Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

Hi Ladies, Is anyone not addressing covid at their wedding? Both our sides have guests we're inviting who are 90-95% vaccinated, and I know some of the "must haves (100% will attend)"...

Long story short, my grandma declined her invitation to our micro-wedding. Only about 35 people. (Sounds dramatic, but she’s just being weird - yes, we’re sad and annoyed). Anyway, this opens 2 spots...

My cousin gets married two weeks after me next year. I'm 9/17/22 and she's 10/1/22. I don't exactly want my family at my wedding because of personal reasons but both my mom and sister are insisting I...

Hello! I’m a new bride planning her wedding and found the venue of my dreams! However, as many of you know, weddings are expensive!! Especially on a Saturday! It is more affordable to do a Friday or a...

Due to a wave of COVID outbreaks our government has put our city into lockdown, and unfortunately, though our wedding is still 5 months away, our government is quite slow to lift the restrictions it...

My little draft is something along the lines of "Hey! We hope you've had a great summer so far! With our wedding date approaching, our caterer has requested we send our final numbers for guests plates...

Do you send out invitations for both the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner? Or do you only send out invites to the rehearsal dinner portion and let bridal party know about the rehearsal itself via...

We hired a professional officiant. Do we send him a wedding invite / rehearsal dinner invite?

Hi! If you get a wedding gift before your shower, do you address your thank you just to the woman or to the couple? Or I guess this question is for gifts at the shower too. I know my shower will be...

My fiancé’s family frequently gathers with ALL extended family and has a large family in general, so I knew from the beginning it would be hard to have a small wedding. But we haven’t looked at our...

Since the couple makes the final and only decision as to who is most important to them being in attendance at the wedding, outside influence and pressure has no place in who makes the final cut. It's...

Hello! I’m getting married this month and after a few months of excitement due to restrictions lifting I feel like we are back at sq 1. Is anyone feeling insensitive getting married during this time?...

Two of my friends have been with their boyfriends for about 4 years now. I always noticed when my fiancé and me would get complimented on they would get very upset, sort of like jealousy. Around the...

Hi everyone, I'm kind of stumped on what to do about my day of gifts for my bridesmaids. I have silk pajamas for getting ready & photos and I also paid for their hair and make up. Is it necessary...

I'm planning my guest list just to get a rough idea of who I want to invite. We budgeted for 100 people but are struggling to even come up with 70 people to invite. I know a bunch of people aren't...

Friends of mine are getting married in two weeks and our group of friends decided to gift them a voucher for a long weekend in a glam treehouse. All of us would come as well, I guess we're gifting...

Hello! I'm getting married Sept 2022. My fiance has 2 SILs and 1 Sister. The sister in laws I wasn't in ANY part of their wedding. But let me explain: SIL #1 We had only been dating 8 months (but she...

We are trying to keep our wedding under 60 people due to covid and cost. Most of my family is in Colorado and im not terribly intrested in havng most of the extendee family attend anyway. They cause...

I am in a situation where almost everyone in the bridal party has at least two children. I would really enjoy a childless wedding especially since there will be some alcohol involved. Not to mention...

Wondering if it’s customary to tip your wedding venue and how much. Our venue is doing all of the set up and clean up, providing the food/dessert along with bartenders, waitstaff and a day of...