HOW TO BE A GOOD GUEST AT A WEDDING
Have you Been invited to a wedding recently?
Here's a list of things to keep in mind so that you
don’t embarrass the couple or yourself.
RSVP.
I don't mean rice stew very plenty. If you're going to attend the wedding, it's only common courtesy to respond to the invite. Keep in mind that the bride and groom are working with
a budget and if you show up when you weren't
expected to attend, you're putting the couple, the
caterers and yourself in an awkward position.
Attend the wedding if you said you're going.
Unless it's a matter of life and death, make sure
you actually pitch up at the wedding after you've
RSVP'd. Remember that you're being catered for
and if you don't show up, not only are you being
rude, you're essentially wasting money that's
been spent on you. If you find that you won't be
able to make it, make sure that you cancel well in
advance
Bring the specified amount of guests with you.
Stick to what the invite says. If you're only
allowed to bring one guest with, don’t bring three.
And if no children are allowed, make alternative
arrangements or just find a baby sitter. Take
seating considerations into account here.
If there's a seating chart, where are the guests
you brought along going to sit anyway?
While you're at it… don't bring guests you
specifically know the bride would not want to be
there.
So let's just say you're dating someone you know
the bride dislikes and doesn't get along with. Put
them in a room, and the wrong kind of sparks fly.
If you want to ensure that she has a day she'll
never forget (in the best kind of way possible),
either come alone, or bring someone who doesn't
inspire murderous glares. You'd be surprised at
how the presence of an unwanted guest could
impact on a bride's day.
Be punctual.
Just because the bride is allowed to arrive late for
her own wedding, doesn't mean you have to
adopt the tradition and pitch up just as she's
heading down the aisle.
Besides, why would you want to show up and
miss out on sharing the moment when she first
walks in? If, by some, chance you simply can't
avoid being late, wait until she's walked down the
aisle and slip in at the back.
Unless specifically requested to do so, don't wear
white to the wedding.
Yes, Pippa Middleton did it and Kim Kardashian
asked her guests to wear white, but if you've
received no request about what to wear, then you
should safely assume that wearing white is
completely out of the question.
In fact, while we're on the subject of clothes,
don't try to upstage the bride by wearing a
diamond-encrusted gown fashioned out of the
most luxurious silk material you can find. Not
only will you draw attention away from the bride,
but you'll be perceived as the attention-seeking
brat of the wedding party.
Don't get wasted.
Now I'm not saying you shouldn't enjoy a couple
of drinks at the reception, we're just saying you
shouldn't get wasted to the point where you:
a) become so loud and obnoxious that you only
succeed in agitating guests at every turn,
b) can't even walk upright, and
c) become the most talked about guest because
you drank yourself into such a paralytic state,
that you had to rely on others to get you home.
A wedding is, after all, a day where everyone
should be talking about the happy couple, not
about you.


Compiled by Adekunle auxano