Recently I attended a few weddings and was horrified at certain things that just cannot happen at mine, absolutely not! Here are some:
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Stealing seats.
My poor cousins had to walk around for 10 mins after taking food because some aunties had taken over their seats while they were away getting dinner. While seating guests at numbered tables might be an issue (you don’t know which chachi doesn’t talk to which phoopi and which aunty has a beef with another aunty who didn’t invite her to the last dawat she had), Im sure there must still be a way to accomodate people so they don’t have to worry about their seat’s security? I have literally seen aunties putting their purses and everything they have on the seats and telling their kids, beta khayal rakhna seat ka, koi beth nahi jaye.
I want my guests to enjoy the wedding, not feel like they have a chair mission to accomplish. -
Tables looking like a mini tableware/houseware store.
Whats up with 3 glasses, 2 plates, countless spoons/forks/knives, napkins AND teacups/saucers along with centerpieces, wedding favors, vendors’ business cards on each table? It’s not an exhibition, seriously. -
Tables and chairs too close together.
There is hardly any space to walk around because everything is so closeby! As if 10 chairs at one table with aunties pulling up 5 more so they can sit with their jaannay walis isn’t enough, there is barely a 6 inch gap between each table in the room. And then you see people trying to push through between spaces with their dupattas flying over your face and sometimes their butt hitting you. Oh and a friend of mine got oil spilled over her shoulder because of this aunty trying to squeeze by with her plate of chicken karahi tilted.
Please don’t tell the hotel/banquet halls that you’re expecting 200 guests when it’s actually 300. Don’t be cheap, GET MORE SPACE. -
Staying off the aisle.
I find it rude when there’s a red carpet laid out for the bride and groom to walk onto along with rose petals, and all you see is uncles and aunties standing around there chatting away. Not only that, the kids running up and down and throwing petals at each other. Maybe closing out the aisle area with a ribbon (or whatever that’s called?) all around would help. -
Dessert in teacups.
Yes, the last wedding I attended, the guests were eating ras malai from the teacups, and the hotel staff had no issues bringing out even more of those. Um, yeah, they probably were relieved to not have extra dishes to wash and thought, hey these people have no issues eating from a cup, we’ll save the bowls for another wedding. -
The mad desi rush at food time.
The emcee/dj/planner or SOMEONE should take charge and call up a few tables at a time to come get their food. Each table should have a number and every single person running towards the dinner table is quite a terrifying sight. -
Invitation for 5, attendance of 20.
This happened at my Nikkah also, some aunty brought along 2 families who we had never met or spoken to before, and I have seen this happen VERY commonly at weddings. If I am sending you an invitation for 5, no that is not a magic number for 10 or 15 or 20. Better way would be to write on the card, x number of seats have been reserved in your name… etc etc. Or to put it bluntly, ‘I know what you did at the last wedding, DO NOT bring an army along, I will personally kick you out.’ -
The loud music.
Some DJs get really excited and play loud music throughout the entire event. No it’s not a club, it’s a wedding, people need to talk and I feel irritated when I have to yell and scream and get all close to hear what the other person has to say. Save all that loud music for dancing time because I swear I walk out of almost every desi wedding all deaf and feeling like I need a hearing aid to get through the next few days.
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