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"Being single at a weddings sucks sometimes&amp;amp;#8212;but it doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t have to.I love making small talk with the other second-rate guests. Not. Brides, here are a few suggestions to make your wedding more enjoyable for your solo guests: Give the people in the wedding party a plus one. I know it&amp;amp;#8217;s not always financially feasible to give every last guest a date, but your &amp;amp;#8217;maids have likely spent a bunch of time, money, and energy to make your wedding day more special&amp;amp;#8212;so I think it&amp;amp;#8217;s nice to make it make it a little extra-special for them. Don&amp;amp;#8217;t put your single friends at the pariah table with your weird great aunt and your boss. Look, I get that seating charts are tough and single friends make handy place fillers. (Who else are you gonna seat with your nose picking cousin?) But try to build a table or two that caters to singles, and seat them somewhere desirable. (Read: Close to the bar and the dance floor.) Ask your band or DJ not to overdose on the slow songs. Yeah, yeah, it&amp;amp;#8217;s a wedding. Of course there will be slow songs. But I think the funnest moments on the dance floor will involve most of your guests shakin&amp;amp;#8217; what their mama gave &amp;amp;#8217;em&amp;amp;#8212;not half of your guests doing an awkward sway-and-shuffle to &amp;amp;#8220;Groovy Kind of Love.&amp;amp;#8221; Tell your emcee: No more than two slow songs and hour. Anyone who&amp;amp;#8217;s ever been single at a wedding: Do you think you were treated like a second-class guest? Or do you think the bride and groom were genuinely psyched to have you there? What are some other steps the newlyweds can take to make the wedding fun for single friends? More from the guests&amp;amp;#8217; perspective: * Guest Gripe: Are You Annoyed When the Bride and Groom Don&amp;amp;#8217;t Greet You? * Guest Gripe: Please Keep the Speeches to a Minimum! * As a Guest, What&amp;amp;#8217;s Your Least Favorite Wedding Tradition? More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow Glamour on Twitter. Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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