For any perfectionists who plan a wedding, a problem sounds like a major nightmare.  No matter how much detailed planning goes on or how precisely wedding etiquette is followed, the odds are good that things just won’t go as planned.  Often such problems have nothing to do with any errors in planning, but matters beyond one’s control.  When most brides imagine their wedding day, absolutely every single thing is perfect.  Nothing goes wrong, there are no mishaps or accidents, or even the slightest imperfection.

But, unfortunately, with the vast majority of weddings, there’s a handful of errors that occur on that day of days, but in most cases, these problems do not ruin anything.  Some of these things include poor weather delaying an outdoor ceremony, traffic jams making half the wedding guests late, a power outage at the reception site, or a purely accidental spilling of red wine on the train of the bride’s wedding gown.

While a wedding day mishap might feel like a total fiasco at the moment–when the wedding cake collapses, or the bride mispronounces the groom’s name during the vows, or if the boutonnieres arrive with pearl-headed pins instead of crystal-headed pins–the truth is that most things will, in retrospect, end up being a fun and entertaining part of the wedding day.  We know it’s probably hard to see that in the heat of the moment, when you’ve realized a huge error in wedding etiquette but later on, such accidents can very often end up giving a couple’s wedding day a little something special and unique.  Smile and enjoy the whole day, even the mishaps.

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