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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, in my small-town part of the Midwest, everyone is strapped for cash, so this is the norm.  Usually the weddings are afternoon affairs so everyone can go home/to a restaurant to eat dinner in between.  The timing on this one is indeed unfortunate.  But in my part of the Midwest, people would comment that it was unfortunate timing, but not get up-in-arms that it is cheap and tacky.  Because it is a wedding and a happy affair, and there is nothing wrong with "cheap."[/quote]

The timing of the event is the problem. [b]Where are the parents of the bride and groom?[/b][/quote]

What does that have to do with anything?[/quote]

Um, sorry I was opaque.  I meant, why didn't the parents of the bride and groom suggest a 4 pm or 8 pm wedding to the happy couple to avoid the meal issue?[/quote]

Small-town Midwesterner again here.  Again, from my perspective, the timing is unfortunate, but not really a big issue or a "problem".  I imagine the parents of the couple felt the same way.  People in the Midwest are just generally more laidback about these sorts of things.  And eating at 5:00 is not really a big deal.  My family would probably eat a large mid-afternoon meal in this scenario and then go to the wedding.  And then drive-through Subway on the way home.  We wouldn't even really snark or comment on it at all.  It's just what happens sometimes.  People's lives there are about accommodating and seeing their friends, so people don't get so up-in-arms about "inconveniences."

Now, I don't know where in the Midwest OP's wedding is.  Maybe in that location this is tacky and horrible to guests.  I'm just offering my perspective that in some locations, this is just not a big deal.[/quote]

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