Telling the guests how to wear their hair and makeup?
Do not talk to the bride?

She is too immature and insecure to get married if she is threatened by other women's hair, makeup, and talking to anyone.

I would get them a $! gift card from The Dollar Store, and send it without so much as a wedding card.

people can do crazy things with their hair, so I understand that so as to avoid distractions. Make up, not so much. Im going to figure these rules apply to the WEDDING, which is different than the reception. At the wedding, the bride has alot to think about focused on her actual wedding party, husband, groomsmen, bridesmaids, et cetera... rather than the guests attending it.

Im not sure if the no talking would apply to those the bride CHOOSES to address and speak to, in which case that is of course extreme.

but it avoids quarrels and competing for the bride's attention on her and her husband's special day.

I've never been to a wedding where guests crazied up their hair. No guests fighting to talk to the bride. The bride should have nothing to think about if she has planned it well, and not think the world is ending if there are some snafus. Focused on the MARRIAGE itself, not the wedding. Maybe she hangs with unrefined people. In any case, she is too controlling, which bodes poorly for the marriage. The groom should run NOW.

the groom should have run LOOOONG before now.
clearly he ain't too refined either.

I've arranged weddings for my 2 daughters.

They are refined young women, with refined friends and families.

Planning weddings and receptions is very simple.

My daughters are not bratty, nor do they feel entitled.


If a couple and/or their parents cannot fully fund the festivities, they need to have a smaller, simpler wedding and reception, not expect their guests to pay for the ordeal with a $75 entry fee, which is about the cost of a simple reception per person.

The prices don't have to be extreme if the plans are handled by someone who knows how to shop.

They ARE extreme if someone can't plan their own wedding and reception, need a wedding planner. They charge the most for everything, because they get kickback commission from the vendors.

Also, if the bride and groom haven't planned exactly what they want and CAN AFFORD, then they are like clay in the planner's hands. Being suggestible and believing the planner as some sacred voice.