What The Bride’s Diplomacy Guide says about “Keeping the Peace” when it comes to parents.
1. Don’t be smug or snotty when approaching your parents with issues of planning the wedding. It will only set off a series of unwanted events and they will inevitable be hurt.
2. Don’t even use money as a reason to get your way (or at least don’t make that your main reason). A great quote from the book: “Honor the givers and ignore the digits.”
3. Let your parents know when you choose something they gave you advice on.
4. Another quote: “Giving someone he benefit of the doubt is a key to making diplomacy work.”
5. Make the best of every situation and enjoy the process of planning your wedding – even when the others are negative about the issue.
6. Don’t be afraid to stand up for yourself, if all other diplomatic precautions have been taken. It will be hard, but sometimes it’s necessary to get everyone to understand.
7. Choose your words carefully, and complement often.
8. Be careful and sympathetic when “habits” are in question. Understand that they are hard to break… You know the old saying “Old habits die hard”
9. Always keep the right person for the discussion (Remember back when you were in junior high…who would always say yes?)
For More information Please Read “The Bride’s Diplomacy Guide: Solutions to 150 of the Stickiest Dilemmas that Face a Bride to Be” by Sharon Naylor
