The Worst Wedding Advice!

When you are engaged, people are eager to give you advice! It seems like everyone you see, from your mother to your friends to your hairdresser to random strangers thinks that a bride-to-be needs their two cents on weddings. Some of the advice will be good, some will be useless, and some wedding advice is downright awful. This is some of the worst wedding advice that brides receive.

It's "Your" Day. Frankly, the last thing that most brides need is someone encouraging them to adopt a "me-first" attitude. Yet far too many a well-meaning mother or friend has been heard to say, "You should do whatever you like, because it's your special day". In reality, a wedding is about the bride, the groom, their families, and all of their other invited guests. If it were only a day for the bride, then there would be no reason to bother with doing thoughtful things for others like getting wedding favors and bridesmaid gifts. The most gracious brides put the comfort of others first, and show their appreciation, whether it is with thoughtful bridesmaid gifts, kind thank you notes, or another little kindness.

You Should Take Out A Loan To Pay For The Wedding. Wow, is this bad advice! The only sane way to pay for a wedding is with the cash that you have. This means avoiding risky financing options like putting the wedding expenses on a credit card, taking out a home equity loan, or cashing in your retirement fund. If your family wants to chip in to help pay for your dream wedding, that is fantastic, but beyond that, be careful to plan the wedding that you can actually afford. It's better to have a small wedding than a big debt.

Buy Your Gown A Size Small As Motivation. This advice is likely to cause nothing but stress and potential heartbreak down the road. Unfortunately, there are still mothers out there who think that it is a good idea for the bride to buy a wedding gown that is a size too small as motivation to lose weight for her wedding. Never, ever do this! Purchase a wedding gown that fits you and makes you feel beautiful exactly the way you look now. If you lose weight, great, but if not, you will not have to deal with the disaster of a too-small bridal gown on your wedding day. And remember that your fiance loves you enough to marry you just the way you are, so don't be too hard on yourself.

Have A Dollar Dance To Raise Money For The Honeymoon. While the dollar dance may be a longstanding custom in cultures, most people just find it tacky. It wasn't enough that they paid for plane tickets and a hotel room to attend your wedding, bought you an expensive wedding gift from the bridal registry, and maybe a bridal shower gift too? Now they have deal with a shake-down at the reception to help finance your honeymoon? You might not see a dollar dance in quite that light, but most of your guests will. This is one piece of wedding advice that should be immediately discarded.

While there is lots of bad wedding advice in the world, there is also plenty of great advice. Perhaps the two most important things that a bride-to-be can hear are "A wedding is for a day, a marriage is for a lifetime" and "Remember to relax and enjoy every moment of your wedding, because the day passes so quickly". Those are gems that any bride and groom will find invaluable when planning their wedding.

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