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For the most part, I don't have a problem with the dollar dance. If I don't feel comfortable trying to make idle chit-chat with the groom for two or three minutes, I'm not going up there. I don't think it's cheap, I think it's a cultural and most likely a regional thing. It's a freaking dollar and as some people have pointed out, it is an opportunity to talk to the bride or groom. I've known lots of women, who've used the opportunity to dance with the bride, just because they may not get to talk to her otherwise, other than the 30 seconds in the receiving line. Most of the weddings that I have gone to throughout my life have involved a dollar dance.
However, I have an interesting dollar dance story from a wedding I attended this last weekend. First off, the DJ sucked. Her music selections throughout the night were awful. That said, the DJ made an announcement that the last song for the Dollar Dance was on. The song ends and out of nowhere comes the drunk, annoying mother-in-law of my co-worker/the bride, yelling, "I DIDN"T GET TO DANCE WITH SCOTT YET!" Becky is looking positively mortified because the lines are gone, the floor is empty and the DJ's stammering to say, "Of course we'll be having one more song. This will be the last song." So in this instance I found this particular point of the dollar dance to be a bit awkward.
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