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"Being the rock star that you are, you&amp;amp;#8217;ll probably have people clamoring at the front gates to get an invite to your wedding, but ...Whaddaya mean you can&amp;amp;#8217;t make it to my wedding? No comprende .... No matter how much they love you, chances are at least a few guests will cancel at the very last minute. We had four last-minute cancellations for our wedding. One friend&amp;amp;#8217;s great-aunt had died suddenly and the funeral was held on our wedding day, so he and his wife had to bow out. Another friend&amp;amp;#8217;s father told her mother the Wednesday before our wedding that he had been having an affair for years and was ready to move in with his mistress. Needless to say, our friend needed to be with her mom in a big way, so she and her husband didn&amp;amp;#8217;t make it, either. It stinks when people have to skip your wedding&amp;amp;#8212;and your seating chart will be totally screwed up!&amp;amp;#8212;but you don&amp;amp;#8217;t have to lose money on top of everything. Here&amp;amp;#8217;s the secret: When you give your caterer (or whoever&amp;amp;#8217;s serving the food at your wedding reception) the &amp;amp;#8220;final&amp;amp;#8221; headcount a week or two before your wedding, subtract six guests. (So if 200 people RSVP&amp;amp;#8217;d yes, tell your caterer 194.) If the day before it looks like everyone&amp;amp;#8217;s going to show, tell her it turns out you&amp;amp;#8217;re going to need to feed 200. She&amp;amp;#8217;ll scramble to make sure there&amp;amp;#8217;s enough food, since six extra meals mean a few hundred extra dollars for her. If you go to opposite way though&amp;amp;#8212;tell her 200 to start and then try to drop your headcount to 194&amp;amp;#8212;she&amp;amp;#8217;ll probably still charge you for the 200 meals, since she&amp;amp;#8217;s already bought the food. Will you give your caterer a dropped-down &amp;amp;#8220;final&amp;amp;#8221; headcount? Or do you think that&amp;amp;#8217;s shady? Have you ever had to skip a wedding at the last minute? More wedding warnings: * Do THIS to Your Shoes Before Your Big Day * You Don&amp;amp;#8217;t Want THESE at Your Wedding Reception * You&amp;amp;#8217;ll Need to Do THIS After the Party&amp;amp;#8217;s Over! 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: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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