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You can drink whatever you like. There are plenty of people who do not drink alcohol for a variety of reasons even when it is avaialable. If you want a special drink for a toast you could have a sparkling juice (lots of choices - not just white grape juice) or a sparkling lemonade or a sparkling mineral water like my favorite San Pellegrino - all of which are available at a grocery store.
I like alcohol, but my mum is quite anti-alcohol and I will also have several Muslims coming to my wedding. (I also suspect a few people might be pregnant by that point, and a few friends who have had babies may be breastfeeding). I've already asked my venue to provide non-alcoholic champagne for toasting, and we will probably have mocktails for the pre-dinner social/reception. I want to make sure that everyone feels comfortable and have different drinking options depending on their situation.
This is bad, but we are still not 100 percent decided if there will be alcohol at our wedding! However, if there is, we were thinking just beer and wine, and if so, I would probably have a glass of white wine but that's it - not a big drinker and HELLO that means I'll have to do the difficult task of visiting the restroom more. lol =)
I love me some alcohol, but definitely want there to be fun "mocktail" alternatives for my younger guests/non-drinkers. So you could always taste some fun virgin recipes, or pick out a sparkling drink (sparkling cider, etc.) that looks like champagne.
People aren't going to notice what you're drinking, and they'll appreciate having options, so by all means, figure out what you like and just go with it!
i don't drink alcohol either. it gives me migrianes, and i don't care for it. i'll be drinking water, with no lemon. that's my drink. we'll have alcohol for those who want it, which i know my friends do, but my fi and i just don't drink it and our wedding wont be the exception. we want to feel good for our wedding night!
Yay, i'm glad there are others out there! I have a really low tolerance. One drink makes my stomach feel rumbly, and three makes me throw up. :(
We're going to have old-fashioned pop in glass bottles, my brother's homemade ginger ale, Vietnamese iced coffee, and sangria -- so I'll have plenty to choose from. There will also be beer and wine for those who want to imbibe!
I didn't drink at my wedding either. I'm not a big drinker because it easy affects me and I didn't want to get sloppy drunk on my own wedding.
I don't drink alcohol at all - just a personal choice based on the fact that I really don't like the way it makes me feel. We're having beer and wine only at our wedding (just bought it all this weekend - we got a lot of yells of "where's the party at?" and "Can we come with you?", lol) and decided that people can toast to whatever is in their hand at that time.
If you want something that feels fancy, you could look for the single-varietal grape juice that several vineyards in California are now producing. Comes in what looks like a wine bottle, and tastes pretty great. It's a splurge for grape juice, for sure, but that might be a plus in this situation! If it's not at your grocery store, go to a nice wine store and ask, they should be able to order some for you. There are white & red varietals, both still and sparkling.
A few of the guys in our bridal party are "straightedge" so I think we're toasting on Jones soda instead!
MY SIL used sparkling grape juice at her wedding for the toasts. They didn't serve any alcohol at their wedding. My younger sister is planning her wedding now and she plans to have wine, beer, and a signature cocktail. Since my FI and I will be getting married at an all-inclusive resort...I will proabbly have my fill of drinking prior to the wedding and will probably stick to bottled water.
we're having a frozen/blended lime ade kind of beverage that's fun for our non - drinkers.
I don't drink a whole lot, I don't like the way it tastes! But most of our friends are pretty "good" drinkers, so we'll probably have alcohol for them. And he likes good beer, so we'll have good beer! That being said, you don't have to drink at ALL if you don't want to- I don't see why you can't toast with water if that's what you want! That's pretty much all I drink and I would be annoyed if someone told me that I "couldn't do that"... you could always toast with sparkling apple juice/ grape juice or coke or... whatever!
I'm not too big on drinking either. I have a very low tolerance, and I do NOT want to be hungover the day after our wedding. That being said, I may have a champagne drink/spritzer or soemthing but other than that, I'll be good with sweet tea. Personally, I would toast with whatever I choose. At my BFF's wedding, everyone toasted with beer in plastic party cups.
Personally, I think that you should just have your favorite non-alcoholic drink, and no matter what it is, pour it in a pretty toasting flute. :)
YAY! =] Thank you bee's! I am so glad I am not alone. I was trying to find something that was fancy and resembles champagne or wine, like sparkling cider etc. My mother and FMIL feel like I am breaking toasting tradition by not drinking real champagne, and I am thinking "What are you talking about? I can toast with something else." They were like really getting on me about it, so I figured maybe I could trick them into thinking I was drinking it with something that looks like it or something. I just don't like Alcohol. It's not so much the taste of it. I just don't like the way it makes me feel, and I don't really feel like feeling like poop the night of my wedding. No offense to those who do like it. But really I have a low tolerance level, haha, and I saw how my dad got when he drank when I was little and it wasn't pretty. I have tried. and it just isn't for me. I much prefer water, or juice, sometimes soda, but no so much. Thanks again! =] I will look around for the sparkling cider.
My husband and I didn't drink at our wedding. Neither of us are big drinkers anyway, and the only time we actually slowed down enough to drink anything, we were chugging water. We had a bottle of sparkling cider on our table for dinner, and drank that during toasts, as well. I think a lot of people don't end up drinking at their wedding just because it's really busy for the bride and groom!
i dont' think i'll drink at my wedding! i like to drink, but i think i'll have too many butterflies and have too much on my mind!
ps- my sister didn't drink at her wedding, and we assigned a younger cousin the "important role" of always making sure her water glass was filled. lol!
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So I'm not really a big fan of alcohol. I grew up around it, and really am not a fan of how it can make people act, so I don't like to drink it, at all. We plan on serving alcohol to our guests, and my FI will probab;y drink a little, but I prefer not to. Are there any other brides who will not be drinking at their weddings. What did you drink instead? What did you drink when there was a toast? and what did you drink with dinner, etc? Thanks. =]