The best part of a wedding reception is the fact that it's basically a giant party with all your favorite people in one place — but as Les Hanna, a wedding photographer based in Central Florida, explained to The List, it can be problematic when "new brides and grooms (usually grooms) [are] more interested in partying with their friends than their new spouse at the reception." 

Gretchen Wakeman, a Phoenix, AZ-based wedding photographer, echoed this sentiment to HuffPost. "While it's normal for couples to "spend the evening greeting guests, dancing the night away, and celebrating their new marital status, [red flags go up] when a couple separates to talk to guests or leaves the other alone on the dance floor for hours at a time. ...I have photographed an entire reception and only captured a handful of images of the couple together — that's a very bad sign."

So, while spending some time apart from your newly-minted spouse during the reception is certainly within the realm of normalcy, barely seeing each other at all is a notable cause for concern.