Planning a wedding can be a lot of fun, but mostly if you're not the bride or the groom. If somehow you get to have input into the type and colors of the chairs, covers, and flowers that will be used, that's great! You can try your hand at arranging a huge party and not be responsible for being the untiringly witty and amusing host or have to be the center of everyone's attention for too many hours straight. Being just a planner means you'll also be saved from having rice thrown in your eyes and risking a possible ocular infection. That last part is unlikely, but you could chance it!
If you limit yourself to planning the decoration or the selection of the dinner menu, party favors, and invitation card styles, you don't have to do the tough job of arranging inside one ballroom or church rivaling family branches or setting up and cleaning the table linensyourself. Instead you get the pleasant task of choosing the material construction and baby-blue or eggshell shade of said linens. If you're asked to opine about the invitation card style, take it because it is likely to be your only opportunity to address distant cousins with weird titles like "The Messrs."
But it really can't be all wedding linens and cards when planning. There's also providing feedback on wedding dress and bridesmaid fittings, arguing in favor of or against a tiara, explicating why the veil should be thinner or puffier, and leveling with the cake makers about who's really going to carry the cake into the reception hall. Unless Auntie May's the one who will be basking in the glory of baked architectural confection -- in that case it's a given that there'll be no leveling with her, and the carriers will be the persons she designates to the task, it doesn't matter if said persons will be strapped into 4-inch heels for the day (or find it completely embarrassing to be caught wearing aprons in a room where everyone's flashing a camera).
Beyond tablecloths and linens, getting to participate in a family member's wedding ceremony is a great way to get to hang out one last time before they leave the nest for good, so enjoy it while it lasts.
Sam Walters is a writer living in Los Angeles. Her writing appears in print and online.
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