There are various aspects of the “standard” wedding that I’d like to edit out. One is the bouquet toss.
{via Inspired by This}
First, I never really liked bouquet tosses as a wedding guest. There was a whole lot of single in my life before I met Will, so I always groaned when Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies” started to boom from the speakers and all the man-less misfits were herded to the dance floor. A touch dramatic? Probably. But that’s how it felt.
“Hi, I am single, POINT AND STARE!”
Past a certain age, it started to lose appeal. Yep, still not married! I would stand there and passive-aggressively make no attempt whatsoever to catch the flung flowers.
{ via Style Me Pretty, photograph by Laura Leslie Photography}
As a bride paying for the flowers, I can assure you I won’t be tossing them at a group of underwhelmed, unattached attendees. It will likely grace the sweetheart table during dinner and rest there unmolested throughout the evening.
I know I’m not the first to choose to cut out this ritual. I’ve read of several alternative treatments for your bouquet.
- Present it to the couple who has been married the longest (unless, knowing ahead of time who this will be, you are concerned that they wouldn’t enjoy being singled out as being likely the oldest guests in attendance).
- Give it to my mother.
- Give it to Will’s mother.