Comments on: French Weddings vs. American Weddings

By: France Weeding | Doanddontdo

France Weeding | Doanddontdo — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:37:39 +0000

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By: club penguin

club penguin — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 02:49:14 +0000

to the comment poster above, you are absolutely right

By: Reno

Reno — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:33:33 +0000

Your story cracked me up, Kim. Really funny to read.
You really set the point : there can be some intricate and complex wedding cards and strategy here in France, and we all heard stories about families having argument just by not getting together on the right strategy, or the right wine, or too small / too large attendance.. 2 main reasons as others said : 1. the money thing 2. the traditional obligation to invite EVERYBODY, from your boss to your neighbour to your last cousin (the one you never saw since.. his own wedding !) Hopefully time-are-a-changing.
I heard that in rural Brittany, as my father told me, ALL THE VILLAGE (except the obvious enemies) was invited (200, 300 to 400 or sometimes 500 persons for the most cheerful people !) and, since rural brittany used to be a rather poor country, yes, people had to participate.. financially. Shoking in the first view, but, if the party is good ?

By: Apollina

Apollina — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:14:34 +0000

Wedding traditions can be weird ! It is really true it depends on which social background the bride & groom are from, but also on where (geographically) they are from…
Just to add my input to the US/FR knowledge of weddings, there is also one thing you might need to be warned of : in some weddings (especially in the north-west part of France) you may be asked to PAY FOR YOUR DINNER. How weird is that!?!
People mention the price and the date by which the “cheque” must be sent to them in the invitation. For the last wedding we attended, my fiance and I had to pay 40€/head and so did most of the attendees (except family). Food was terrible and during the dinner there that “wannabe-DJ” who upset the whole crowd by shouting “whoop whoop” every 10 minutes.

I guess I have found my very “anti-wedding” party !!! (Some say it is helpful to organize your own)

By: Caro'

Caro' — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:06:13 +0000

Hhaha! I love the location being hold at Trucmuche!!!
And being French, I can only respond to your article by saying : People will get offended if they’re not invited at all. You don’t really want to spend your whole wedding day with your boss, and that’s why the Vin d’Honneur is here. Just to toast the newlyweds, and then, the dinner+party can begin! And as far as coming just for the party, it’s usually a money solution : the food being expensive, you invite your (not so close) friends to the party only!
And don’t forget those Onion soup at 4am!

”Ils vécurent heureux et eurent beaucoup d’enfants”