Faux Pas or Nah: Leaving the wedding without saying goodbye to the bride or groom?

If you can say bye, do it.. Weddings are hectic so if they just seem too busy, then I wouldn't have hurt feelings.

If you can say goodbye then I recommend it - but honestly, the bride & groom are always busy & won't be extremely upset about you not saying goodbye!
For my wedding I would hope people let me know, but if not that's okay. If for whatever reason it may be that our parents or bridal party have to leave.... I would like to know for sure!

If you can, yes, say goodbye and thank you or congratulations. If they're busy then it's okay to leave without saying anything to them, but it's polite to let someone else know (if you know others there).

Indifferent for me! The bride groom can be crazy busy so if you can say bye go for it! But don't follow them around and stand there waiting for them to finish something to barge in on them after. Again, they likely wont remember every single person who said goodbye haha!

Not at all.. There are so many people there you probably wouldn't even remember them saying hello. I think it's not a bad thing if people just leave as there are so many people pulling you left to right all throughout the night.

I think every effort should be made to say goodbye to the bride and groom. Sometimes that doesn't happen, and it's okay.

There are times where we don't see all our guests during the evening or while partying. I feel its ok to leave without saying goodbye and at your own time.

Family is different as we speak on weekly basis or daily just catching up or seeing what's happening within our relatives health wise/life plans. Gatherings of wedding or reunion that may be taking place at someone's place.

I think that when the bride and groom are doing their recieving line or going table to table, that's when you say hello, good bye at the same time . Like hi so glad you could come, hope you have a great time tonight, see you later. As a guest i would try to say goodbye but if it didn't happen, i would text a goodbye.

I wouldn't blame my guests if they snuck out of the dance without saying goodbye but I would be sad if I wasn't able to thank everyone the night of.

We’re hosting a wedding of 50. I think our guests should make a point of saying goodbye before they leave.

Nah, I think so much else is going on it probably shouldn't matter much to either party.

Depends on the situation. i’d be frustrated as the bride if someone disappeared early in the night without saying goodbye, but i get that things happen

For me personally I'd say faux pas. I want to see our guests and thank them as they leave. I don't mind if you come tap me on the shoulder whiles I'm on the dance floor or whatever. It would be nice to give a hug and thank you to the guests as they head home.

Depends on size of wedding. there was a wedding I went to and drove 5 hours. The bride was so busy I could't even say hi and tried a number of times. I do think people should say hi to people once during the night

I think it depends on the size of the wedding and your relationship with them. However, I am a bit OCD with goodbyes, and can't just sneak out. Goodbyes are super important to me! But sometimes there is a lot going on, or maybe the B&G are in a important moment and you don't want to interrupt. Could just send a quick message via text (that they may get later) or have someone say goodbye in proxy.

While I think it's nice to say goodbye it wouldn't bother me if people didnt.

No this doesn’t bug me either. People get busy, or they need to leave and the bride and groom aren’t available.

it happens!

I’m torn. Leaning toward nah. If you have the chance, a bye would be nice but if the couple is busy, slipping out is ok.

Nah.
Unless your are a very close family or friend, you can skip the goodbyes.

I think it's fine to leave without a goodbye, especially if you're not really close family to the bride or groom

Depends how close you are to them, I think. Close family and friends should say goodbye but otherwise, as long as you've congratulated them at some point throughout the night, I think it's fine to leave without a fuss.

I think it's fine if guests leave without saying goodbye. It's a nice gesture, but it can take up the couple's time when they have to say goodbye to 100+, 200+ guests!

I think as long as you have had the chance to say something to the bride and groom at some point then its fine to leave. You wouldn't want to leave without having a chance to speak with them.

I think it's fine to just leave. When you're at large weddings and the bride is busy, it's difficult to find them to say goodbye.

I think it’s fine to just leave especially if they’re busy

I am torn on this. Leaning towards Nah, so long as you say goodbye to some people. If you have a chance to say goodbye to the bride and groom, great...if they seem occupied then its ok to just leave

Nah, if its a big wedding we have snuck off. If it's immediate family, or close family, I try to say a quick bye

Nah - weddings are busy enough for the bride and groom - if you can catch them, great, if not, that's okay.

Nah. We snuck off, so most guests didn't get to say goodbye! It's a nice gesture, but not necessary, especially for large weddings!

Nah, when there are 250 guests you don't need to say good bye to everybody!