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Miss Lovebug recently said that she wants to move to Canada because of all of our cute wedding traditions. Well, I think it’s only fair to fill her, and you, in on everything before she makes that rash decision. I fear she may change her mind after hearing this one…
One of my least favorite traditions at wedding dances around here (maybe this happens in other parts of Canada and the US as well, but I *think* this is unique to Saskatchewan) is the Bride/Groom dance with all of the members of the opposite sex at the wedding.
In most cases the female guests will request “I’m Too Sexy” or some similar song and then form a circle on the dance floor with the Groom in the middle and take turns dancing with him and removing articles of his clothing! You can’t see me right now but I too am shaking my head in disbelief, even though I have seen it many many times. It never gets to the point where they remove his pants but it gets close sometimes. Crazy.
For the Bride the men will request “I Knew The Bride When She Used To Rock & Roll” or “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and form the same circle with her in the middle. They do not do the removing of clothing bit, but there is a whole lotta gyrating and Night At The Roxbury type of dancing. Equally un-enjoyable I would imagine.
There will be neither of these dances at our wedding. This is one of the many perks of supplying and playing your own music! I know that lots of people really enjoy this tradition but to Mr. Pumpkin and I there is possibly nothing worse.
What do you think? Am I being too mean by taking away something from my guests that seems to bring them so much joy? Miss Lovebug - are you still in?
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We do this in the U.S., only we call it the Bachelor/ette Party.
aww…those sound cute - but it might be a regional thing 
I’ve lived in both BC and Ontario for many years and have never heard of that - but what fun!
WOW - I have to say, I was born and raised in BC, now I live in Manitoba. I’ve never seen it done:( I hope it is just in your area, lol. That is horrible! Nothing like celebrating your new union but rubbing up against all your guests in a provocative form.
Nasty:( Of course, I also think the garter belt thing is a little sick. Really - you wear it on your leg in hot sweaty weather, then your new husband is supposed to use his teeth to remove it IN PUBLIC and then some random buy gets to take it home as a souviner? The whole idea of some random guy walking off with something that had been that intimately connected to me just did not site well with me - we skipped that tradition.
Crystal — Agree that removing the garter BELT at the wedding would be a bit much, hee hee! Hope you meant the garter.
I am from Saskie too….and I am also not including these lovely dances!
Too mean for your guests? Girl, it’s your party, your budget, your rules! Please don’t feel bad excluding a tradition you’re not comfortable with.
It’s your day and you shouldn’t do anything that makes you feel uncomfortable. Plus, it is a rather weird/inappropriate tradition.
that is the scariest thing i’ve ever heard…
I would NOT want men (even friends) gyrating near me no do I want my girlfriends removing clothing from my FI and *especially* not in front of our parents!!!
oh you crazy canadians [in some parts]. that is the weirdest thing i heard. i definitely wouldn’t want that…i know that little jealousy side in both of us would definitely be on display then.
Miss Pumpkin: the funny thing is, I dated a Canadian who I could totally see doing the group gyration dance. A man desperately in need of a neuter. Wasn’t even French Canadian.
I say forge your own traditions, eh.
Ew ew ew. That’s as bad/worse than the regional (well, rumoured I’ve never seen it) twist on the garter & bouquet toss that has the man caught the garter put it on the woman who caught the bouquet. It’s hard enough to get women to participate in that cringefest without the threat of a stranger groping her leg.
I just realized that with wedding videos and photojournalism photogs these delightful traditions might be captured and viewed by your great-grandchildren. No child should be exposed to that image of granny. For the sake of future generations stop the madness.
I haven’t heard of anything quite so up close and nasty…but I am familiar with a similar thing here in the MN/WI area called the dollar dance…where guests pay $1 to dance with either the bride or the groom…we may include this, but I will pick the songs and let the DJ know well ahead of time so there is no nasty grinding going on…although with a few of the Mr’s friends, it’s inevitable!
Not even in Sweden… would we do that
The only tradition here that comes _close_ to what you described, is a tradition that says that if the bride leeves the room during the dinner/party, all the single girls runs to the groom and give him a kiss (not on the mouth) and vice versa.
But most of us consider that a tacky tradition and don‚´t practice it at all. But “dirty dancing”? No way.
Not even for the Swedish brides. Not for all the Swedish bikini-teams in the world
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Mrs. Pumpkin, Saskatchewan, Canada
Blogger Since: April 10, 2007
Age and Occupation: 28, Lawyer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Farmer
Engagement Date: July 14, 2006
Wedding Date: June, 2007
About Me: I love movies, music and I am addicted to TV. When I have some spare time I also love scrapbooking and making personalized greeting cards and above all playing Hide & Seek or Duck, Duck, Goose with my two adorable nieces!
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