GLAMOUR.com's Guide For The Single Wedding Guest

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June means wedding season: great news if your special day is just around the corner, less great news if you're single and are looking ahead to a string of summer Saturdays spent watching your friends celebrate the kind of enduring love that you're yet to find. But is attending weddings solo really a reason to feel sad? We don't think so -  there's nothing wrong with feeling a little bit of envy that you're not the one wearing the meringue dress, but here at GLAMOUR.com, we firmly believe that weddings can be just as fun - if not more so - if you go without a man in tow. Here's why...
Wear what you want
Bless 'em - no matter how hard we try, fellas just don't ever seem to quite understand fashion. Chances are, if you bring a guy with you to a wedding, he might question the function of your favourite fascinator, or suggest that your six-inch strappy stilettos are not sensible to wear to a garden champagne reception. On your own, you can indulge in sporting your favourite full-on wedding frock and piling on the accessories, confident that the other women at the wedding will regard your ensemble approvingly.
Flirt, flirt, flirt
It's as much of a tradition as the best man's speech and the bride's mother crying: as one of the single people at a wedding, it is your solemen responsibility to flirt with everyone - from the bride's Clooney-alike uncle to every single one of the ushers (well, maybe try not to flirt with the groom). It's an important part of the celebration, and no one will be judging you - except, perhaps, the other girls who are saddled with boring dates and wish they were in your shoes.
Wedding cake
We think the cake needs a whole category unto itself. If you had a gentleman companion at the wedding, would you eat that second slice of delicious wedding cake? Perhaps not, for the sake of politeness/feeling bulgy in your dress. On your own? Get stuck in. The same goes for champagne, of course.
The morning after
Maybe you'll wake up your shoes on, a handbag containing a slice of wedding cake, and a bit of a champagne headache. Maybe you'll wake up with one of the afore-mentioned ushers, who will hopefully still be handsome out of his morning suit. What you will not wake up to is an awkward conversation about the future of your relationship, which we guarantee at least half of the couples at the wedding will be having over breakfast the next day - nothing brings on the 'where are we going?' questions quite like watching someone else get married.