Results: More Wedding Stuff
Published on 06/20/2023
... because, for the second time in a month, I saw a couple get hitched, and there's more on my mind about the whole rigmarole of uniting in matrimony.
QUESTIONS
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Comments
1.
1.
At the last wedding you attended, how involved were any of the parents of the couple getting wed in the ceremony you saw and goings-on surrounding it (for example, the father of the bride played drums in the band providing music outside the venue while attendees got snacks, before the main meal, at his daughter's wedding I attended earlier this week)?
Yes
12%
262 votes
Unsure
32%
699 votes
No
44%
960 votes
I've yet to attend a wedding.
13%
279 votes
2.
2.
If there was a meal after (or before, for that matter) the exchange of vows last you attended a wedding, how was it served?
Plated (the whole meal served to each attendee individually)
34%
743 votes
Family style (all the food placed on the table where everyone sitting at it can serve themselves)
12%
271 votes
Buffet (come and get it yourself!)
33%
734 votes
There was no meal at the last wedding I attended./I didn't stay for the meal or wasn't invited to that part of the wedding day./ I've yet to attend a wedding.
21%
452 votes
3.
3.
Have you ever heard THE VERY SAME SONG sung for/to the couple being wed at two or more consecutive weddings you've attended?
Yes
14%
308 votes
Not recalling
35%
778 votes
No
39%
847 votes
I've yet to attend a wedding.
12%
267 votes
4.
4.
How formally were the couple getting married and their wedding party dressed for the occasion of the latest such ceremony you've attended (I'll let you decide what constitutes formalwear)?
Formal
34%
744 votes
Semi-formal
29%
639 votes
Casual
16%
343 votes
Costumes or uniforms of some type(s)
2%
48 votes
A combination of at least two of the above options
6%
130 votes
I've yet to attend a wedding.
13%
296 votes
5.
5.
The last two weddings I've attended, both of couples in their early 20's (or late teens?), have convinced me that the older one gets when one marries, the more sense it makes to elope...or, at most, have a small gathering with minimum fuss. Do you agree? Yes, that makes sense.
43%
949 votes
I'm uncertain as to whether that makes sense.
16%
357 votes
No, that doesn't make sense to me.
14%
304 votes
I've never thought about the matter and don't care to do so now.
27%
590 votes
COMMENTS