sunday weddings

Personal order of preference; Sat, Sun, Fri, Thurs in that order.

Sunday means a leisurely morning preparation getting dressed for the wedding, and hopefully a nice relaxed mind after having Saturday off work. Prefer it to Fridays as I work Mon-Fri, so a Sunday wedding means not trying to beg for annual leave. Plus, I can usually wrangle a 10am start time on Monday after a special event at the weekend, so I'd stay til 11.30 or midnight, which is the typical end time of any wedding.

We're getting married on a Sunday. Most of my family (me included!) are teachers/work in schools and our Sunday is during school holidays so that's not a problem. The rest of my family, with the exception of my brother, are retired. Fiance's family will have to travel for the wedding and are therefore taking the Monday off. Some already have it booked as part of their Christmas leave.

You may find there's the odd person who leaves earlier because they're going to work on the Monday but it won't cause the end of the party, I'm sure.

Thanks claiee. We aren't getting married till 3pm. I think most of our guests will take the monday off but after seeing other posts ive suddenly had a panic lots of people will leave early x

We're getting married on a Sunday too. Most, if not all of our guests are staying over and the plan is to have a big breakfast on the Monday before going our separate ways.

My first wedding was on a Sunday and it was fine, most people stayed till at least 11pm and those who had taken the Monday off stayed later

As a photographer I regularly shoot weddings on Sundays. I've never noticed loads of people leaving early or any other issues.

Don't let it put you off. I'm sure people will just book the Monday off work.

I've only ever done one wedding where the guests left early and that was due to a terrible dj!

I've only been to one Sunday wedding, which we did leave early, but that was because the bride and groom were knackered and had left to go to bed at 9.30!

If the wedding was far away, I'd try to take the Monday off and stay overnight, but if it was nearby I might just leave at a sensible-ish time. To be honest, if all your guests have had a fab day and a good dance in the evening, I don't think it matters too much if things wind down by 10.30-11ish. You may well be exhausted by then!

I don't think l have ever been to a wedding on a Sunday? Because of the way my shifts work out, if l wasn't that working that weekend then l would be working on the Monday from 7.30am so l would be tempted to book it off work if it was a close friend or family member.

We are having a Sunday wedding but as most people are coming from out of town, early leaving shouldnt be a problem as they are staying until the Monday anyway. It's coincidentally fallen on a local holiday too and as I work for the government, those coming from my work will have a long weekend anyway so no issues with them getting annual leave.

I have planned my evening to finish at 11pm anyway so i'm hoping that will give people a reason to stay till the end

My friend got married on a Sunday and it was fine. I stayed over and took the Monday as leave but as I remember it (I was rather drunk!) there were still loads of people there at the end.

We're debati getting married on a Sunday but have a lot of kids in our family so are worried they'll leave early as there is will have school the next day. Any opinions in this too? Xxx

I get married this Sunday. Growing up I only ever attended weddings on Sunday due to the fact I grew up Adventist and Saturdays are our day of worship.

ive been to a few weddings on a Saturday and to be honest they are no different we party just as late and just has hard...

i normally just book the Monday of work.

I'm getting married on a bank holiday Monday and most of our friends/family have booked the following day off work to stay in the hotel with us but for those that can't, the party ends at midnight anyway so it's not that late x

I have personally left a sunday wedding early (if 10.30pm counts as early) but i'm boring and old and had young school children with me.

i'd still leave early nowadays because i'm even more boring, even older and in teacher training.

HOWEVER i'm not your guest so it doesn't matter! honestly i think you'll be fine. i've been to quite a few saturday weddings recently where people have been leaving as early as 7pm, and many around the 9.30pm-10pm mark, so really and truly it would seem it doesn't matter what day you marry, people leave when THEY'RE ready to.

mr winters mum, dad and brother left our wedding at 7.30pm because she was on chemo and tired. his godparents left at 5pm! his garndparents (also on chemo) left at 4pm.

we went to a wedding last sat and left at 11.15pm because our son was tired and i had a headache. we went to another friends wedding in nov on a sat and were the last guests to leave at well gone midnight.

swings and roundabouts my lovely but come the day, you honestly won't notice or care. just dance your own ass off and enjoy it!

We're marrying on a Friday and I'm nervous about that but I thought more people would be likely to be allowed the day off for the wedding rather than the Monday for being hungover. Also h2b is a sportsman so games are usually on a Saturday so more people are likely to be able to come.

end of the day it is your big day and your closest family and friends will be there to stay with you all day and night and that is all that matters. Most weddings end at 11/12 anyway and those that go on longer... Fair play I would be exhausted! I have worked over 30 weddings and due to the venue it all has to stop at 11. Believe me that was late enough as so many drunk people and exhausted bride and groom. Do not worry people will be with you until the end. Sunday seems to be the new Saturday!

Thanks ladies. You have all put my mind at rest. Think I was havin a bit of an imsecure moment yesterday. Your all completely right, it will be a great day no matter what ;-) and im pretty sure ill be exhausted come the evening xx