We are here to talk about basic wedding etiquette.
The word etiquette is a French word of course which connotates, you know, the how to—the how to behave. Probably the most important thing that can jumps out of my mind is something that I learned a long, long time ago and I know that people do this all the time but, do not wear black to a wedding unless you are a man in a formal suit. A black suit for a man is acceptable at a wedding. Black is really not a wedding color nor is white. You do not ever wear white to a wedding because that might upstage the bride. You do not ever want to upstage the bride.
So, what you wear is important. You want something that is depending on the time, if it is a daytime wedding, it is semiformal—you know skirt and blouse and something pretty is quite acceptable. If it is an evening wedding, then formal wear is perfectly acceptable. And of course, weddings are formal any ways.
But if someone tells you that it is an informal wedding that means the people probably will not be wearing tuxedos and so you might want to consider wearing something a little step-down from formal, just to be comfortable.
Also one of the things that I would say is that—it is important for people to feel comfortable at a wedding. If you are a member of the wedding party, then you want to make an effort to give the guests an opportunity to congratulate the bride and groom and their parents as soon as convenient and comfortable. As soon as you can after the ceremony, do a kind of a receiving line, as they came out of the church, if it is a church where the ceremony takes place or town hall, just make a line so people as they exit the building can congratulate the wedding party right then and there so then you can moved on to the reception area and enjoy the party so that the bride and groom can actually dance and socialized and have a good time. They have gotten a sort of through with the formalities.
Also this is a pretty obvious, I guess, but it would be in very poor taste for the bride or the groom, you know basically, to go off with anybody else during the party, right? You do not want get so inebriated if there is alcohol served that you cannot enjoy your own wedding and any one at the wedding party should try to limit their intake of alcohol so that they can remember the party but also be remembered by others fondly and not the story that gets passed on for years after about how the groom made passes at all the bridesmaid or how the bride went off with the best man.
Those probably your most basic wedding etiquette tips that I can think of and for goodness sakes, just make it a wonderful special day
