<human>: So friends of mine that are certainly good friends, but not extremely close friends, are getting married this weekend, and my dilemma is this. The wedding is out in the sticks, with the ceremony happening at 12 and the reception not starting until 5:30 pm. This leaves a large gap of time to fill, in which they have provided guests with a list of suggested things to do in the area (mostly museums and such) while they wait. I happen to have family in the area that are close to the wedding, but not close enough where it would make sense to go back in between. I would prefer to simply stay at their house until it is time to go to the reception, but I'm not sure about how this would come off. Is it tacky or in poor taste to skip the ceremony and just go to the reception? Or is it slightly ridiculous for them to make people wait 3 hours between the ceremony and the party, and ok to just show up for the good stuff? I mean I feel like it is kind of a douche thing to just show up for the party if I am in fact able to attend the ceremony as well, I just have no interest in sitting through a mass and then waiting around bumfuck to dance and drink.
Again these aren't super close friends or anything, and I highly doubt they would even notice if I wasn't at the ceremony. Thanks in advance for your help/advice fellow redditors.

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<bot>: Is it in poor taste to skip a wedding ceremony and just attend the reception if there is a large time gap between them?