For all its joys and happy moments, planning a wedding can be stressful. After all, so many people consider this the most important day of your life. You want it to be absolutely perfect! It may seem logical to ask your nearest and dearest friends to join you on the wedding planning journey. But if you aren?t careful, bridal party infighting could be more trouble than it?s worth. Here are a few do?s and dont?s to help you avoid drama.
Do: Choose Your Bridal Party Carefully
When you and your fiancé begin planning your wedding day, it?s important to discuss who you?ll want in your bridal party?and how many people will be at the altar with you. While you may have promised all your cousins when you were seven, and he may have promised every brother in his fraternity, you have to work together to find that magic number. Once you do, fill those roles with people who won?t try to upstage you and who will gel with each other easily. Don?t: Select the Bridal Party Based on Obligation
Your future sister-in-law and her long-term girlfriend are about your age, so you kind of have to ask them to be bridesmaids, right" Not unless you truly want to! Your wedding party should include the people you?re closest to, and who know you well enough to a) help you have the best wedding possible, and b) share in your joy every step of the way! If you choose a bridesmaid or groomsman based on obligation, it will show in the group dynamics?and that?s a recipe for disaster.
Do: Pick People Who ...