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Lynnie
WeddingWire Admin October 2016 North Carolina

Bouquet Toss? Keep or Cancel?

Lynnie, on September 16, 2019 at 09:50 Posted in Wedding reception 0 32

To toss the bouquet, or not to toss? 💐 That is the divisive question! Some brides are so over this outdated tradition, and don't want to drag out all their single friends onto the dance floor while "single ladies" plays. Other brides can't imagine it feeling like a wedding without this classic and fun custom!

Which side of the bouquet debate are you on? Keep or cancel?


Bouquet Toss? Keep or Cancel? 1

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32 Comments

Latest activity by Amelia, on October 31, 2019 at 22:24
  • Amelia
    Master October 2020 New Brunswick
    Amelia ·
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    Thank God. I've also put a ban on that song.
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  • Amelia
    Master October 2020 New Brunswick
    Amelia ·
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    I took a poll of my friends on this one, as they would be on the receiving end and they want a bouquet toss!
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  • Judice
    Frequent user November 2019 Ontario
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    Cancel - It's just outdated at this point,

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  • Nelly
    Devoted October 2021 Ontario
    Nelly ·
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    Cancel I don't like this tradition

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  • Christine
    Frequent user October 2019 Ontario
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    Cancel. I don't think many of our guests are single, so it would be awkward.

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  • Erin
    Super September 2019 Ontario
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    Keep. But we won't be playing "Single Ladies"!
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  • Erin
    Super September 2019 Ontario
    Erin ·
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    I made all my bouquets and just made a second, smaller one to throw for the bouquet toss so that I can keep mine.

    But don't let your DJ push you around! If you don't wanna do it, don't do it!
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  • Stephanie
    Master July 2018 Alberta
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    Cancel. Not a fan
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  • R
    Devoted November 2019 Quebec
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    Cancel and keep. I want to cancel it, I think its tacky personally. But my dj keeps trying to talk me into it because its fun and traditional but if i do i will 100% get a bouquet at the dollarstore to throw.
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  • Bianca
    Master August 2019 Ontario
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    Cancel. I. Hate. This.

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  • A
    Super September 2020 Ontario
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    Cancel. We don't have many single guests so I think it would be awkward.

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  • Tina
    Frequent user July 2021 Ontario
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    Cancel. We're inviting only two single people; my sister and my FH's cousin once removed. Not likely to be any fun lol!

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  • Alexandra
    VIP November 2019 British Columbia
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    Keep! I think this will be a lot of fun!

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  • Danielle
    Frequent user July 2022 Manitoba
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    Keep - I'm going to make a tossing bouquet. And I'm not gonna do that BS thing where you pretend to toss it but you really just get your single bridesmaids to block everyone and then toss it on the floor in front of them.

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  • Chelsea
    Super June 2020 Alberta
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    Probably cancel, but haven’t decided officially!
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  • A
    Devoted July 2023 British Columbia
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    I won’t be tossing the bouquet, but I will have a small version made and give it to the couple who has been married the longest. This will be my grandparents. I always hated being singled out at weddings for the bouquet toss, and some of the weddings I attended it got vicious!

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  • BunnyBride
    Super August 2334 Nova Scotia
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    Keep. This could change, but both me and my FH agree absolutely NO garter toss. There aren't many single ladies, but, at a wedding I went to, the put a new twist on the tradition I liked: If a married wanted to try and caught it, it just meant luck for the next year of their relationship. I thought it was sweet and a nice inclusive twist to keep things fun.

    Definitely creating a toss bouquet. Given I don't have the best luck at throwing things, I don't want to to accidentally knock someone out with a large bouquet (and I want to keep my bouquet! Smiley xd)

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  • Seleena
    Super September 2019 British Columbia
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    Cancel. I want to keep my bouquet for a shadowbox.

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  • Valérie
    VIP September 2019 Quebec
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    Cancel - It's awkward.
    One wedding I went to, women were asked NOT to catch the bouquet when tossed, as the bride wanted one of her girlfriends to catch it. I thought that was a huge buzzkill.

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  • Caitlyn
    Super January 2020 Ontario
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    Keep, it just seems fun!

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  • Katelyn
    Super October 2019 Ontario
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    Keep! I think this is super fun. Although I would love to keep my bouquet what am I really going to do with it anyways.
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  • Janaya
    Expert August 2019 Saskatchewan
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    Keep Smiley smile hah it was fun!

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  • Allison
    Master October 2019 Ontario
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    Cancel - one of my bridesmaids was looking forward to it actually but she's made her peace with it.

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  • Michelle
    Expert October 2021 Nova Scotia
    Michelle ·
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    One of my bridesmaids is already saying she's going to catch the bouquet so we're probably keeping this one. Though we aren't doing a garter toss so is it weird to have one and not the other?

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  • Veronica
    Super October 2021 Alberta
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    Probably cancelling. There will be a very small (like 3) amount of "single ladies" at the wedding so just seems awkward to me.

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  • M
    Expert September 2019 Ontario
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    Cancel.
    Amusingly, my mom thought I was going to throw my bouquet at one point. It would have been absurd (who is going to catch it, my 14 year old daughter? I don't think so!). I don't like the bouquet toss anyway, what with it aligning with a very heteronormative mindset that marriage between a female (who catches the bouquet) and a male (who catches the garter) is the ultimate goal.
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  • Casey
    Master October 2019 Ontario
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    Cancelling. We don't have enough single people at the wedding to have enough of a "group" I think we only have 3 or 4, and they are all younger (16 -20)

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  • Alix
    Expert June 2021 Saskatchewan
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    We're canceling this one. Not going to be many single people there.

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  • K
    Expert September 2018 British Columbia
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    Cancel! We only had a few single ladies, but they were mostly mature women (aunts) who were widowed (including an aunt who's husband passed away only a year prior).

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  • Kelsie
    Master July 2021 Ontario
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    Keeping!! Idk how many single people we’ll actually have though hahah
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  • Rayanne
    Master June 2022 Ontario
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    Cancel. I hated this one when I was single. It wasn't like my friends would allow me not to participate ugh
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  • Tori
    Top October 2019 Manitoba
    Tori ·
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    KEEP!!!

    I wanna toss the bouquet!!

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