Hey ladies! Today’s blog is about wedding guests and their plus ones. If you have the luxury of having a “money’s no option” kind of wedding than you probably can’t relate to this, but anyone who is saving their pennies in order to pay for their own wedding knows the stress of deciding who gets a plus one and who doesn’t. What’s the protocol? How do you not offend anyone? These are some questions I ask myself when I think about the guest list. Luckily for me I have a lot of friends who have been dating other friends of mine for quite some time. This makes things a little easier because you’re getting two friends out of one couple as opposed to if they were both single, now your paying for both of them to be there PLUS their dates. But what do you do about your single friends? You want everyone to have a great time at your wedding but does that all depend on if they have a date or not? A friend of mine recently sent out his wedding invitations, and a mutual friend of ours was not invited with a plus one. He has been dating his girlfriend for just about a year now. Personally, I feel that if your invitation does not say “And Guest” than it most likely is NOT a mistake, but he decided to call the groom and double check. To his surprise it was not a mistake. Now he is contemplating not even attending the wedding. Does this make any sense? I feel that if you’re going to be surrounded by all your friends than it shouldn’t make a difference if you have a date or not. I can understand that he may feel awkward attending a wedding without his girlfriend but is that a reason not to go? Weddings are so expensive that it ends up being nearly impossible to allow everyone to bring a date. So how do you choose? What do you girls think? Do you have an opinion on this topic? Leave a comment for The Diamond Bride! |
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Okay girlies, I know it’s the 21st century and tattoos are the “In” way to express oneself, but is there a line between trashy and classy? No one is ragging on tattoos here, and personally if I weren’t such a baby when it came to needles I would probably have them too! However, my lack of body art is not the point of this article. I find that more and more of my friends are covering their bodies in tattoos lately (some looking much better than others BUT that’s all on the artist), and I find myself with a dilemma. Although I think all of my friends are gorgeous no matter what they have on their bodies, I’m not a fan of looking back at my wedding album and seeing a gigantic cartoon butterfly attacking my bridesmaid’s arm. So how do you approach your friends about covering up their tattoos on your wedding day? In the perfect world they would completely understand and have no issue with it, BUT unfortunately that’s not always the case. My question is: Is it rude if you ask them to cover it up? Do you buy them the makeup to do it? How do you bring it up the issue to them? Of course you don’t want to come off like a Bridezilla because after all, these are your best friends. But does that mean you bite your tongue on the one day that is supposed to be all about you? SO WHAT DO YOU DO? My suggestions: After you ask your selected friends to be apart of your bridal party(assuming they all say yes), go out to individual lunches(or just hangout) with the tattooed beauties. Very politely ask them if they would be willing to cover up their body art for the ceremony and pictures. If they throw their drink in your face then maybe they aren’t as good as a friend as you thought they were. But if you took the time to carefully select the girls in your bridal party (your true friends) than I truly believe it shouldn’t be an issue. After all, It’s YOUR day! And if they love and respect you as much as they say they do, then they will have no problem with your tiny request. I would even go a step further as to purchasing the makeup for them! They already made a HUGE commitment by saying yes to being apart of the bridal party, you don’t want to add the stress of finding the perfect makeup to cover up the tattoo that YOU asked them to. Suggestions: DERMABLEND makes an AMAZING concealer specifically for tattoos! Take a look at this fashion model,below, Rick Genest who really put Dermablend’s concealers to the test in their “Go Beyond The Cover” campaign. http://www.dermablend.com Do you have advice for our Diamond Bride? Leave a comment in the Comment section of this post.
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