worried about someone making a fool of themself even before the wedding. I was at a wedding once where the groom and groomsmen decided to go for a swim in the lake at like 2 am, lets just say not the best idea when you're drunk and the lake has fencing around it. There was some blood.
My husband drank a bit, but not a whole lot. I barely drank anything-I didn't want to have to go to the bathroom and deal with my dress! 
We will drink and party with everyone. I don't do "sloppy drunk," so I'm not worried. Our families both love to have a good time and they drink, so it will be fun. When I was a BM in my cousin's wedding, we started drinking while we were getting ready! She even made me smuggle a bottle of Captin Morgan in her bag on the way to the site! ha ha... Good times!
I am planning on drinking water and white wine or a champagne but that's it. =)
We drank, probably about the amount we normally do and did not get drunk. I wanted to remember the night, as did he and not be sloppy drunk :)
I wont be drinking at my wedding, but I personally think its better to do it in moderation if you drink. My cousin and her husband got sooo drunk at her wedding. She looks drunk in all of the pictures, and when she was cutting the cake she cut it all crooked. Also, her hair was all falling out. Basically she looked like a mess, and all of the guests thought it was very untasteful. Im not sure your wedding is a place to look trashed, but everyone has a different opinion.
I honestly thought the hubs would have drank more than he did. I had a few sips here and there of wine and the hubs only had about a glass of wine. It seems like everyone else was drunk around us, even family members who normally stay sober during parties. They all had a good time though.
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