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The Maid of Honor and Wedding Preparation
January 4 2010
The bride’s day is the common reference when discussing the day of the wedding. This is due to the fantasy that many women have during a young age pertaining to the perfect wedding day. When the bride takes the leap into marriage and has a goal of achieving the perfect image she must turn to friends and family in the marriage party to assist with the planning to make that fantasy a reality. The Maid of Honor often represents the leading individual found in these supporting wedding parties. It is an honor to be deemed the Maid of Honor and a right of responsibility accompanies the received position. The Maid of Honor is the support pillar for the bride during this time of great stress. When the bride needs to vent she turns towards the Maid of Honor, when she needs emotional support the Maid of Honor is there, and when she needs advice the Maid of Honor knows the Bride best. The Maid of Honor plays a pivotal role in the events pertaining to a wedding and wedding preparation.
In addition to wedding preparation support the Maid of Honor acts as a free wedding planner during the wedding process. When coming to the decisions about wedding preparation it is not uncommon to see both the Best man and Maid of Honor involved in the process. For the bride the Maid of Honor represents an individual who will support her decisions during the wedding preparation process and always have her best interests in mind. For the groom the Maid of Honor represents a negotiator between the bride and groom regarding important decisions over wedding preparation. A bride is more susceptible to the opinions of a Maid of Honor than the opinions of a male whose main focus is the wedding budget. The Maid of Honor is also often the individual that knows the marrying couple best so she has a unique insight into the preferences of the couple. In the process of wedding preparation the Maid of Honor represents the best free wedding planner a couple could ever have.
The bridal shower represents an additional event that falls under the responsibilities of the Maid of Honor to plan. The style of a bridal shower can vary greatly and really depends on the tastes of the bride. For the Maid of Honor it is important to incorporate the likes of the bride when she makes the move into wedding preparation of the bridal shower. On many occasions these parties do not go as planned when it starts to appear that the party was designed around the preferences of the Maid of Honor and not the bride. Wedding preparation is a stressful time and the bridal shower represents an occasion where the bride can shed wedding responsibility and fall into the capable hands of the Maid of Honor. For the Maid of Honor this part of wedding preparation represents her chance to relieve the stresses of the bride and help reset her wedding stress clock. Picking out the right Maid of Honor is an essential task for the bride and groom due to the responsibilities this individual will undertake.
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