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Wedding Breakfast

Hi,

I am wondering if anyone else has a problem with the words 'wedding breakfast'. I have had a number of people ask why we asked them about the breakfast (on the return slip) when they were not going to be there for the morning!

I am Australian, but my English OH convinced me that EVERYONE know that the breakfast was the reception and would understand. Well, I can tell you that they don't understand, and have had lots of confused questions. I hate making people feel silly, and I feel that I have by asking a question that doesn't make sense. Calling it 'breakfast' is confusing to me... and it turns out to other people too.

What do you guys think? Do you know automatically what a wedding breakfast is, or would you also be confused!? What is wording are people using for this - reception, meal, breakfast etc??

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  • Torry_Quine
    Torry_Quine Posts: 18,892 Forumite
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    kmmr wrote: »
    Hi,

    I am wondering if anyone else has a problem with the words 'wedding breakfast'. I have had a number of people ask why we asked them about the breakfast (on the return slip) when they were not going to be there for the morning!

    I am Australian, but my English OH convinced me that EVERYONE know that the breakfast was the reception and would understand. Well, I can tell you that they don't understand, and have had lots of confused questions. I hate making people feel silly, and I feel that I have by asking a question that doesn't make sense. Calling it 'breakfast' is confusing to me... and it turns out to other people too.

    What do you guys think? Do you know automatically what a wedding breakfast is, or would you also be confused!? What is wording are people using for this - reception, meal, breakfast etc??


    You can call it what you want. People often say the reception, Traditionally it is the wedding breakfast as it was the first meal after the wedding.
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  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    I agree its confusing, I know what it means but my thirty nine year old daughter asked me last week because she and her partner
    had been invited and they were confused about the phrase too
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
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