Keep, Trash or Alter Which Wedding Traditions?

Keep

Trash: I don't need a wedding party

Alter: We’re open to a Man of Honor, Best Lady, etc.

Keep: Formal invitations for a formal event

Trash: Everyone’s getting evites, texts, and phone calls

Alter: Older guests get paper invites, everyone else evites

Keep: We’ll slow dance to our favorite long song

Trash: We can’t dance or don’t want to have that focus on us

Alter: We practiced a routine for our first dance

Keep: Diamonds are the only true engagement ring stone

Trash: We don’t have a ring

Alter: We have a different stone in the ring or no stone

Keep: White or a variation like cream, ivory, champagne

Trash: The dress will not be white

Alter: (Mostly) white dress, colorful accessories

Keep: We want to give out keepsakes

Trash: Waste of money

Alter: People can take home wedding décor or desserts

Keep: We need house stuff

Trash: We’re just asking our guests for their attendance

Alter: Asking for cash/ donating our gift money to charity

Keep: Bespoke or off the rack, pricey or inexpensive but New

Trash: The dress won’t even be from the “bridal” section

Alter: Rent, borrow, or pick up a donated dress

Keep: Bespoke or off the rack, pricey or inexpensive but New

Trash: Not wearing a tux or suit

Alter: Rent, borrow, or wear something in the closet

Keep

Trash: We’re keeping our own names

Alter: Bride/ groom is hyphenating/ the groom is taking hers

Keep

Trash: No vows at all!

Alter: We'll write our own vows

Keep: Full service professional or self/appointed loved one

Trash: We'll do everything ourselves

Alter: Day of or month of coordinator