Add Funny Notes about You & Your Wedding Party
If you want your guests to keep their wedding programs long after the “I Do’s,” you might consider adding humor. While Limericks and other inappropriate jokes are, obviously, not the way to go, there are tactful ways to make your wedding programs funny and classic.
One of the most popular trends is for the bride and groom to each write about their first meeting, resorting in a “he said/she said” script. Even the most serious of anecdotes will make guests laugh, as everyone remembers events in a different fashion. You can add photos too, and handwritten captions about the pictures. Guests will love seeing your snapshots of Disney World or your white-water rafting trip, especially when your groom describes your attempt to apply makeup in the wilderness.
Other ideas include the “vows” you opted not to say during the ceremony—“I promise to watch ESPN with him if he indulges me in Dancing with the Stars”—or to write how you plan to spend your 50th anniversary. The sky’s the limit on ways to add humor to your program, as long as it’s tasteful and respectful of everyone attending your wedding.
Since most people reading your program will have no idea who most of the wedding party is, add little stories about each bridesmaid and groomsmen. “I knew Jen was going to be the perfect maid of honor after she insisted we have margaritas after every dress fitting.” If you write a sentence or two about each wedding-party member, guests will not only chuckle, they’ll learn a little bit more about your friends and loved ones.
You can also go the other route, and have wedding-party members each write a comment about your union. People will love to hear the best man write of your fiance’s endless attempts to propose before finally getting up the nerve, or the grilling he first took from your dad.
Whichever route you go, talk to everyone involved, remind them to keep it short, and not to worry about being clever. When in doubt, tell the “writers” that a simple anecdote is usually more humorous than a forced joke. If anyone in your party is afraid to write, let them just scribble something as simple as “best wishes.”
Also, tell everyone that, while locker room humor has its place, it’s never at a wedding. Keep the comments short, sweet, and as tasteful as the two of you.
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