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The people coming to your wedding are there to support you and want to see you get married. They won't find it boring.
If I had to suggest anything, it would be the length...long ceremonies with many elements can start to feel kind of drawn out.
haha, i am in the same boat. its going to be a full catholic mass, and that's not everyone's thing, so even though they are there for me, i dont want them to be bored/antsy. since i cant cut the time at all, i'm trying to make it better by having a basket of personalized water bottles and a little favor bag with italian lemon drop cookies in them. in our program i am also putting in this 'tree horoscope' i found on Martha Stewart.
http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/goodthings/take-a-bough
@melissaao- Im doing the what tree do you fall from thing as well! Im so excited to do it!!
Two suggestions for how to have a non-boring ceremony
1)length...try to keep it to less than 30 minutes (that is even too long for me!)
2) incorporate personal things to you and your FI and readings that are meaningful to you instead of cliche
ok this might be totally horrible and not what you are looking for at all but maybe include a crossword puzzle or something in your program? that way if people feel its too long/boring they have something to quietly distract themselves with?
We made a personalized crossword to put in our programs. It's titled "For your entertainment: in case you get bored..." It's a fun way to give people something to do because ceremonies can get really boring, even if you know the person really well!
We both love crosswords, so it was also a way to incorporate some of ourselves :)
I would offer a different perspective here. Instead of focusing on shortening the ceremony or distracting your guests from the happenings of the ceremony, get an awesome officiant!
A great officiant (e.g. great in public speaking, genuiness, familiarity with the bride/groom/family, etc.) really pulls everything together. In my case, my priest provided many personal touches to my ceremony that was beyond my expectations. He was also a great teacher and public speaker. A lot of ppl came to me afterwards just to tell me how moved and beautiful the service was.
As almost everyone has said keep it quick...I am getting marrie outside in July in GA so i wasn't really worried about guest being bored as much as i was them getting hot and uncomfortable... our ceremony is going to be like 25 minutes... simple, elegant and to the point... The real reason people like weddings anyway is the reception 
I agree with Future Mrs. Blocker... the reception is kind of a thank you for sitting through the ceremony! It is your wedding ceremony, you'll only have that special experience once, so I say don't worry about your guests too much and just have a nice reception!
WHAAAAAAAAAT!! I friggan love that tree horoscope idea! My ceremony is short already but I definitely want to incorporate that somewhere!
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Help ladies! How do I make sure my ceremony isn't boring for my guests?