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Having to plan a wedding alone is in itself very stressful, not to imagine being conflicted with your parents in all the planning process. This can be more distressing as you must find a way to pacify your parent while coping with the wedding plans. To avoid being in such situations it is best to prevent occurrence that can spring up conflicts.
As it is said, prevention is better than cure.
Having said that, below are ways to prevent conflicts with your parents when planning your wedding day.
Try not to never lash out in anger
Stay calm and collected. Definitely, you will be upset about their desire to have everything their way, but in all they do, no matter how pressing it is, do not lash out on them. This is because an angry person says hurtful words which cannot be rectified most times.
Hence, to prevent this, ensures you remain cool even in the heat of the moment.
Settle any underlying problems
Most parents can hold grudges. This explains why sometimes the only reason they are angry with you may be due to some past attitude of yours towards them which they find disrespectful. Try to resolve every issue between you and your parents.
Consider their choice and try to compromise
Parents are mainly concerned about how their guests, colleagues and extended family will see their child's wedding. Because of this, they act excessively thus sometimes overdoing things.
An example would be religious parents who do not like alcoholic drinks, especially impose no alcohols for the wedding. Place your parent's choice first with no alcohols while you and your friends can later have the drinks at the after-party.
Assign them with responsibilities in the planning process
Everyone loves to feel involved. Parents are not left out as they enjoy being included in the arrangements plans. It makes them feel wanted.
Therefore, to avoid conflicts, administer roles to them. The trick is they become too pre-occupied with the workload to be involved in a trivial conflict.
We wish you a peaceful wedding ceremony and a blissful marriage.