What wedding traditions or customs would you keep or skip?

Some common wedding traditions typical in The UK are/were
*male relative walking the bride down the aisle
*taking your partner's surname (Well I want her to take mine)
*the wife's family paying for most or all of the wedding
*asking the bride's family for permission to marry her
*spending the night before the wedding apart
*arriving at the ceremony separately
*not seeing each others outfits until the big day
*bride wears white
*your wedding rings have to match
*the wedding meal should be three course minimum

Got into an interesting discussion with my grandparents and mum earlier about how weddings are changing and that a lot of the old traditions from my gran and papa's day aren't followed as much these days.

Some common wedding traditions typical in The UK are/were
*male relative walking the bride down the aisle
*taking your partner's surname
*the wife's family paying for most or all of the wedding
*asking the bride's family for permission to marry her
*spending the night before the wedding apart
*arriving at the ceremony separately
*not seeing each others outfits until the big day
*bride wears white
*your wedding rings have to match
*the wedding meal should be three course minimum

And many more traditions.

What traditions of your culture would you want to keep or skip for your own wedding?

Me and my partner are doing it pretty much polar opposite from my grandparents Her dad paid for most of it and my grandpa paid the rest whereas we've paid for it all ourselves other than the cars and cake which is my wedding present from my mum. My grandparents spent the night apart before the wedding, we'll be together along with my mum and best friend as they are staying with us the night before and we'll just chill and try and relax as much as possible :P we are arriving at the ceremony together along with family (my mum has got us a wedding limo ), he's already seen me in my dress and I'm going with him to help him find a kilt, our rings don't match and the meal is a buffet

To me the traditions don't matter. If you want to follow them or do things differently then it's not a big deal either way. Your day will be special regardless and at the end of it, that one day doesn't matter as much as the many days after it

Got into an interesting discussion with my grandparents and mum earlier about how weddings are changing and that a lot of the old traditions from my gran and papa's day aren't followed as much these days.

Some common wedding traditions typical in The UK are/were
*male relative walking the bride down the aisle Yes, my dad. But if he wasn't around I'd have gone with my mum/on my own, not some random uncle or something
*taking your partner's surname Yes, though part of me misses the old one!
*the wife's family paying for most or all of the wedding No, my husband and I paid for the vast majority of it.
*asking the bride's family for permission to marry her He did this, but I wasn't expecting it.
*spending the night before the wedding apart Yes, I stayed with my family in a B&B and all got ready together, he stayed at the venue with the best man
*arriving at the ceremony separately Yes
*not seeing each others outfits until the big day I'd seen his, he hadn't seen mine
*bride wears white Well, ivory.
*your wedding rings have to match They're both plain white gold bands, but slightly different shapes. We made our own!
*the wedding meal should be three course minimum No, we had afternoon tea, so sandwiches and then cakes/mini desserts.

And many more traditions.

What traditions of your culture would you want to keep or skip for your own wedding?

See above. Sadly none of my grandparents were alive for my wedding. There were some differences and some similarities with my parents - my dad is actually mum's 2nd husband so she wasn't allowed to get married in church, they had a registry office wedding and then a blessing in church. We had a civil ceremony and church blessing because Mr Helenia is atheist. Mum wore a cream skirt suit for her wedding to Dad; I've never seen her first wedding dress but I think it was blue!

I also did "something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue," and threw my bouquet after the dinner, can't think of any others right now!

I forgot about this one! I may do this one

I also forgot about throwing the bouquet and walking down the aisle to "Here Comes The Bride" I'll need to add those to the list

Got into an interesting discussion with my grandparents and mum earlier about how weddings are changing and that a lot of the old traditions from my gran and papa's day aren't followed as much these days.

Some common wedding traditions typical in The UK are/were - I'll add what I am personally changing or sticking to

*male relative walking the bride down the aisle - my papa and gran are giving me away and my mum is walking down the aisle behind us. We're walking down as a family

*taking your partner's surname - I am but also keeping my own name so my surname will become double barrelled

*the wife's family paying for most or all of the wedding - Me and my partner paid for 95% of it. Family from both side are buying things like the cake and bits of bobs

*asking the bride's family for permission to marry her - my partner didn't do this

*spending the night before the wedding apart - spending the night together at our flat along with my mum and friend

*arriving at the ceremony separately - We are arriving together with my family as my mum has booked as a wedding limo

*not seeing each others outfits until the big day - he's already seen me try on my dress once and I'll be going with him to pick out a kilt

*bride wears white - I'm wearing white to the ceremony and then I have a purple dress for the reception

*your wedding rings have to match - I have a LOTR gold band and he has a silicon ring. He's more about comfort than style

*the wedding meal should be three course minimum - having a buffet instead

*Throwing the bouquet - Not having a bouquet

*Walking down the aisle to Here Comes The Bride - Nope, I'm walking down to Chasing Cars

*Something new, something borrowed, something blue - I might do this
And many more traditions.

What traditions of your culture would you want to keep or skip for your own wedding?

To me the traditions don't matter. If you want to follow them or do things differently then it's not a big deal either way. Your day will be special regardless and at the end of it, that one day doesn't matter as much as the many days after it