your wedding experience :- what do you wish you knew before your wedding day?

still on your wedding experience segment, in this new episode i ask my audience what do you wish you knew before your wedding day?              here are their sage words of wisdom.

1.) choose bridesmaids very wisely.

choose bridesmaids wisely. pick those who know how to put up with you and you know how to put up with in intense situations. they could make the day more stressful or dramatic (alcohol, money, or lack of attention on them). i could not imagine my kids looking at my wedding album and not knowing a bridesmaid, a person who i thought was my closest of close friend. it is not worth the drama. stick to sisters and childhood friends. i got lucky, but many friends did  not. (posted  by ayodele toyin, lagos,via facebook)

2.) and the day of your wedding? you need to eat something.

 “eat breakfast! i was so busy rushing around the morning of my wedding that i didn’t eat anything. by the time i got to the reception at, oh, i was utterly famished, to the point of being lightheaded.  (posted  by sydney, ibadan, via twitter)

3.) tell your photographer what you want in advance.

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give the photographers a list of pictures you want beforehand. you won’t remember all the cute  ideas the day of the wedding. (posted by jessica amadi, jos  via facebook)

4.)  on the big day, make someone your point person.

 i wish i had known that no matter how clear the details of the wedding are on the invitations , almost  everyone will still try to text and call you on the wedding day asking for directions. put a family member or your maid of honor (whoever knows your timeline forwards and backwards) in charge of your phone to keep your stress level down so that you can focus on your big day.  ( posted  by lola, osun, via instagram) 

5.) socialmedia is obviously a big deal, so figure out how to incorporate it — or not — into your wedding.

discuss sharing photos on social media before the wedding, and let your friends and family know whether or not it’s ok with you if they share, or if you would prefer that they don’t.  in this day and age, with everyone posting to instagram, facebook, and twitter, think about it, and discuss ahead of time so there are no hard feelings after the fact. (posted by damilola lawal, ondo, via facebook)