A wedding provides an opportunity for all the people you love and perhaps barely get to see to come together. Friends and loved ones from around the world might show up for your wedding. It’s really the only time in your life all of those people come together. But you don’t get that if you have a shotgun wedding.
Have some awareness that people want to get back to their private conversations, want to hit the bar, need to go to the bathroom, or are just too buzzed to pay attention for a long time. Don’t speak for ten minutes. Three to five is a nice compromise.
There should be a clear itinerary and well-marked signs so that guests always know where to go to eat/use the restroom/take photos/dance etc. Without these, your whole night could be thrown off. You might make your grand entrance to the dining hall and find that only half the guests are there.
The entire concept of cold feet is dangerous because it normalizes feeling terrified before your wedding. You really shouldn’t feel terrified about marrying the person you’re marrying. You might feel some anxiety around the fact that you love them so much, and marrying them only bonds you more, which would make losing them even harder […]