handfasting

[SlackerDrummer]

Perhaps it depends on where one is located. At the recent weddings that I've been to during the morning and afternoon the groom and attendants have worn morning dress.

Maybe, but also I think it must depend on where you glean your advice. I have been to many weddings in the Eastern US mostly in Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky. With two exceptions (one of which was a second marriage and low-key; the other a high-society wedding and morning dress) all were black tie for the wedding party regardless of the time of day. I did go to a wedding in Cape Cod where the men were in khakis and sport coats, but it was also on the water and the bride wore a flowered cocktail dress. Any time spent looking at the work of wedding photographers, brides' magazines, bridal shows, etc. will inform you that the tuxedo in various forms is the go-to attire for a wedding party in modern America. I never suggested that morning dress was a dead tradition, but it is the exception to the rule. I understand that you wore morning dress at your wedding and likely you and your friends (assuming you did not crash the recent weddings you attended) have been informed by the same influences. I don't know why you shy away from the idea that you are not commonplace.