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Wedding invite etiquette when there is a lot of out of town guests
Melissa in Etiquette and Advice, on June 14, 2023 at 11:50 AM

Our wedding is September 30, 2023. More than 60% of our guests are from out of state. We did send save the dates at the end of last year because of so many out of town guests. I spent a lot of time...

Carolyn, Jun 17, 2023 10 3,354
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Wearing white to someone else's bridal shower?
Melissa in Parties and Events, on April 27, 2023 at 11:32 AM

I don't really wear dresses a lot. I have a white skater dress I wanted to wear with a brown belt and jean jacket crop and brown boots. But then I got thinking about it, and I was wondering if there...

Michelle, Apr 27, 2023 7 8,648
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Help! Need ideas for anniversary dance gifts
Melissa in Planning, on April 19, 2023 at 12:37 PM

Instead of the whole bouquet/garter toss thing, we're doing a married couples dance. For those who don't know what that is, basically we have all married couples on the floor and the DJ will have...

Melissa, Apr 22, 2023 6 934
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Cost frustration
Melissa in Michigan Planning, on September 17, 2022 at 9:24 AM

I understand weddings are expensive. Unfortunately I've had one before. I don't have the luxury of a family with property and understanding neighbors where we could do more DIY and I understand how...

Jessica, Jan 1, 2023 8 1,017 2
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Program etiquette on estranged parents/grandparents?
Melissa in Etiquette and Advice, on December 8, 2022 at 7:41 AM

My fiancé opted to leave his mother off of the program as she is not invited anyway and no one has a problem with that as she is an abusive and manipulative person and not a single one of her kids has...

Beth, Dec 8, 2022 7 575
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Rsvps, missing names
Melissa in Etiquette and Advice, on November 11, 2022 at 11:25 AM

I haven't sent out the invitations with RSVPs yet, but I'm already running into some problems. There's going to be a number of people who have children with different last names, and while I've tried...

Melissa, Nov 11, 2022 11 444
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Honoring a deceased parent
Melissa in Wedding Ceremony, on September 27, 2022 at 2:25 PM

Has anyone done this at a wedding? I've heard of leaving a seat open in honor of them. Is there a way to make it more specific? Would it be weird to leave a photo of them, or just a tent card on the...

Melissa, Sep 30, 2022 8 617
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diy floral
Melissa in Do It Yourself, on August 23, 2022 at 1:06 PM

I made this with mostly dollar store flowers. My mom asked me if I'm going to be upgrading the flowers down the road so now I'm second guessing it 😅 I thought it looked good. Do you think it came out...

Stephanie, Sep 20, 2022 17 973 1
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Any shade bridal party
Melissa in Wedding Attire, on August 9, 2022 at 1:57 PM

Hello, I'm wondering if anyone has ever done an "any shade" type of bridal party. Like choose a color such as blue and the bridesmaides and groomsmen can choose any style (appropriate) solid color...

Salina, Sep 5, 2022 17 775
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Mother-son songs -- for mother of the bride and groom?
Melissa in Wedding Reception, on August 11, 2022 at 2:37 PM

I feel like I need to give some really brief backstory to explain this, so I apologize. So my fiancé and all his siblings have a really bad relationship with their mother. She did a lot of not great...

Melissa, Aug 11, 2022 9 2,810
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