[stomachmonkey]

My daughter will be having her Bas Mitzvah in October of 13' so of course if you are my wife that's only 2 years to plan, not a lot of time.

Todays conversation revolves around the timing of the ceremony and party afterwards.

The service will end at 12:30 on a Saturday, we have no control over that portion.

My wife would like to do the celebration event around 5pm ending at 11ish.

I loath that idea and told her so. It means people need to find something to do for 4 hours.

She thinks it's fine since people can go take a nap, relax back at the hotel etc...

I personally hate when the celebration is hours after the ceremony. I think it's inconsiderate to the invited guests. 4 hours sounds like a long time but it's really not long enough to do anything other than sit and wait. Especially for the out of towners.

I prefer to have a lunch affair immediately after and then invite whomever wants back to the house for a catered evening buffet and chill out.

We will have a mix of local attendees and out of towner s from NY , NJ and FL.

The ages will range from 10-70.

Opinions.