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Never heard of it, never seen it happen. I think it would make me really uncomfortable too (both as a guest and as a bride). Personally, I want to focus on my new husband and being with the friends and family I love, not counting up the cash or oohing and ahhhing over our new coffee maker.
That is really weird! I have never heard of anyone doing that!
I have never heard of that. I have been to many weddings, and I have never seen this happen. That is what the shower is for!
Never heard of that... but I wouldn't mind if someone did it. i'm always curious to see what their gifts are.
I agree that it sounds totally boring, especially for a guest. I don't enjoy showers because of the gift opening but at least I know to expect it and deal with it. But at a wedding - that's just weird.
I've not ever seen that, although apparently some people do gift opening events the day after with family.
I have heard of day after opening or after the reception opening parties with their family. Never heard of anyone doing it at the wedding though.
never heard of it, but then again it might be a regional thing as you said. or a family thing.
we opened all of our presents the next morning post-breakfast. we tore into paper, mom and dad wrote down stuff. good system. :p
I have been to one wedding in N.H. in the early 90's where the bride and groom sat down and opened all the gitfts, however I have never seen that happen again. I think it is very uncomfortable/boring to have to watch and I would never want to be the bride who was upfront opening the gifts infront of everyone. Very weird!
There was someone on here that had mentioned it a while ago. I thought it was odd, however if thats a normal cultural thing to do, its really not any different than opening gifts at a shower or party which people do all the time.
never heard of it. sounds weird.
This isn't exactly the same... but I know kids in the US tend to open gifts at their little birthday parties but in the UK it's very taboo to do that. just a random fact! lol
Our friends did this at thier back-yard wedding reception (the wedding was a few months earlier in a small gathering). They were not planning to open gifts, but her mom and sister forced her (as in, put the gift in her hand and started ripping the paper). It was a little awkward, especially for them :(
I've never seen it and would feel kind of uncomfortable if I went to a wedding where this was happening.
The closest I've seen to this is like what Scissors mentioned -- bride and groom opening gifts at the morning-after brunch. I've never seen a couple open their gifts at the wedding.
We opened ours at a brunch the next morning with our closest family and friends but I think I would feel really awkward opening them at the reception. And I think I'd be bored as a guest.
To each their own I guess!
I've seen presents opened at the morning after brunch as well. I think that's pretty traditional.
It is definitely a regional thing! But it's also something that is not very common anymore. I know when my parents got married, it was what you did. You opened gifts at the wedding. I had never heard of it until recently either, but apparently it used to be a very common Southern thing.
I've never seen it at a wedding, weird. I had a friend read an Emily Post etiquette book about weddings, that said you should display all of your gifts on a table (day after a shower or a wedding) and invite people to come and view it, including money gifts! Odd....
I have never really heard of doing this, until this past Sunday, we had my fiances' parents over for dinner and his Mom said that they didn't have dancing at their reception, instead they opened presents. That was 52 years ago this November. She doesn't wish for us to open gifts at the wedding, and said she is looking forward to dancing, but I thought it was very interesting.
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I know a girl, sort of (she's a friend of a friend of a friend, but we've met once or twice and are Facebook friends) who recently renewed her vows. She and her husband eloped when they were very young and decided a few years later (they are still very young) to have an actual wedding ceremony and reception with friends and family.
I was looking at the photos of the wedding that she posted on Facebook and saw that she and her husband actually sat at their sweetheart table and opened all of their gifts right there at the table after dinner.
At first, I thought that was totally weird, but then I remembered that some other things that I thought were strange turned out to be regional (cash bar, dollar dance, etc). So I wanted to check in and see what you girls had to say.
Have you ever heard of someone doing this? Is this the norm in some regions?