I wasn't sure about that. It's really fun to get the UK perspective on weddings.

The garter belt ceremony is fun. It's totally accepted part of tradition here. The idea is to put the garter below the knee and have the groom remove it modestly, not grope and carry on like some people do. Some trashy girls put it way up there leg and have to hike up their dress, those are probably the same girls who get drunk at their own wedding. Not this girl. A very racy garter ceremony would just embarrassed the older guests as well as the bride herself. Ideally he just slips it off and then all the single guys gather and he tosses it to them over his back. The belief is that the guy who catches it will be the next to get hitched. It's just a great photo opp and the garter is a great keepsake. Many hick, or rocker sort of guys hang the garter off of the rearview mirror of their car, as sort of a trophy.

The bouquet is just the same accept the single girls gather and the bride tosses it over her shoulder. The girl to catch it is supposed to be next to marry, so the girls really can get into it and all try to catch it. Cat fights have been known to break out over the bouquet but not usually. Everyone does the bouquet toss here in the west.

Not everyone does the garter ceremony and it sadly seems to be dying out but I'm having it just for the photographs. I want as many pictures of my dress as possible.

I'd be interested to hear about what you do that we do not as I assume there are many things.