Friday, August 26, 2011

The Bride's Book of Etiquette

Six days until the wedding!  June and Art concludes on September 1, 2011.



At some point, June received a copy of The Bride’s Book of Etiquette by the editors of The Bride’s Magazine (published 1948).  Approximately 95% of the content remains relevant today.  Here are a couple of passages that June may have thumbed through as she prepared for her wedding:

The Bride

“YOUR PRIVILEGES:  As a Bride, you are privileged, with the consent of your family, to choose the type of wedding you will have, to choose the time and place.  Within the bounds of tradition, you may pick the dress you will wear and all the accessories that go with it.  It’s your privilege to look as lovely as you know how…

“You are privileged to choose the flowers you want, the music you want, the reception you want.  You are privileged to make your wedding anything you want it to be.

“You are privileged to have all eyes center on you.”

The Groom

“The Groom is the other half of the raison d’etre for all this fuss and flurry.  He may feel completely out of things and very confused with all of the feminine running around that goes on.  However, he is a most important personage…

“No matter how hectic things may seem to him, he will try to observe every little tradition and courtesy dear to the hearts of women.  He will remember to thank the Bride’s parents for all they have done, and he won’t forget to tell his Bride how lovely she looks.”

(Tomorrow – News from the Shower reporters.)

© 2011 Lee Price

2 comments:

  1. "He will remember to thank the Bride’s parents for all they have done, and he
    won’t forget to tell his Bride how lovely she looks."

    The night before our wedding, my husband-to-be dropped off the bouquet and said "I just picked up the tux. You're going to have to go some to look as good as me tomorrow." I laughed then and I still laugh 23 years later.

    I just love weddings!

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  2. I expected to find some funny, very dated recommendations to pull from the book, but instead it's largely very sweet and appropriate. Don't forget to tell the Bride how lovely she looks sounds like timeless advice--even though your husband seems to have briefly gotten it reversed! Glad it worked out!

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