How To Be The Best Wedding Guest Ever

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​If you have ever planned a wedding, or have helped to plan a wedding in any way, you’ll know just how stressful it can all be. So if you are invited to a wedding, you can play your part in making it a little less stressful, by being the best wedding guest ever. If you do just a few simple little things, it can make the planning, as well as the big day itself, run much more smoothly for the bride and groom. Here are some stellar words of advice to help you.

​RSVP Early
When we get a wedding invite, we all check the calendar, right? And other than having to check getting off work or perhaps a babysitter, we know pretty soon if we can go or not. Yet so many of us take a long time to reply to the invite. If the couple has to chase for a reply, then you are adding to their stress, particularly if you can’t actually go and they’ve paid for a certain number of people at the reception. So reply as soon as you can.

​Choose a Gift
There is little secrecy around weddings and wedding gifts; we all know that getting a gift is part and parcel of going to the wedding. Often they will have details about a registry in the invitation, or perhaps talk about cash. But they are just guidelines. You could look at wedding gift baskets to send, for example, or choose something else that you think they’d like. There is no excuses for no gift, though.

Don’t Be Late
If you’re invited to a wedding and arrive at the same time as the bride, you have serious issues. You can’t be late to a wedding. Make sure that you are prompt and plan plenty of time to get there. You don’t want to miss the main event after all.

Avoid Wearing White
Not all brides will choose to wear white, but traditionally, that is the color of choice. But as a guest, you can’t wear white. It is the bride’s big day, and adding to their stress will be anyone else trying to look like a bride in white or upstaging them on their special day.

Be Positive
Some small things do go wrong on the wedding day. But there is no need to stress out about it. You also might not like some of their choices, but there is no reason to talk about it, especially when you’re there. The wedding may not be your style, but it is not your wedding. The vows were a little cheesy? It is not our wedding, so keep your negative opinions to yourself.

Mingle
Weddings are a great time to meet new people. And there are bound to be plenty of people that you don’t know or haven’t met yet. It will be such reassurance to the happy couple when they see their friends and family mingling and making an effort to get to know each other.
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