{"id":10454,"date":"2016-11-10T07:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T12:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.qceventplanning.com\/?p=10454"},"modified":"2016-11-10T07:00:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T12:00:03","slug":"dealing-overbearing-couple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qceventplanning.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/dealing-overbearing-couple","title":{"rendered":"How to Deal With an Overbearing Couple"},"content":{"rendered":"

QC tutor Regina Osgood<\/a> is the owner and creative director of Meant2Be events<\/a>, a top Arizona wedding planning firm that manages over 250 weddings a year.<\/i><\/p>\n

Planning events for a living sounds like a a dream\u2014picking food and d\u00e9cor, working with tons of different people, and spending your days at cool venues instead of behind a desk. But it takes more than just a love of a great party to succeed in this fast-paced field\u2014you\u2019ve got to have an eye for detail and an ability to handle constant deadlines, pressure and occasionally the demanding difficult client.<\/p>\n

Even when everything is perfect (as it can be), the overbearing couple can make even a seasoned pro question their career choice. What we do as planners is to serve our clients to the best of our abilities and to provide them with every opportunity to have a stress-free memorable experience. That is a huge responsibility. For those who take that honor to heart, having an unreasonable VIP can absolutely take a huge toll on our ability to rise to the occasion.<\/p>\n

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Case in point, when I first started<\/a> out I had a groom who, a few months into our planning process, proceeded to send me an excel spreadsheet of what my roles were, what tasks I was responsible for, and the deadline he wanted them done by. Not having enough confidence in my experience at that point, I went along with it. On the day of, he did not listen to any of my direction and it was a difficult day, to say the least. <\/p>\n

Now a decade later I can spot these issues a mile away and have developed steps to keep the stress low and the outcome favorable for everyone.<\/p>\n

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