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Many weddings I've been to have had the dollar dance. It's along the lines of the Chicken Dance, the Hokey Pokey, the tossing of the garter and bouquet, the cutting of the cake and all the other silly things we do at weddings. It's not a tradition in my family so I didn't do it at either of my weddings, but it was a tradition in my first husband's family. I chose not to do it, but I kind of wish I had, not because of the money, but because I didn't get to dance much at my wedding and I really wanted to. Instead, I spent the whole evening going from table to table to make sure I greeted everyone. I would have rather done that on the dance floor. It's also a fun photo op.
I've seen a variation that I thought was cute.. they had each person who wanted to dance with the bride or groom write down some advice for the married couple. They put them all in a big binder and then read them at the after wedding lunch the next day. People put down some really comical stuff and we had a riot reading them. That could be an option if you like the idea of rotating dancing with everybody but not wanting to have it involve money.
There are many things we do in this society that are greedy. What about showers? The whole point is to "shower" the bride and groom or mother to be with gifts. Is that not greedy? I wasn't raised Catholic and I was furious with my parents when all my friends were having First Communion parties and making TONS of money and I didn't get to. Most of them got bikes too. Welcome to America!
Dee
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