We are all addicted to facebook in certain ways, admit it, you are! But beware, facebook can actually ruin your wedding, in more than a few surprising ways.

Check out these keys reason why facebook can ruin your wedding, and decide for yourself, if you want to avoid the facebook craze on your big day!

1. Gives Your Groom a Preview of You Before Your Ceremony

Although most people who post pictures do not mean to cause any harm, if your bridesmaids start snapping pics of you before the ceremony, there is a chance some of those might end up on facebook, ruining the surprise for your family and guests who are also hanging out on their smart phones.

But worst of all, your groom might actually catch a glimpse of you in your dress, before he sees you on your wedding day! I’ve actually seen this happen, and it is devastating for both parties. Avoid the chance and remind your bridesmaids and family to avoid posting on facebook until after the wedding has taken place.

2. Ruins the Surprise of Receiving Your Professional Images

Chances are, you have paid a lot of good money for a professional wedding photographer. You are trusting them to have the creative eye and skill to pose both you and your groom, to ensure gorgeous and authentically romantic wedding photos for you to cherish forever.

Unfortunately with the advancement of smart phones, many of your guests will inevitably follow your photographer around, brandishing their phones right next to them, as they are setting up for their perfect wedding shot. While no guest means any harm by this, if a dozen of their picture that they have envisioned for you, shows up on facebook before their polished, professional images are delivered to them, it ruins the awe or the surprise of this beautiful moment. It can also be very disrupting to you and your family if many of your guests are demanding your attention at the same time as your photographer.

Solve this awkward situation by requesting no photos by your guests, or allowing your guests five minutes for personal photos with you, before your photographer takes over and captures the intimacies and details of you and your amazing day.

3. Takes away Privacy and Intimacy of the Day

Hollywood stars despise the paparazzi. Well trust me, so do brides. As explained above, everyone brandishing their phones into your faces isn’t the most fun activity only our wedding day. Nor is it the most intimate.  Because you spend the majority of the day in the spotlight, you never know what many of your guests are snapping away at during the activities. They are publicizing your celebration without your knowledge and consent, and while that is generally accepted in today’s culture, it is good to be aware that this will happen all day, and will inundate your account with everyone on your facebook pages, commentating on these photos.

4. Invitation for Snarky or Unwelcome Comments

Opening up your private wedding to facebook can always allowed for unwanted attention from people you would rather avoid. When others are posting these pictures of you, you become a target for all of this attention. And while this isn’t necessarily a bad thing, it does open up a funnel for people commentating on what they liked, what they didn’t, personal matters that happened during the day, etc. If you’d prefer your wedding to be an event between you and your guests, it is considered polite to ask your guests not to post to facebook from your wedding. The latest trends are calling it a “Unplugged Wedding” and it has been growing in popularity over the past 2 years.

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