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"\n\tAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below\n\t\n\n1. Thou shalt have items within a wide price range on your wedding registry. Because I am a recent graduate who cannot afford a set of $350 French Country flatware but can afford one $40 folding chair.\n\n2. Thou shalt not repeatedly ask which wedding dress I like when you have secretly made up your mind. SPOILER ALERT: I probably do not like the one you like, which is the same sweetheart-neckline Disney princess one that everyone wears. BRB choking on tulle.3. Thou shalt not regularly post annoyingly sweet photos and saccharine messages about the nuptials on all your social media pages. #luckygirl #hesmyman #ihateeverything #iwillkillyourwholefamily4. Thou shalt not choose a shitty destination wedding. You know, one where we can't drink the water and someone steals our laptop from the hostel we are staying at because we can't afford a nice hotel and when we go to the cops to report it, \"the cops\" are one dude who writes it down in a Dora la Exploradora notebook.5. Thou shalt not passive-aggressively try to get us to wear beige bridesmaids dresses. I get it: You want us to be as close to see-through woman-ghosts as possible so that you look even more like a solitary pure snowflake. But beige washes most people out, and you can sacrifice a piece of your Stardom for prettier, more colorful wedding pictures.6. Thou shalt remember and prioritize that your bridesmaids should be able to maybe wear this dress again. See above re: beige, and also one-sleeved dresses pretty much. That shit does not withstand the test of time.7. Thou shalt be reasonable re: how much your bridesmaids need to spend on the dress. Also, the previous Commandment benefits you and them, because if your bridesmaids love it and will wear it again, they'll be willing to spent more money on it.8. Thou shalt allow the bridesmaids to choose different styles of the same bridesmaids' dress in order to flatter their individual body types. Strapless, v-neck, sweetheart neckline, asymmetrical\u2026 they're your best friends, don't you want them to look amazing too?9. Thou shalt not think that I have been saving up this nest egg of a couple thousand dollars to be able to spend it all on planning your bridal shower. I WAS saving for a trip to L.A., but yeah, I can spend it fronting an entire mani-pedi package and chasing down other bridesmaids to pay me back. Sure, I can spend it on customized napkins that say your name and a bunch of canap\u00E9s. Because when I am homeless because I can't pay my rent, I can live in a canap\u00E9! Oh wait, no, I can't.10. Thou shalt not have a dry bridal shower/bachelorette party/wedding/reception/anything. Unless you are in recovery, there's no excuse to skimp on the alcohol. We all just sat through a 3-hour Catholic ceremony. I am having a goddamn Sea Breeze.11. Thou shalt not regulate your bridesmaids' weight. I\u2026 I cannot address this without my blood pressure skyrocketing.12. Thou shalt not demand they refrain from cutting their hair before the wedding if they want to. You have no right to stop your friend who is going through a breakup from getting a really sexy pixie cut that will Change Her Life.13. Thou shalt pair your best friend up with the hottest groomsman. This goes without saying, and works best when the male side of the bridal party all rowed Ivy League crew. (Best wedding ever.)14. Thou shalt not send incessant \"Countdown\" emails or write FB messages. I don't need to know that it is 31 days before you \"marry  amaaaaazing partner in crime, Jon!\" Or 30 days. Or 29 days. Or 28 days.\n\tAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below\n\t\n\n15. Thou shalt not make your wedding ring hand your profile picture. Wow, your face looks different.16. Thou shalt make an effort to have several non-wedding-related conversations per week. We can talk about Chris Hemsworth, or abortion laws in Arkansas, or what BB cream is. (We have no idea what BB cream is.)17. Thou shalt not minimize the fact that my life is changing too, even if it's not involving a wedding. If I get a raise at work, or if I'm dating a guy I really like, that may seem small to you, but you should make the effort to catch up with what's going on with me.18. Thou shalt not connect their Pinterest wedding inspiration board to their Facebook. SOMEONE HELP, TASTEFUL FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS AND HANDCRAFTED-IN-BROOKLYN VEILS HAVE TAKEN OVER MY FEED.\n\n19. Thou shalt send thank you notes to every person who helped or gave you one tiny thing. Even if it was a folding chair (see #1).RELATED:24 Things You Should Never Do At A WeddingFollow Anna on Twitter.  Photo Credit: Universal"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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