• My sister-in-law got married on a Friday. The weekend was so great that I had a Friday wedding, too. • It can be a lot to ask of guests, but we accepted having a smaller turnout and don't regret it. • I loved that our celebration wasn't crammed into a few hours. Instead, it was spread out over days.

When my sister-in-law announced she was getting married on a Friday, I was confused. I hadn't yet attended a wedding that wasn't on a Saturday.

Still, our family took off that Thursday so we could travel from our small town in Virginia to the celebration in Charleston, South Carolina, (and attend the rehearsal dinner).

We also took off Friday for the wedding, which was just as fun and dance-filled as any weekend reception I've attended. Then, as my sister-in-law envisioned, we had a re

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