Friends And Family - Your Wedding Advisors” - Date , Catering, Reception , Meal , Wine Etc. Etc. Etc.
What an exciting time period in your life. You have just announced that you are getting married and already…… trouble. Your mother calls you to “advise” (really tell you) that checked with a, b, c, person down the list – and that their time is clear. The caterer is available. Ditto the minister, priest or rabbi, your mother in law to be (future mother in law) has got a lunch date planned with you. You know what to expect. Everything I almost planned for your wedding reception is the top message being beamed from “head office”. People you have not spoken to in years are already invited to your wedding (100 % sure in their minds) and we are not onto the lengthy list of “assumed bridesmaids”.
It is not an overstated fact that most engaged couples get a great deal of unwanted and unwarranted advice from well meaning people – friends and family included. It is true that they mean well. Each one of them in their own way wants to be part of the big day and wedding celebrations. Worse yet many are reliving and rehashing a long ago wedding day – whether it really occurred that way or should have been done that way.
“Stop the world. I want to get off”.
It all begins with setting personal and interpersonal boundaries. Establish your independence. Wedding planning is a great opportunity for you and your fianc
