Wedding Money Dance
May 14, 2005
Is the $$Money Dance$$ appropriate?
I am from the south and I assume that maybe this dance at a wedding is a local thing. Most all of the weddings I have ever been to has them and my finance wants to have one yet I feel a little tacky doing it. I feel like its saying “hi bring us a gift and while you at is give us some money”
What are your thoughts on it???
Honestly, I guess a lot of people did not grow up on “if you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say anything”.
I am so sick of defending the “dollar dance” as we, in my area of the Northeast call it. There are many old traditions followed in this area of the country…since this is where our country was founded. That said, I have never been to a wedding where there WAS NOT a dollar dance. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it, and it is expected. I have never, in all of my years, heard someone complain about it. Most people where I’m from give a dollar, five, ten, or twenty. There is no rule that everyone has to participate, but almost everyone does. It is to wish the couple well, spend a few moments alone with the bride/groom, and give them a few more dollars to help start their home or for their honeymoon.
Once again, I’d like to say that those who think that it’s “tacky” or “trashy” should spend more of their free time educating themselves and less time criticizing other people’s cultural traditions.
I will have a dollar dance at my reception, and I am also having a cookie table, which stems from an Italian tradition. Does anyone have anything uneducated to say about that, as well?
Last, but not least: IT’S A DOLLAR! For crying out loud. It shouldn’t break anyone’s bank. Stop being so cheap.
Wedding Money Dance
