Receiving line and mingling with guests?

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MrsCrazyPete

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So immediately after our wedding ceremony, we're going to have a short receiving line just outside of the ceremony room. It will just be my fiance and I. Our reception room is just about 100 feet away, in the same building, just a different room. So after the guests go through the line, they can head straight into the reception for cocktail hour.

Since we'll have greeted everyone in the receiving line, are we also required to mingle with our guests during the reception? We'd actually really like to dance a lot. Obviously we're not going to just ignore everyone, but should we also go around to all the tables? I feel like we're going to spend all of our time talking to our guests and then the beautiful reception that we paid for will be over.

What do you think?
 
You can dance some other time. Your guests have given at least a half a day out of their lives to come to your wedding, dont ask them to spend the whole time watching you dance.
 
Did you run this question by your mother I am sure she would give you a better answer than us. Like you two I really want to dance and am paying for most of the reception, but come on how rude is that its pretty awful to do that to the guest. The way we are doing it is that I will have an estimated time at each table and if i run over or short oh well. With a goal of two hours to dance. Try something like that maybe it will work maybe it wont but im sure you will enjoy talking to your guest having them tell you how beautiful you are just as much as dancing.
 
Well, you want to go around each table just to tell everyone thank-you and to ask them if they are having a good time. Do you not want to do both? If this was me, I would do both. You do not have to do a lot of talking with each guest and you will have plenty of time for dancing and such.
 
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