Wedding Rules (Guest Edition)
For the most part, wedding etiquette is very simple. It's fairly easy to remember to stay in your seat, be polite, and don't get too drunk. However, there are a couple of things that are huge no-nos. If you love the couple getting married, then you won't commit these sins on the day of their wedding.
6 Things you should NEVER do at a wedding
1. Take your own pictures. Chances are, the couple getting married has hired their own photographer and videographer for their big day. The photographer already has a set plan for pictures, and everyone needs to cooperate for them to come out perfectly. This means when the bride is walking down the aisle, don't stick your hand out with your iPhone to take pictures of her.
2. Bring someone besides your designated plus one. What happens if your boyfriend or fiancé gets sick right before the wedding? The answer is fairly simple, but you may not like it. If your designated plus one gets sick before the wedding, then it looks like you're flying solo for the event. Bringing someone unknown to a wedding is considered rude and can be incredibly upsetting if the wedding couple doesn’t get along with the person you bring.
3. Attend without RSVPing first. RSVPs are incredibly important to weddings, and if you don't RSVP, then you should not attend the wedding. RSVPs are the way wedding planners order food, how they arrange the tables, and how they organized the events for the night. If you're not on that list, you can throw off the whole evening just by showing up. And worse, you may have to turn around and go home.
4. Wear something TOO sexy or wear white. It's super taboo to wear white to a wedding. While this rule is going out of style, it's still best to either ask the bride if it's okay or skip white altogether. Also, don't go overboard on the sex appeal with your outfit. It may be tempting to wear that super sexy dress to your best friend's wedding, but her mother and her grandmother will be in attendance, and a wedding is not the place for club attire.
5. Take the decor home with you. Even if that centerpiece would look amazing on your dining room counter, don’t steal it from the wedding! If you love it that much, ask the bride or the wedding planner where they got it from, because they could be renting the decor. If they’re not renting, they still may have plans for the leftover decor items, so don’t go shopping at anyone’s wedding.
6. Copy someone else’s idea for your wedding. Weddings are unique, and they’re hard to plan, too! If you see an awesome and special idea at a friend’s wedding, have the courtesy not to copy it. You may think it’s a good idea to take all your favorite things from weddings past and put them together, but you should strive to come up with something unique on your own rather than recycle already-used ideas.
The last and final rule for attending a wedding is to have fun. Even if the wedding isn’t your personal style or tastes, the event isn’t about you - it’s about the bride and the groom. Your main focus should be to make sure the couple has the best day of their lives!