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Lynnie
WeddingWire Admin October 2016 North Carolina

Doing or Ditching: Sleeping separately the night before the wedding?

Lynnie, on April 1, 2019 at 09:05 Posted in Before the wedding 0 47

Traditionally, couples spent the night before the wedding sleeping in separate beds as a “last night alone” and so that you don’t wake up and see each other before the ceremony! What are your sleeping arrangements for the night before the big day?

Are you doing or ditching the tradition of sleeping separately the night before?


Doing or Ditching: Sleeping separately the night before the wedding? 1

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47 Comments

Latest activity by Anna, on April 7, 2019 at 22:08
  • Anna
    Newbie May 2022 Manitoba
    Anna ·
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    We'll be sleeping apart. I'll be sleeping at the hotel hosting our wedding the night before, and my hotel room is going to be the bridesmaid prep room the day of.
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  • Allen
    Devoted April 2019 Ontario
    Allen ·
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    Sleeping separately as tradition
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  • Candace
    VIP May 2019 Ontario
    Candace ·
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    We struggled with our decision on this one for awhile. We both sleep better when we sleep together but we do like the idea of keeping this tradition. In the end we agreed that we will keep with the tradition so I am going to sleep in my MOH's room the night before.

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  • Terresa
    Curious October 2019 British Columbia
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    Ditching! We'll have been together for a decade by the wedding day, and I've slept without him often enough for deployments, courses, etc. Neither one of us wants to sleep separately the night before.

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  • Summer
    Devoted May 2019 Ontario
    Summer ·
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    Doing! I’ll be staying at the hotel with my MOH and he’ll be staying at our house with his family
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  • Samantha
    Curious June 2019 Ontario
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    We will be doing this one! He’s getting ready at a local hotel the day of and has the room booked for day before and after, so we thought , why not?!
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  • Kaisha
    Super March 2019 Nova Scotia
    Kaisha ·
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    Ditching, we slept at our house and both got ready at the house as well.

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  • Geneviève
    VIP September 2020 Ontario
    Geneviève ·
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    We haven't fully decided yet. We're both pro-ditch, but we have superstitious parents

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  • Kelly
    Expert September 2019 Manitoba
    Kelly ·
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    Ditching. We have the bridal suite the night before. Actually I think its super cute to get to wake up next to each other on the day.

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  • Terri
    Frequent user July 2019 Nova Scotia
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    We will be together the night before but in separate rooms ( I could use some serious beauty sleep without snoring). First looks will happen the next afternoon before the ceremony.

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  • Allison
    Frequent user June 2019 Ontario
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    Ditching!

    We have been living together for 4+ years now so its not like we are moving in together after our wedding. We also have an airbnb booked from the Friday-Monday to enjoy time away together before and after the wedding, its about 30 minutes from our venue and 20 minutes from home.

    We also are doing first look prior to the ceremony so why should we have to avoid each other in the morning when we wake up? (:

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  • Sara
    Curious September 2019 British Columbia
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    We are not doing this. We have a hotel for 2 nights. I might surprise him with a masseuse the morning of the wedding. Get a couple massage before all the running around begins.

    He will go to his friends place in the afternoon when I have to start getting ready.

    We are mostly doing this so that a few out of towners that can't afford hotels can take over our apartment.

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  • Amanda
    Super June 2019 Ontario
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    Doing!! Sleeping separately and the first look will be as I walk down the aisle.

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  • Robyn
    Super June 2019 Ontario
    Robyn ·
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    Doing this one... we don't live together yet, because of our super old-fashioned families, so we couldn't ditch this tradition even if we wanted to lol

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  • Maegan
    Frequent user August 2021 Ontario
    Maegan ·
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    Doing it! I'll be spending the niggt with my bridesmaids
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  • Rachael
    Super October 2019 Ontario
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    I'm not sure, but we'll likely ditch it.

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  • Alexandra
    VIP November 2019 British Columbia
    Alexandra ·
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    I do! I like the idea of not seeing each other until I walk down the aisle. The build up will make it better!
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  • A
    Frequent user June 2019 Ontario
    Allyson ·
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    I like the idea of spending the night separate, but as others have said having kids may change that. If he's not home then I have four kids to get to bed alone and four to get moving in the morning.

    Maybe, I'll go away and leave him home. Smiley winking
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  • Leah
    VIP April 2019 British Columbia
    Leah ·
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    Ditching it!
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  • Amanda
    Frequent user October 2019 Ontario
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    Doing! No seeing each other the day before the wedding!
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  • Lydia
    Devoted June 2019 British Columbia
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    Doing, but not because of tradition but because it's easier. We both have airbnbs with our bridal party and as our ceremony starts at 10.30 the girls gotta get started on hair and make up really early. We also made sure that we're staying somewhere close to our venue
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  • Stephanie
    VIP May 2019 Ontario
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    Yep!!! 100% agree with this!

    We don't live together yet either so I find it makes it easier already ahaha!

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  • Erin
    Super May 2022 Ontario
    Erin ·
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    Ideally I would like to do this and not see each other till I walk down the aisle but with 2 kids and our ceremony not starting till 7 that is probably not going to work.

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  • Janaya
    Expert August 2019 Saskatchewan
    Janaya ·
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    YES! I am very excited to keep this tradition. We dont live together yet so it wont be hard but it'll be fun I think haha

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  • Casey
    Master October 2019 Ontario
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    We will be apart the night before.
    We are doing our rehearsal dinner, and then will separate until 2pm the next day for our first look!

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  • Michelle
    Expert April 2019 Alberta
    Michelle ·
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    We will be apart that night. Not even for superstitious reasons, I just think it'll be fun to have a slumber party with my bridesmaids!

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  • Jenn
    Frequent user April 2019 Saskatchewan
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    Undecided! I'd like to uphold this tradition, but we've lived together for almost two years now. We have a few more sleeps til we have to have it figured out!
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  • Meghan
    Devoted April 2019 Ontario
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    We are doing this...I am staying in our apartment with my bridesmaids, and he has booked the guest suite in our apartment building to sleep in

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  • Caitlyn
    Super January 2020 Ontario
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    We’re going to do this. I really want the first time he sees me that day to be when I walk down the aisle.
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  • Kassandra
    Frequent user May 2020 Alberta
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    Definitely Ditching
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  • Stephanie
    Master July 2018 Alberta
    Stephanie ·
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    Did this! We didn’t live together before we were married anyway, so it made it easy to do
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  • Bianca
    Master August 2019 Ontario
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    We're doing this. He's adamant about not seeing each other the night before so one of us will be staying at a hotel the night before.

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