Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

HELP! Every gift you you see on every website assumes the receiver drinks, hunts, fishes, plays golf, and of course, is straight. Helooo, it’s the 21st century!

My FH and I got engaged back in OCT in Nashville where I was born and raised before I picked up, and moved to FL with my immediate family. We've been planning for a destination wedding since we got...

When Addressing invites, I know the tradition is to write "Mr. & Mrs. (mans name) last name". We were thinking about leaving off prefixes all together! So many of our friends that are couples have...

I need some advice from those who are not planning to have a wedding party for whatever reason. My fiancé got upset when I suggested not having anyone at the altar with us because I’d rather it just...

After being engaged for over 2 years we didn’t want to wait any longer. We had a minimony on the original day we planned on getting married 10/10/20. We had pushed the big ceremony & party to May...

Hi All, We had to get legally registered this year for job, health, and other reasons but couldn't have a wedding due to COVID. It was only the two of us when we signed the papers and eloped . Like...

Hey, I'm looking for some creative ideas here! I do not enjoy the getting ready process of weddings. I don't wear make-up or jewelry and rarely do my hair. Just not what I'm into. Waiting around all...

I know that it is a grey area when talking about paying an officiant who is a family member. My FH's uncle is a Pastor in Pensacola, FL and will be officiating our wedding in Illinois. My question...

So long story short, my original wedding date was a victim of the COVID shutdown. It was postponed from August 2020, to this August, and I took a pretty long break with the planning. Recently one of...

I know this is a common problem on here, but I don't know how to approach our no kid rule for our wedding. We'll be having a destination wedding in Hawaii, so we figured it would be more affordable...

Hi all, I actually just created profile to ask about this topic. Let me start off by saying that my FH and I were planning on doing a money dance as a way to interact with other guests as we won’t...

Who and how much are you supposed to tip your wedding vendors? We plan to tip: DJ, Photographer, Hair & Makeup stylist. But not sure if we need to tip others and how much do we tip everyone?

We are renting a house with a gorgeous view, so it will be an indoor/outdoor evening wedding. There will be an open bar and we are planning a tapas/small plates style reception. To me, this is a more...

Someone RSVP’d and said they were not coming to our wedding which is still almost two months away, however they bought us a gift from our registry and it got delivered today. Do we open it now or wait...

I am struggling with what to get my bridesmaids. I took advice from the forum to get each one something personal that they would love. But then someone suggested that I shouldn't get something that...

I am utilizing an online RSVP format. I have the following that I am considering: - Do you have any song requests? - Just for fun, what would be the best midnight snack? - What is your email? This...

I need some advice, from one COVID bride to others! I am the truest definition of a COVID bride. Our original wedding was scheduled for March 22nd (the week COVID hit in the US). We had to postpone...

This is outside my norm but I am at my witts end with our venue and thought advise from others would be of help. In February of 2020 we found the venue of our dreams right outside of Indy and signed...

Hi guys, So my wedding venue has lodging on site which is awesome.... However, my fiance and I have to pay up front making the total cost pretty high. We'd like to ask people staying to help pay since...