Whether it?s over FaceTime, in-person, or writing in an all-caps text message, there are few phrases more exciting than hearing ?OMG, I?m engaged” from your BFF seconds after the question (and hopefully a bottle of champagne) has been popped. Chances are you?ll feel like you just got engaged too, finding yourself shedding happy tears, jumping […]

Whether it?s over FaceTime, in-person, or writing in an all-caps text message, there are few phrases more exciting than hearing ?OMG, I?m engaged” from your BFF seconds after the question (and hopefully a bottle of champagne) has been popped.

Chances are you?ll feel like you just got engaged too, finding yourself shedding happy tears, jumping up and down in pure excitement, and perhaps even wondering what you should plan first for the upcoming wedding. As a professional bridesmaid, whose job it is to often times be the ?bridal party?s wrangler? making sure that the bride?s close friends are keeping calm and not creating chaos, I?ve seen bridesmaids and maid-of-honors over-stress the bride by trying to do too much for her and the wedding in the first few weeks of the engagement.

That?s why it?s important to take a step back so that you don?t suffocate your friend with requests, tasks, and even too much pre-wedding stress, since it was only seconds, days or weeks ago that she just verbally agreed to enter wedding planning chaos with the love of their lives, and of course you, their number one pal.
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