Unless they're your work friends, approach personal wedding conversations at work with the mentality that not everyone wants to be filled in on the details. Because your wedding is such a big event for you it's only natural that your co-workers will know this fact about your personal life, even if they don't really know you personally. Weddings have that strange way of being common knowledge in the workplace, it's probably the one thing your co-workers (not to be confused with your work friends) will constantly ask about when you're in a small-talk situation. Find out how to handle these situations when you read more.
Some of your co-workers are genuinely interested in the progress of your wedding, maybe they love weddings or want to become more friendly with you, but others may simply be searching for something to fill the air. In order to avoid sounding like a broken, wedding-obsessed record, make an effort to change the subject or spin the conversation topic so you're not delivering a monologue about your upcoming nuptials.
For example, when they ask about your honeymoon, let them know where you're headed and then ask where they spent their honeymoon. And if it's a single gal ask if she has any vacations planned in the near future or if she has any fun weddings to attend this wedding season. And most of all —try your best not to give uninvited wedding updates if you won't be including that person on your guest list. Use your sharp common sense to know when to cut the wedding talk with co-workers, not only to ensure you won't get on their nerves, but also to prevent any awkward interactions once the invitations have been sent.




Marni
Galeries Lafayette
Benefit
And, I would add, please don't do any of that fake bragging disguised as complaining. Yuck.
1My co-workers never knew until the last moment and not before SOMEONE was digging around.
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