Tip: Lie To Your Family & Guests

Lie to your family?! Doesn’t sound like the kind of values based advice you’d expect from us, does it?

Of course we’re not encouraging you to keep secrets, or hurtfully mislead anyone. However, sometimes a little fib is actually a favor. Like for instance, in getting people to arrive on-time for your events.

Most of the time, people can be 10-15 minutes late and it doesn’t really matter. On a wedding day (especially with a tight schedule) it can inconvenience you and everyone else. So, if you’ve got something (like your photos) scheduled for 4:30, tell your family and guests that pictures start at 4:15. It’s the best way to make sure that everyone is actually on-time.

Asking guests to arrive early, rarely works. They’re human, they forget. If you say, “Pictures start at 4:30, but it’s really important that you get there early.” They’ll only remember, “Pictures start at 4:30.” Now let’s say that guest also has kids to dress and wrangle. They’d have a hard time being punctual to dinner with the president.

So by telling them that the event starts earlier than it actually does, you’re ensuring that they’re on-time. That spares you the stress of having them show up late, and them the agony of getting scowled at for holding up the show. Do you and your guests a favor, fib a little about what time your event actually starts.

Add comment November 25th, 2007