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How to Maybe Actually Find Love at a Wedding

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When you're single and going to a bazillion weddings a year, you might think from time to time how nice it might be to actually meet someone at one of these celebrations. After all, you're all dressed up, there's an open bar, and a sweet dance party is sure to ensue. If that's not a surefire recipe for finding love, we don't know what is. So, how exactly can you turn your wedding attendance into a potential first date? Here are five ideas that will help you make a love connection at the next wedding you go to. 
Let the couple know you're open to being set up. 
The best way to potentially meet someone is to tell those at the helm of the wedding that you'd indeed like to meet someone. The bride and groom will be more than happy to nudge you toward their single friends, or at least seat you near them, in the hopes they can take credit as match-makers!
Keep the party going.
During the wedding events, don't be a wallflower, to use the term from our grandparents' heydays. Get out on the dance floor, chat up that cute groomsman while you're getting a drink at the bar, and make the first move as needed to get to know people. More than likely, you may not see most of these people again so you really have nothing to lose!
Be social.
After the welcome dinner, wedding, or morning-after brunch, suggest a group hangout with anyone else who's interested: Maybe you can explore the city the wedding's in, go on a hike, check out a cool local landmark, or anything easy to get to that sounds fun. This will give you a chance to hang out with any friends attending the wedding, as well as any single guys who may be friends of those friends. 
Scope out other guests.
You probably have a sense of some of the other people invited to this wedding, if only because you've met the bride and groom's other friends a couple of times, or at least have heard stories. It's more than okay to do a little pre-nuptial social media snooping to see if the groom's college roommate is still single or if the bride's brother broke up with his college girlfriend yet. And once you're at the wedding, keep an eye out for guys without wedding rings–and dates.
Introduce yourself to the family.
A great way to meet a fellow flying solo is to get cozy with the family. Weddings have a way of making people want more weddings, so the bride's aunt will be all-too-happy to point out her single son to you...
Natasha Burton
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Writer living in Santa Barbara, CA.
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