“A Waiter Had To Come And Ask Her To Sit Down”: Bride’s Sister Starts Loudly Sobbing Over Influencer Pics, Gets Escorted Out Of Engagement Dinner

To learn more about how to celebrate an engagement, we reached out to Kathy and Danielle, the editors at The Wedding Playbook, and they were kind enough to have a chat with us. Kathy and Danielle shared with Bored Panda that it's quite common to have an engagement dinner or party to celebrate upcoming nuptials. "Engagement parties bring friends and family together to celebrate the news and get to know each other before the wedding," the editors explained. "If your loved ones haven’t met before, there’s a long wait to the big day. Or if an intimate or destination wedding is on the cards, it’s (usually) a fun way to mark the occasion."

Kathy and Danielle also shined some light on the responsibilities that family members usually have at occasions such as this. "Offer to help where you can, make an effort to mingle with guests outside your circle, skip the embarrassing family anecdotes and keep the focus on making it a special event for the couple," they told Bored Panda. And if the bride and groom exercise their right to kick someone out of the event, the editors say it should only be done as a last resort. "If the person’s behavior is negatively impacting everyone’s experience and they haven’t responded to requests to stop, removing them is sometimes the only way to resolve the situation," Kathy and Danielle noted. "As the hosts of the event, it’s also the couple’s responsibility to ensure a safe environment for staff and guests."

The editors also shared some advice for dealing with difficult family members in situations like this. "Try to limit their impact. Sadly, you probably already know what kind of behavior to expect from difficult relatives, so think about what they should be involved in and informed of during your wedding planning," they recommended. "Your experience will be more positive if you understand your boundaries and hold firm on them. And if someone does cause a scene, don’t worry about what your other guests will think - empathy is more likely than judgement." And before choosing to uninvite someone to the wedding altogether, Kathy and Danielle say that a bride and groom should think long and hard about that decision. "[It] can impact your ongoing relationship with them - and even other family members. You’ll need to assess whether the problem they might cause outweighs the benefit of them attending."

Finally, the editors recommended a solution for dealing with a difficult guest like the sister in this particular story. "Got a perpetually online person in your life that’ll find it hard to resist posting every moment of your celebration? You can choose to have an unplugged wedding where guests are asked to turn off their devices for some or all of the event, so everyone can enjoy being fully present with you. You can also request for them to wait to post until you do." If you'd like to gain more wedding planning advice from Kathy, Danielle and the rest of their team, be sure to visit The Wedding Playbook right here.