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As was evidenced by the two weddings that we attended in Poland this year, a Polish wedding is not complete without alcohol. Wodka is a traditional Polish favorite, but us Poles don’t discriminate. We are equally fond of tequila, gin, rum, whiskey, wine, beer and many others. All of these multicultural guests will make an appearance at our wedding. Cutting out the open bar to save on costs was just not an option for us.
Despite the “merriment” at our reception, I have asked that love be the groom’s intoxicant of choice. I made him promise that he will not drink.
You see, despite the fact that Mr. Pudding’s alcohol consumption is above average for an American, he sometimes forgets that he is only 1/4 Polish. He tries to keep up with my family, and it doesn’t always end well.
Because I love all of you at the hive dearly, and trust that you will not sell me out to Mr. P, I am going to tell you a secret:
I don’t actually plan on holding Mr. P to his promise. I know that when Tata Pudding offers him a wodka shot to celebrate his becoming a part of our family, it will be impossible (and rude) for him to refuse! I am hoping that the promise to me will make him think twice about his alcohol consumption, and will limit him to 2-3 drinks, tops. After all, I don’t want him to end up like this guy:
Are you giving your groom any alcohol consumption guidelines?
I’m actually more of a drinker than FI is (ooops) so I’ll be keeping myself in check haha ;o)
However, I am more worried about FI drinking at the rehearsal dinner than at the wedding/reception. After dinner, he will be headed downtown to the hotel with his GMs who are all big partiers. I’m going to bet they are NOT going right to bed. FI is fun when he’s drunk but MISERABLE when he’s hungover. So hopefully things will stay relatively calm on Friday…
Been there, done that……tough to control, even in the best of situations. The problem is that emotions are running at extreme levels and you usually don’t know WHAT hits you until IT hits you! Good luck with this…..
We’ve decided to not be the drunk newlyweds and will be monitoring each other. Our goal is to remember the day and not look awful in our photos. After party is an entirely different story . . .
Although, the difficulties of getting me out of my corset back dress may be enough to keep him sober because otherwise I’ll be sleeping in my dress!
Haha, that’s smart, Miss Pudding! Sounds like you guys are going to have a really fun reception!
Being on the married side now, it amazes me how brides and grooms actually find the time to get drunk. I think I had 3-4 glasses of wine at our reception but I know I didn’t finish any of them. If any of them were 1/2 empty, I’d be surprised! My hubby was the same way!
I’m sure your FI will be fine!
I’m less worried about him acting drunk than what happens after the party. My fiance is a bit of a puker.. and that would be a miserable wedding night.
FI and I have agreed with each other that we don’t want to be drunk at our wedding. We will likely keep an eye on each other to make sure that we stay at a reasonable limit.
I feel you on not being able to cut the open bar! The ski’s on my side of the family wouldn’t show up if there wasn’t at least free vodka for them.
Sadly, I’ve inherited my mother’s ‘asian glow’ tendencies when it comes to alcohol so I prob won’t have anything until after the photographers leave.
Too funny! My man isn’t a big drinker, but when he gets around my best friend’s VERY Irish family, he tends to not want to be rude, so he drinks up the Guiness and Jameson and ends up slurring about he’s ‘not drunk’! I won’t have to worry about this at our wedding, but if her family was mine… there would definately be some limits set!
I haven’t really set any guidelines for him; I’ve set them for the Best Man. I just said no real drinking until after the speech. From then on, he’s not too much of a problem. Mr. Library isn’t really a drinker, anyway, so I don’t see him being intoxicated at our wedding.
We’ve discussed this a few times and both agree we don’t want to be drunk on our wedding night. But we’ll both have a few drinks I’m sure!
He doesn’t drink at all, so I have the opposite problem. I’m hoping he’ll at least participate in the champagne toast!
We didnt really have guidelines, its was more like dont drink too much that you dont remember the night. I probably had about 4 or 5 cocktails plus champagne throughout the night and I was so busy saying hi to people and dancing and saying thank you the alcohol never caught up to me. DH either, though he has a high tolerance for alcohol.
I did make him promise not to drink to much before the ceremony. I was fine with him having a beer or two but that was it. He did very good, only had a beer and turned down mulitple offers for shots 
My FI has quit drinking any and all beer until the wedding to lose weight. I have been impressed by his ability to abstain so far, but I am a little worried that he will be so glad to drink beer at the rehearsal dinner and wedding reception that he will go overboard. But I trust his judgment. I think…
I am more of a drinker than my FI, so I think he’ll probably be the one to put the guidelines on me!
neither one of us really drinks and my guy refuses to drink when we’re together. he feels much more comfortable when he has all his senses together since he feels its his duty to look out for me and he doesn’t want to compromise that.
I just told him he had to be sober when he says “I Do”! After that, the party’s on! The all-inclusive has been paid for so the drinks will be flowing I’m sure. I know both of us want to remember the night and not end up holding each other’s hair so we’ll be keeping it under control.
We’ve decided to go verrrry easy on the alcohol, probably just champagne to toast — maybe also a glass of champagne at reception. We want to be able to soak in every minute!!
He made ME promise! Then he kindly promised in return. We told each other we won’t get drunk at the wedding (though we’re certainly not going to abstain entirely! gimmie mah champagne!).
I am with hbowar though: I keep telling him I don’t think it will be a problem!
I am not drinking at the rehearsal dinner though. Drinking too much makes me bloaty and gives me the undereye circles like you wouldn’t believe. It’s vanity at work.
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Mrs. Pudding, Greater Toronto Area/Vermont Age and Occupation: 26, High School Teacher Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Computer Engineer Engagement Date: August 2008 Wedding Date: July 2010 Venue: Catholic Ceremony, Cultural Hall Reception About Me: Quite literally a citizen of the world, I was born in Poland, grew up in Canada, and now live in the beautiful state of Vermont. I love reading historical biographies, multi-tasking, teasing my hair, and, despite my height, wearing high heeled shoes. I am the ultimate klutz with an uncanny ability to put on a graceful front. Mr. Pudding and I have been dating for over six years, and are very excited to finally merge our (very large) families. We are planning a traditional Polish-Catholic wedding that is anything but predictable.
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