How To Help Plan A Wedding When You Are Not The Bride
Make sure you volunteer to help the bride pick out her dress. If you are an experienced bride, then you need to recommend the people that made your wedding amazing. Specifically the person who did your invitations, the cake decorator, the photographer, the caterer, and the banquet hall are excellent suggestions to start with. Keep in mind that you don’t want to get too pushy because it is her big day. But if she is making an obvious mistake that she will regret, it’s okay to push the point a little bit.
Listen to the bride as much as you can. I know this can be difficult, but letting her talk while you sit back and listen can often be the best way to help out your friend. This is going to be one of the most stressful times in her life so often times the best thing you can do is to listen to her needs.
Volunteer to help out as much as you can on the big day. When things start getting hectic, you need to make sure that you are there to help. Is the caterer running late and needs some help setting up? Anything that goes wrong you need to know about it so that you can help.
Reassure the bride continuously that she is marrying the right person. Talk about how great the two of them are together and how they are going to make such wonderful children. During that pre-wedding phase all you can think about is how excited you are to get married. Go ahead and encourage her. You know you want to.
Make sure that you are calling her on a weekly basis during the wedding planning even if you live in a different state. Give every effort you can on her big day as that is what she is going to remember the most. And lastly, let her make all the decisions. This way you will dodge the bullet if something goes horribly wrong with your recommendation.