For your girlfriend, a wedding isn’t only one of the most important days of her life, but also huge stress. After all, she wants everything to be perfect and tries to do everything possible for this. Organizing a wedding isn't an easy task, so you should never leave her alone with this long-awaited nightmare. 

Below are 8 useful recommendations on how to help your girlfriend with wedding preparations. 

1. Ask for detailed instructions

Instructions for those who have no idea where to start, but sincerely want to help. Just ask her to give the most accurate instructions. For example, not just “find a banquet hall”, but “find a banquet hall in a particular area, for a certain number of people, in a certain style” and so on. The more specifics you get, the less likely you are to make a mistake. Therefore, your "contribution" will not have to be corrected.

2. Take on some of the responsibilities

Each of you understands something better than the other, and this should be used. You should sit down, prepare a list of all the upcoming tasks, and divide them according to what everyone is better at. For example, it can be easier for you to decide on the rental of a wedding vehicle, while she can decide on the wedding photographer or the color of invitation cards.

3. Be more independent

Some organizational issues will require decisions and actions from you. For example, searching for and preparing an outfit, scheduling a haircut, and even a bachelor party before the wedding. A priori, you have to deal with all this yourself, because your future wife has a lot of other duties. Show independence and don't bring down an avalanche of questions on her.

4. Ask about her vision of the celebration

Your girlfriend and you must have one goal and one vision of the entire celebration. If each of you will have different ideas about the upcoming event, then your actions will go in opposition to each other. As a result, you will be stressed and irritated. So just take a breath, sit down and discuss all the basic nuances. By listening to each other's wishes, you can reach a consensus before problems arise.

5. Suggest alternatives

"No, I don't like it" is not an answer. In this context, such words are like a check pulled out of a grenade. First, it will be unpleasant for her, because she invested time and energy in preparing something that you simply “do not like”. Secondly, such moments significantly slow down the whole process. If you don’t like something, you should not only express your opinion but help choose an option that suits both of you.

6. Contribute more at home

Many couples find that the wedding to-do list takes over their home life toward the end of the planning and it's hard to keep everything running smoothly. You might offer to do all of the cooking and cleaning for the final month leading up to the wedding or suggest that you both splurge on professional house cleaners and a meal delivery service for the final two weeks leading up to the wedding.

7. Enlist friends

Enlisting the assistance of your friends is likely to benefit both of you. While one of you may need help picking up wine from the liquor store, another may need help stuffing welcome bags. There's no need for the two of you to do everything when you have a lot of friends offering their help.

8. Help until the end

Wedding planning isn’t the worst and the most stressful part of the wedding. The wedding day is the peak of stress because of various unforeseen problems, and all of them can greatly upset your fiance. Therefore, at this moment you should be especially attentive to help your future wife feel comfortable.