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Do I honestly have to have baskets of aspirin and pantyhose in the bathrooms at my wedding?

Guests will be there for 5 hours max to eat, drink and dance. It's not like they are staying overnight in the ballroom. Seems silly to me to worry about this, plus I don't want the bathrooms to look trashy with a basket full of dollar store items sitting there (it's a gorgeous ballroom). Since when did this become a "tradition"?

Public Comments

1. I didn't know this was a tradition. You can skip that and no one will notice or care.
2. It is just a nice courtesy to your guests in case they get a headache or something. Some people have lotions or small lip glosses or mending kits or small cans of hair spray. It is just a little thing to make your guests feel more comfortable. You don't have to do it and I doubt anyone would miss it if you didn't. But I really don't think it looks tacky at all. They put them in upscale hotels and ballrooms as a convenience.
3. I've never heard of this but my hubby and I didn't stick to the traditions we've been married for two years and are doing GREAT seriously it's your wedding make it perfect
4. I've never heard of this tradition. I wouldn't do it at my wedding either.
5. No you do not have to. Most women carry what they need. You might want a small emergency kit for your bridesmaids but that can be kept under the bridal table.
6. This is your day!! Let your guest bring their own pantyhose and aspirin.
7. Huh? I've never heard of this. Looks like I won't be doing it lol
8. Pffft, no!! I always thought that was kind of an over-the-top, silly thing that wedding books and magazines make you feel you have to do. Honestly, if grown women can't think to pack some Kleenex, Tic-Tacs, and an emergency tampon in their clutch bag before they come to your wedding, maybe they kind of deserve an emergency of some sort.
9. I've never heard of this. If you want some kind of kit like that, you could put it in a nice box or dish with a lid. It might be nice to have aspirin, dental floss, mints and little emergency items like that. I wouldn't do panty hose though, that is a little odd.
10. Don't do it if you don't want to...no one says you have to. But personally I have seen it come in very handy! Ive used them all time and one BM's dress ripped down the back, so good thing for the needle and thread!
11. At my to-be-sister-in-law's wedding there was a beautiful bathroom with two baskets with sewing kits, tissue packs, safety pins, nylons, hairspray, bobby pins, lotion, maxi's, tampons, aspirin, Tylenol, Midol, Ibuprophen, and Benedryl in them. They were nice, large baskets that she had decorated with ribbons in her wedding colors and flowers that complemented the centerpieces. While I was helping her bustle her train in there there we ended up using the safety pins, another woman was using the emergency sewing kit to repair a hem, another woman grabbed supplies for her monthly visitor that had arrived early, and a crying aunt grabbed a tissue pack. One of the bridesmaids was fixing her updo with the bobbypins after being windblown. This was in a span of 10 minutes. All the ladies were so pleased to have them the things they needed available. By the end of the night the baskets were half empty. People who used them mentioned their thanks to her in notes they sent with pics from the wedding. I don't know when it became a tradition but it is a highly useful one and greatly appreciated from my experience.
12. Well it might be kind of fun to try on pantyhose!
13. not once have i EVER been to a wedding that has done that. ive never even HEARD of a wedding that has done that... dont do it if you dont want to
14. Aspirin I can understand...and maybe something for an upset tummy, and emergency mending (sewing) stuff should someone bust a seam or loose a button....and tissues... BUT PANTYHOSE???????? next they will be supplying underwear in case the menu doesn't, um 'agree' with folks...... Skip the pantyhose.
15. We did that at our wedding and people LOVED it! But it's hardly a necessary thing to do and definitely not a "tradition". If you think it's silly then skip it...no big deal.
16. Nope. Our reception was at a nice ballroom and I didn't provide that. I gave my girls bridesmaid survival kits with stuff to get them through the weekend, but no bathroom baskets were made. I think that some of the things put in these baskets are nice, though, and don't have to look cheap. Hairspray and lotion are nice things to have in a women's restroom.
17. Don't do it. Some bridal shows & magazines have plugged it as a way to make your guests "feel comfortable and welcome."
18. No but it is a nice thing to do. I would have tylenol, nice handsoap (1 bottle), a small sewing kit, and breath mints in a basket in the bathroom. I have seen it at some weddings but not all. If you can do it it will be appreciated. Dont use dollar store items. Use real tylenol (like a small bottle from CVS they have trial sizes in the trial size aisle), handsoap, and mints/gum in the basket. I dont know when it became a tradition but you could always ask a bridesmaid or aunt to do this.
19. It became a tradition right around the same time women started pulling their hair out about being "tacky". Some people need more to do with their time. People have lost sight of the fact that IT'S A BATHROOM. People go in to do their business and leave. Would it be nice to fix your hem on the spot? Maybe. But you can just as easily do it at home. I've never once been to a function where Advil couldn't be found in someone's purse after about 3 seconds of asking around. A box of Kleenex and you should be good to go. It's a beautiful ballroom, not a 3rd world country. If someone rips their pantyhose, they will take them off and somehow live to tell the tale. No need for an extra pair in the bathroom.
20. No you do not.