This is a movie with a thousand weddings and as someone who has had 3 (yes, three) bad ones, I have some advice. First? DON'T HAVE A WEDDING. Seriously. Go to your favorite place with your favorite people & bring a judge.
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Second? Go to your favorite restaurant and just buy all the food & negotiate the bar tab. Hopefully it will be in an urban area with bars nearby for after-party shenanigans. People just want a nice dinner, they hate the rest of it.
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Third, absolutely do not have this on any other time than Saturday night if you want people to party. Fourth, if you really want to be a rockstar, arrange childcare on-site for your friends with kids so they can have a nice night.
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OH, FIFTH DO NOT HIRE A DJ. They always have their own agenda and all of them feel 100% confident that they can "read the room." (They can't.) Make a really incredible playlist and pay to not have ads. I literally had CDs in a turner for my first (1996).
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Sixth, go to David's. They have literally everything. You don't even need it to be white. It will cost you something in the 3 digits. If not that, just get a cute white slip dress. If you feel beautiful, that's all that matters. You will never wear it again.
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(It won't fit, because your husband is probably secretly abusive & won't show you who he is until your wedding night & you'll never have a good night's sleep again, so your body will respond by putting on weight to get you through the Neolithic winter it thinks you are surviving.)
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💯 on the DJ. Just have someone in charge of a group of playlists: pre-ceremony & food/cocktails, and dancin'. Hit play and enjoy not having someone play like 3 heavy metal songs in a row when you're tryna shuffle around with an octogenarian relative.
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We didn't have a wedding. We signed a self uniting marriage cert with my parents as witnesses at a fancy Italian restaurant. It was perfect.
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Yes, fully support this, only good memories
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