Advice, pls. Early morning wedding - bring something to share or not?

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anna_x

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The young couple is almost middle-aged. Courthouse wedding on lawn. Wide-open invitation to many friends. Breakfast is no-host afterwards at a place that doesn't take reservations. They are too old to tell what to do and were surprised to hear that us older ones need seats so we're bringing a couple of folding chairs.

It's so early that I'm thinking of bringing a lot of breakfast cookies to pass around while they are inside signing documents before the ceremony. Is that being a too-intrusive mom? I don't want to get off on the wrong foot.

 
I like your idea Anna. A basket filled with non-messy wrapped items

wouldn't be out of place. They can always grab one as they leave just in case the restaurant seating for a larger crowd takes a while.

Congratulations!

 
I agree with Marilyn, and would add that my experience with courthouse weddings is...

...that you never know how long the "document signing" phase might be. The last one I attended (in California) took much longer than planned, due to various factors that I won't go into, but had nothing to do with us or our bride and groom.

So, having a discreet and delicious snack would be welcome, and if someone gets offended (and we all know how THAT works) unnecessarily, so what? Your heart is in the right place!

Michael

 
After sleeping on it, I will make and freeze those breakfast cookies and...

watch for a good time to ask if bringing something would be ok. Charley, you understand how I don't want to intrude, but gee, I was raised to do this! Marilyn, thanks for suggesting wrapped. Much nicer and sanitary if many hands are reaching in.
Michael, our niece also had a long-delayed start to a courthouse wedding. Half the guests left because they could not take a full day off work. Hope this one goes as scheduled!

 
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