7 Tips To Make Wedding Season Rad

Every summer it seems I have at least 2–3 weddings to attend. For the most part I enjoy attending weddings because

Weddings are what you make of them. If you go in thinking you’re going to have a horrible time, you probably will. If you go in with an open mind or a plan to have a good time then I think you will do just that. Here are a few tips to make wedding season more rad, and some of them relate to beer. Weird right?

Wedding tip #3: If you are the bride or groom, tell your friends to bring empty growlers so they can fill them at the end of the night if the kegs aren’t empty. This will also lighten the load so you don’t have to haul a half-full or quarter-full keg back to the car. If you are a guest, remember this tip.

Wedding tip #4: Make your own fun. Come up with a wedding bingo card or scavenger hunt, distribute them discreetly to your friends, and first one to get bingo gets to pick the afterparty spot.

When designing your bingo cards try to pick some obvious things that WILL happen with some randomly selected ones like this one here.

If doing a scavenger hunt the perfect time to start is while the bride and groom are off doing pictures because that typically takes a while and everyone gets bored waiting around. You can make it specific or keep it vague with either things to find or things to do.

Some examples of things to find: driver’s license of someone over 70, a quarter from 2000 or earlier, red lipstick, craft beer that doesn’t suck, something heart shaped, something you think will last forever, etc.

Some things to do: Thumb gun a beer. Get the bartender’s phone number. Cartwheel across the dance floor. Get grandma to accidentally swear. Those are just a few.

Wedding tip #5: Don’t leave the dog near the cake. Or the baby. Or yourself if you’ve been doing one of those water and apple cider vinegar diets to fit into your suit/dress. It will be destroyed in the blink of an eye.

Wedding tip #7: Help out where you can. If you were getting married would you want to have to think about picking up everyone’s trash and empty beer cans at the end of the night? Probably not. So properly dispose of your trash and place dirty dishes where assigned. Be willing to help carry that keg to the car or whatever your people need.

Whether you’re having a wedding or going to one I wish you good luck!

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