Springtime ! That brilliant time of longer daylight , warmer temps , and the promise of summer Fridays just around the corner . It ’s also the scratch of , ugh , wedding time of year . For all of you out there who are engaged and search forward to your # cutenamemashupwedding2016 , CONGRATULATIONS ! No , seriously . It ’s great .
For those of you who are single … welp , here we go again . If you ’re not psyche - over - heel , can’t - think - I - existed - without - you in love with someone , then this is kiiiind of the worst clock time ever as your weekends tardily get soak up into the fateful hole of lily-white tulle and frosting . But as you bleed all your money this summer on everyone else ’s weddings , revere not ! There are a few style to not only survive wedding season , but actually have a pretty bloody respectable prison term .
Friends with benefits
If the approximation of go to a marriage ceremony solo sound about as sadistic as troll your ex ’s fresh girlfriend ’s Instagram page , you could always find a friend with benefits . But no , not that kind . Make a pact with a SAME - SEX friend ( if you ’re hetero , opposite sex if not ) who will be your standing +1 for the rest of the time of year , and vice versa . Weddings really are nifty space to potentially meet other individual ( horny ) citizenry and if you ’re reckon for the next capital sexual love ( fling ? ) it would behoove you to appear available and approachable .
Easy on the gifts
If you ’re scan the registry and it ’s a choice between the vintage tea leaf congeal on a in a bad way mirror for a gajillion dollars , or the dish towels for a more comfortable six buck , swing cheap . hymeneals are expensive AF and if you ’ve capture a lot of them on your dance carte du jour you want to be sure you still have money at the end of the time of year to spend on things like … you . Budget what you may for gift and then say ' love it . ' You ’re living on a individual person ’s income , and prospect are that ’s not a lot .
Treat yo’self
A small conceit never hurt anyone ( said no Disney villainess ever ) . Just because it ’s TECHNICALLY the bride ’s ( hem , bride and groom ’s ) solar day that does n’t intend you ca n’t play your A game . Like we say , weddings are potential gold mines for come across other exclusive people and possibly having sex with ( er … get hitched with ? ) them down the line . Go ahead and treat yourself to that rig or haircut . you may still enjoy these thing AFTER the wedding .
Stay off Facebook
For the dear of God . When it comes to wedding party season , Facebook is the WORST . Not only do you have to see photos of the wedding ceremony you were JUST at , but you have to see the photo of all the other weddings you were n’t invited to and therefore thought you could gayly void . That ’s cute that you thought that .
Starry - eyed duo also care to practice the platform to mail about their engagements as they are happening , flop before they occur , after they occur … and then each subsequent event from engagement photos , to wedding preparation , to the bachelorette . Every item , save the real consummation of the marriage , is cataloged . It ’s unlikely these egregious Facebook offenders will ever stop , so for the love of God , just continue off Facebook .
Easy on the sauce
A wedding party without an undefendable cake is no wedding party at all , we say ! That order , a wedding is not really the time to race to the bottom of the barrel . It wo n’t be as funny the next day that you twerked in front of Uncle Buster , made a goner to yourself finding happiness , or you know , cried .
But still drink a little
It ’s destitute Champagne .
Make it a mini vacation
nuptials time of year often means a passel of travelling for you . Treat it as a chance to get out of town for a few days of vacation , with that minor detail of in reality give ear the marriage ceremony . Put things on your itinerary that YOU need to do , whether it ’s a health spa treatment , baseball game game , or a few day at the beach . Just because you ’re going to a nuptials does n’t imply the entire slip has to be about that .
No means no
Just because you were invite does n’t mean you have to accept . An invitation to a wedding is by no means an responsibility . Pick and choose the ones you really want to go to . There ’s no reasonableness to feel guilty for not wanting to attend your high school boyfriend / girl ’s wedding . These are your summertime weekends , too , and you should have the choice to drop them as you bid . There ’s a spot to check " NO " on the RSVP board for a reason .
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