I was invited to attend a wedding today. The invitation said 5:00 P.M. I left the house at 4:07 p.m., anticipating arriving there at 4:45. It was a small wedding and I was going alone so I didn’t want to get there too early and sit by myself. When I left the house I got stuck in traffic that was out of the ordinary for a Wednesday. Afraid of arriving late, I called my friend Katie who is a wedding planner in North Carolina.
Katie knows all things wedding and she helped to teach me wedding etiquette in case I was late. First things first: The time on the invitation is the time the bride walks down the aisle. This means the wedding actually starts 30 minutes beforehand. She compares it to a pre-game at a football game. After the family members are walked down the aisle and music plays then the bride walks down at the invitation time. I wasn’t aware of this. So be sure you arrive much earlier than the invitation says.
If you arrive late, it is permisable to find your seat after the bride has walked down the aisle. Don’t walk in front of her.
I wasn’t going to attend the reception since work is piling up at the office. If you aren’t going to the reception gifts should be left with the wedding coordinator to bring to the reception. Obviously I wasn’t going to give them to the newly wedded couple, so I suggested to Katie about giving them to the parents. Parents, it turns out are likely to forget them. Thankfully I found the wedding coordinator who took my gifts.
The ceremony was lovely. Intimate and personalized, colorful and charming was glad to have attended. And thankfully I made it there right at 4:45, before the pre-game started!
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