Real Brides Reveal: The Worst Wedding Advice They’ve Ever Received!

As soon as you get engaged people LOVE to share unsolicited advice. A lot of is great and super helpful, such as recommendations for photographers people have used or great wedding decor vendors. What’s not so great is when people decide to give terrible, horrible advice to couples planning a wedding. This advice can range from weird to just downright dumb. Our real brides shared the WORST advice they’ve received while planning their wedding.

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DIY-ing Everything!

Esha Mehta says “DIY-ing everything will save you tons of money. This is downright the most stupid wedding advice that I heeded to. Supplies cost money. Trial and error costs money. Labor costs you...valuable time, if not also money. I spent two weeks trying to DIY my wedding centrepieces, failed miserably, cried and then finally booked a vendor to do it!”

Not Hiring a Candid Photographer

Devika Malhotra says “Save money by not hiring a candid photographer and crowd-source your photos. My friend advised me to place Instax and Digital cameras on all tables with notes asking people to click pictures of the wedding. He even said that people do a lot of photography on the phone too. But what it resulted in was hundreds of pictures of the guests and hardly 15-20 of mine. I literally wanted to cry when I realised that I have no real good pictures of my pheras or jai mala! Spend money on the photographer guys, please!”

Bad Advice on Mehendi + Jewellery

Mehak says "The most torturous part of my wedding was watching people dance and enjoy on my mehendi as I was stuck in a seat for 6 hours. I should have totally done my mehendi earlier, and not listened to people who said its not fun if the bride doesn't put it. The second bad advice- get one big bridal set instead of two smaller ones. I just cannot wear that big set anywhere. Layering is a much better idea.

Over-Accomodating as a bride

Anya says "Everyone told me that adjusting is something you HAVE to do after marriage and I was prepared to do it. But somewhere , I was so accomodating that once I settled in to my regular 'me' self, there was so much expected out of me. The advice I would give everyone is to be yourself, and definitely make an effort with your new family but going out of your way to be someone you cant keep up with ..will do more harm than good.

Family Vendors

Priyanka Khanna says “Hiring someone from the family. I know a lot of people think that this is a safe option but as a vendor it isn’t good. I hired my mama to do my wedding invites and it wasn’t up to the mark. You can’t say anything since its family and it’s not like they do it for free, so you end up paying for sub-standard work and also a headache!”

Don't do whatever you like!

Vedika Chatterjee says “Do whatever you like, it’s your day was the worst wedding advice. Though I know that I could not make everyone happy, I had to strike a balance between the two as there are parents and your hubby’s parents involved too. You can’t just raise your hands and run to the park! Needless to say, I dint heed to that piece of advice."

Take a break!

Neha Sharma says “Leaving for your honeymoon first thing the morning after the wedding. It’s a really bad idea! My sister suggested it and we spent our first two days of the honeymoon just sleeping off the exhaustion and then the jet lag. Take a one day break at least!”

Glittery Bride

Shruti Shah says “Wear loads of jewellery because you are the bride, was downright the most dumb advice I received. You are a bride, not a glittering insect. My taste was minimalistic and every one in my family kept saying that they would look more decked up than me. But remember, when you are happy and calm, you look your most beautiful and that is what reflected in my pictures!”

Getting a facial a week before

Khushboo says " I took a trip to the parloud just a few days before my wedding and tried a new facial. My skin erupted, and my usually clear face was full of little bumps on the three most important days of my life. DONT try anything new girls, it just isn't worth it. "