Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

My daughter wants a small wedding (50 people). I (her mom) am from a giant family. My 6 siblings all have adult children (some with spouses of their own.) The headcount on my family alone with 1st...

As a title says, I am the maid of honor for my best friend of 15 year’s wedding. She asked me earlier this year if a date worked for the bachelorette party and I confirmed yes. A family cousin rushed...

Hello! I’m due in July and I have my sisters wedding June 11th (all my babies did try to come early around 33/34 weeks. I also had a c-section in may 2021 with my twins.) my C-section is scheduled for...

While my fiancé and I are awaiting receiving response cards from our guests, there are actually a couple of them who wrote in a “plus 1” on the cards when the invitation was addressed to just the...

I’ve had disagreements over a friend of my fiancés for a few years. My fiancé had very bad habits in the past that were often enabled by this “friend”. He has also blocked me on social media and...

Hello! Sorry if too long: I am getting married in January 2023 and I am still dealing with drama with one of my bridesmaids (bridesmaid X). I know her from college, and she has always wanted to be...

Is it tacky to put tip jar for food provider?

So, we have a dilemma…we have a registry on Crate & Barrel. We put a decent knife set on there knowing it was a higher-end item, but we wanted to have a range of prices. My fiancé researched these...

Editing because I got my answer- thank you! Ok so I know this may get heated but I'm going to ask anyway. My fiance and I are getting married in Massachusettes this fall, however we are buying a...

Can I limit alcohol to my soon to be father in law at my wedding? He has had several dwis one less than 2 months ago where he hit 3 other vehicles and he was in the hospital for a week. The state that...

Hello! Can anyone assist and explain how individual names should be displayed on an escort card? My google search has not been as helpful as I would have liked, haha! For instance, does everyone get...

Hi everyone. My FH and I are perplexed and frustrated about declines we’re getting. Hoping for some help getting past it 😬 We got engaged in Dec 2019, so we’ve dealt with postponements and then...

Hey hey! So I am unsure of what to do to ask my bridesmaids to be my bridesmaids!!! Do I text? Call? Do a gift? I don’t want to do too much as a gift now because they’ll have gifts before the big day...

So we are having a courthouse wedding/elopement followed by a very low key reception. Everything is being paid for by us, the bride and groom, but my FH's parents have a beautiful backyard that they...

We have plenty of time to plan, so I'm taking my time to weigh my options with everything. However, I'm so torn on this. We're having an upscale wedding, I think our guests can tell that just by...

So I've been binging four weddings all day and it got me thinking. I've noticed at most wedding the officiant says "stand up for the bride" and everyone stands as the bride walks down the aisle. I...

Tip etiquette if the officiant fee is included in the all inclusive package. Do we tip out the DJ, bartender (he'll have a tip jar), servers etc and how much?