Sometimes you just can’t talk sense into people. It can be extremely frustrating and infuriating when you feel like you have useful advice that someone will not heed. This is why I tried to keep my opinions to myself and let people make their own mistakes these days. I have been burned too many times by engaging in deep, constructive conversations that go absolutely nowhere when my friends and family ignore everything that I say. Eventually I realized that I’m tired of this back and forth. I would rather just let people make their own mistakes while I sit back and watch. That’s why I’m sitting in a plastic lawn chair right now, burning up in my dress and wishing that I was in air conditioning. For the past several years my best friend has been planning her outdoor wedding and I have held my tongue about the air quality concerns. I always thought it was a strange choice to have your massive ceremony in a space without any air conditioning or heating options. Living in an area of the country with a tumultuous climate means you never know if you should expect burning hot or freezing cold air. You absolutely need a central heating and cooling system inside of your house to stay comfortable everyday. Why would you ever subject your wedding to potential disaster with a hot and humid summer day or a spontaneously freezing cold front? I didn’t want to get in a fight with my best friend over her lack of HVAC at her wedding so I didn’t say anything. Now, it’s a hundred degrees outside, there’s no AC to be found, and I’ve already seen 3 guests pass out from heat stroke.