Back when I used wedding toasts to break the ice, now I just ask about their dog

Used to think a well timed joke at a wedding reception was gold. Told my cousin's new father in law that the cake was 'almost as sweet as the bride's father's dance moves.' He hadn't danced yet. Dead silence for a solid 10 seconds. That was maybe 8 years ago in Toledo. Now I just ask people about their pets or their lawn. Has anyone else retired the joke approach entirely after one bad crowd?

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the_piper17d ago

That dead silence is brutal, I still wince thinking about a joke I made at my sister's rehearsal dinner in 2014 that nobody laughed at. Pets are definitely the safer route, people love talking about their dogs way more than they love hearing jokes anyway.