Let’s face it ladies, if you want him to make it down the aisle, you can’t tell him not to invite his drinking buddies to your wedding.
On the other hand, a boorish testosterone filled guest can ruin a once in a lifetime family event.
So here are some things you can do to keep his surly buddy from doing something obnoxious that ruins your whole wedding.
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They say love is better the second time around. But are weddings? Here are some tips for couples who are planning a wedding where someone has been married before.
Second Wedding Tips
Here are some ground rules for people who are marrying someone who has been married before.
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For young professionals in hard economic times I have created a list of questions you should ask yourself before accepting the honor of becoming someone’s bridesmaids or groomsmen. These hard financial times have given the young and poor among us permission to say “I can’t afford to be your man-slave for six months as you plan your wedding.”
But in all seriousness, when you agree to be in a wedding party there are expectations. If the expectations bother you say no. If you don’t have enough time to live up to the bride and groom’s expectations say “No, thank you I can’t do it.” If you don’t have enough money to live up to the bride and groom’s expectations say “No thank you I can’t do it.”
You won’t be in the pictures the young couple may keep on the mantle. But you’ll save a friendship.
One solution to the “Do you invite the in-laws to the bachelor party?” situation is to have two bachelor parties.
You have what everyone THINKS is the bachelor party. You make it classy. Maybe you invite the bride’s father to a steak dinner with the boys. That should double the dowry right there.
Then a week later you have the second bachelor party. The REAL bachelor party. That’s the bachelor party with the strippers and hookers and debauchery. Only a select group of men can be invited to that one.
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