Bride-To-Be Goes Viral For Refreshingly Reasonable Rules For Her Wedding

As she told People, she had seen a trend of other brides doing this when she started planning her big day, so she decided to throw the ideas she had into her own code of etiquette.

She would end up going over this list in two parts, and the first of them got some common points of contention out of the way.

As she explained, she has no desire to see unattended children running around at her wedding. However, many of her siblings are under the age of 15, so she wouldn't feel right cutting them out of the proceedings.

She also said that those coming in from out of town could bring their kids, but she definitely expected those parents to keep a close eye on them.

But while she expected her guests and viewers to bristle the most at this rule, she told People that more commenters than she expected were upset about some that seemed like common sense to her.

One might expect that everyone knows wearing white to a wedding comes off as a deliberate attempt to upstage the bride, but some people apparently still need to be told this.

And she's serious about that one, too. As she said, "My bridesmaids have specific instructions already to dump a whole bottle of red wine on you. So let's just avoid that, don't wear white."

Contrary to the hyper-specific instructions brides often have for their bridesmaids, we can see that only the color of their outfits are non-negotiable. Aside from that, Cruz has no trouble accommodating a bridesmaid who's more comfortable in a pantsuit than a dress.

And of course, guests bringing a group of "random people" with them is not allowed.

For a start, it's kind of misleading to say that it's a rule for all of her bridesmaids to be members of the LGBTQ+ community, as that's just how things happened to turn out for her.

Her next rule is more relevant to other planners than guests, but the job her mother did on her quinceañera made her confident that all questions about the nitty gritty details about how the wedding will proceed should be directed to her mom.

Namely, that the professionals supporting her wedding are to be treated as guests and given all the food and beverages that this suggests. But of course, nobody's allowed to drink and drive.

Finally, she made it clear that no guests should use her wedding as an opportunity to make any grand announcements, lest they face the wrath of her bridesmaids.

As she put it, "If you're pregnant, keep it to yourself. If you want to propose, keep that to yourself."

I don't know about you, but this wedding sounds a good enough time to me!

h/t: People