the wedding crazies
What is it about weddings that brings out the worst in people?
I'm not just talking bridezillas, though I'm sure we've seen plenty of examples of those. I'm talking about perfectly rational, laid back people turning into madmen over flower arrangements, the style of a dress, the stage setting, the date, the color ink on the invitations.
And it's not just the bride and groom...everybody and their mother needs to put their two cents in and on some occasions, give the couple and their parents utter hell for not doing things their way. And if the bride and groom and their family are perfectly happy with things, it appears that there always has to be someone who has to go and spoil the fun.
I'm not pointing fingers at anybody here or trying to be disingenuous. In my case, I was over the moon that I'd met such a good person, Alhamdullillah, and that I was going to be his wife. Getting stressed over seating charts just isn't in my DNA. I'm just curious as to why it happens and I would love to know the strategies you all employed to keep the insanity in check with your weddings (or soon to be weddings).
One thing I did was to decide on the handful of things that were really important to me (i.e. a white dress, keeping my maiden name) and sticking to those things, and compromising on other stuff to avoid any conflict.
What about the rest of you? Any advice to offer on how to keep weddings from turning into WWIII?