Wedding etiquette: THIS is what you need to avoid to be the perfect guest at a marriage

Weddings are phenomenal events that revolve around happiness love and the bonding between two families. It is an intimate affair and an extremely fun one as well, for all those involved. The thing with weddings is that, no matter how much planning goes into making it perfect and there always seems to be a couple of guests who cause a hindrance to the intimate affair. Guests tend to make the event more about themselves than the bride and groom, which doesn't make for a very memorable idea. 

To avoid such situations and be the perfect guest at weddings, here are some mandatory do's and don'ts while in attendance. 

Talk about how you would have planned it

"Being opinionated and giving your two cents about everything is surely one thing to be avoided at weddings," says Trishant Sidhwani, CEO of DreamzKrraft Weddings. "The rudest thing to do in a social gathering is behave inappropriately and pick on the smallest details or describe 'how I would have done it better,' is highly insolent and uncalled for," he adds. 

Turn the wedding into a vacation

Destination weddings are a huge trend today. Yes, it is an exciting oppportunity to travel and explore a new destination but, "Converting this wedding trip into a mini vacation for yourself is a big no-no. Families take great pains in planning a wedding and more so for destination weddings," says Saurav Gupta, Senior planning head at a wedding portal. 

Interfere in the planner's work

"The hosts have hired the professional and conceptualised their wedding with a certain vision in mind and as a guest one must not be critical of this," says Meet Bhatia, Design Head of an agency. 

Questioning about costings

No matter what it is, asking about the price of everything from trousseau, jellwery or even the overall cost of the wedding, is a highly inappropriate thing for any guest to do. If you are close enough to the family, you will know all the details. 

Handle things privately

Causing a scene at a wedding is a huge no-no. Things might get heated if there are misunderstandings when it comes to expectations, but these things can be handled privately without involving more people and causing a scene. 

Not giving the couple privacy

In this digital era, hardly anybody gets the privacy they need with every moment constantly being captured by somebody. In this intimate setup, Prerita Puri, the Marketing head of a wedding portal shares, "One must respect the privacy of the couple when it comes to posting photos on social media platforms. Instead, the guests can use social media as an advantage and enable the couple to look forward to scrolling through social media if the guests have used the appropriate hashtag that has been allotted for their wedding."

Complaining

The couple and their family has put in a lot of effort into the whole wedding. Months of preparation have gone into planning this and it would be rude to complain about things like food not being according to "your taste" or about how hot or cold the weather is.