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"We all love weddings where a bunch of our friends are also guests. But sometimes, you&amp;amp;#8217;re the lone co-worker, neighbor, or elementary school friend at a wedding. Here&amp;amp;#8217;s how to enjoy yourself. Do some prep work. While you can&amp;amp;#8217;t choose your wedding table, you can find out a little bit about the people you&amp;amp;#8217;re sitting with. A week or so before the wedding, get in touch with the couple, offer to help with last-minute stuff if they can use an extra pair of hands, and then ask if there&amp;amp;#8217;s anyone at your wedding reception table who they think you&amp;#x27;d like. That way, you know who to chat up. Eat, eat, eat&amp;amp;#133; The food at some weddings is pretty tasty, especially at the cocktail hour, so fill &amp;amp;#8216;er up. Conversation matters less when you&amp;amp;#8217;re on a mini culinary adventure (personally, I&amp;amp;#8217;d rather not talk while I&amp;amp;#8217;m eating!). &amp;amp;#133;and drink a bit, too. Open bar? Pull up a stool (or just lean). Bartenders know that chatting with guests comes with the territory, so don&amp;amp;#8217;t be afraid to sip and speak. Make a song request. If the wedding band or DJ is accepting song suggestions, put one in. There&amp;amp;#8217;s something thrilling about helping a whole wedding reception full of people get their groove on. Listen carefully around the dance floor when your tune starts: If someone says, &amp;amp;#8220;I love this song!&amp;amp;#8221; strike up a conversation by sharing that you were the one who requested it. Dance with an elderly wedding guest&amp;amp;#133; Sounds strange, and I haven&amp;amp;#8217;t tried this out myself, but whenever I&amp;amp;#8217;ve seen a young guest shake her booty with an older one, the dance partners look like they&amp;amp;#8217;re on cloud nine. (Just don&amp;amp;#8217;t make them overdo it!) &amp;amp;#133;or a really young one. Kids are cute. Kids in formalwear are even cuter. You know what&amp;amp;#8217;s the cutest though? Kids in formalwear dancing their hearts out. Ask one to join you on the floor (you may want to get a parent&amp;amp;#8217;s permission first) and a good time is guaranteed. Play photographer. If nothing else, become a shutterbug. Tell wedding guests that you&amp;amp;#8217;re making a collage for the couple (and then do it, of course) and hilarity will likely ensue, at least with the 20-somethings. Oh, what people will do for a photo op&amp;amp;#133; Have you ever gone to a wedding where you didn&amp;amp;#8217;t know anyone? How did you make the best of it? Would you decline an invite if you can&amp;amp;#8217;t bring a guest to a wedding like this? More About Being a Wedding Guest How to Be the Bride&amp;amp;#8217;s Favorite Wedding Guest What&amp;amp;#8217;s Your Wedding Guest Personality Jaw-Droppingly Awful Things Real Wedding Guests Have Done What&amp;#x27;s With All the Spam in the Comments Section? Sick of all those annoying ads in the comments section lately? So are we! We police the site regularly and delete spam as soon as we can, but recently, the volume of spam has increased dramatically. We&amp;#x27;re working on a way to block them permanently, so please bear with us, and know that we&amp;#x27;re as eager as you are to get rid of these pests. Meanwhile, please continue to use the Report Abuse button to flag spam--it really does help!-- and continue to leave your brilliant feedback below. If you have any urgent questions about the spam, please contact us. And a special note to you, spammers; we officially declare you a major DON&amp;#x27;T. More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Add us to your iGoogle homepage Photo: Jupiterimages"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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