Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

Sorry if this is a bit long, but there is a lot to unpack to give you guys an idea of the serious pickle I'm in (along with FW, but it's not as much her issue, and she's firm in standing by whatever...

Hi everyone! My fiancé and I are getting married next July and are having a wedding of about 150 guests. We have a lot of out-of-town guests and are anticipating about 130 people to be staying at the...

I had my wedding in may but have been stressing because my sister in law did our photos and I feel like there aren’t enough. It’s mostly my fault, as she offered to do it for free and I didn’t hire...

This is really personal, but I need advice. I never had a good relationship with my dad, he was manipulative and abusive and it's been six years since I've spoken to him. My stepdad is the most...

Hi everyone, The only 2 groomsmen just dropped out of the wedding (in October) as their wives/SO’s are not comfortable traveling due to covid. I feel so bad for my FH as he is super disappointed and...

Our venue has a maximum capacity of 100. Today, my fiancé and I worked on our guest list and that ended up being 116 guests. We are having our wedding in Eureka Springs. This is a “destination...

This is very difficult for me and I have no idea where to turn or what to do. I just found out my fiance of 2 years has been texting other men and sending them inappropriate pictures. At first, she...

I want to unask a bridesmaid simply because I made a mistake. I was so very excited after engagement and asked too many people, too soon. Our wedding is still 20 months away, we don't have a venue...

We are having a weekend wedding at a summer camp. Some families will come from out of state (flying) and others will likely drive a few hours. We have to reach a minimum guest count on-site at the...

My husband and I got married 3 years ago in July. We didn’t get to have the actual white dress wedding. I’ve chosen to have a vow renewal but have an actual not huge wedding but small wedding with our...

The general rule of thumb is about 8 weeks. How early would you say is okay to send them, and how late do you think is okay to send them?

Please help I need some ideas on bridal Party gifts. I wanted To do customized water bottles with straws but what else! Like is that too small of a gift?

We have a venue booked for a Friday, which we did purposely and aren’t willing to change. Most of our guests will be traveling 2-4 hours for the wedding (though the venue is in the town of our alma...

We invited 125 guests to our wedding 10/23. I set the RSVP for 9/15. Over half of the guests have not replied as of today 9/9 (have a few days still). The invites and RSVPS are all electronic. It's a...

So a music group I'm in is playing our wedding. We've been together 15 years, friends of varying levels, it really does function like a (often dysfunctional) family. Not a ton of weddings in our...

I currently have my sister as the maid of honor . Fiancé sister , my best friend since middle school who I’m close with and another gf that is super close . There’s one friend I’m on the fence for . I...

When do you give gifts to guests that assisted in various responsibilities before and during the wedding service and reception?

Do addresses on Save the Dates have to be handwritten? I intend to learn how to use a brush pen and use brush calligraphy for our Formal Invitations, but I'm not sure if Save the Dates are the same...

Do I put my fiance's sister in my bridal party? We haven't had the best relationship, but she has already expressed her interest to me, and so has my fiancé. Help!