Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

Later this year, FH and I are attending a relative’s destination wedding. I have calculated that between fuel, accommodation and food costs, we will be spending upwards of $600 attending. Each...

My fiance and I are having an engagement party this August at an outdoor pavillion (my sister, sister-in-law, and mother are throwing it for us). On my side of the family, I have many cousins who...

So my sister has hated for as long as I can remember 🙄 she blames me because she said the abuse she endured i didn't like its unfair and its my fault. She's gone out of her way for YEARS to attack my...

My FH has been tossing around the idea of purchasing the Ellume quick test, for COVID-19 when it becomes available to the public and send it to the guest that RSVP. We would politely ask them to take...

Hi everyone! So...COVID has foiled part of our wedding plans for 10/31/21 in NY. Our venue sold their building and they are essentially giving us 2 days to figure out if we want to go with their new...

Hello, so my best friend got engaged in December and her wedding is in June. I am in a relationship with my boyfriend for 4 years. My friend and I live far apart and don't get to see each other often....

Ugh saw Facebook events for 2 jack and Jills on Facebook this morning. Why do people do this?? Is it just a Massachusetts thing or do you ladies see it in other regions as well?

I completely understand if someone is not financially capable of giving a gift, but can we all agree that it is completely unacceptable to not even give a card? A card can be purchased 2 for a dollar...

I'm looking for advice and support. My parents are paying for most everything and in the initial planning stages, they said a destination elopement was not an option, though that is what I wanted (FH...

Hi everyone.....With all the insanity around mail delivery, I am concerned when to mail my invitations for an August 21st Wedding date this year, so they will arrive in time for guests to rsvp by July...

We are having a private ceremony (just us and our siblings as witnesses) and a mid sized reception later. Since it is reception only, should we be expecting people to show up on time, or fashionably...

Hi all! So our wedding is pretty large rn, about 240 people. I am trying to be realistic in the fact that we may have cut the in person invitations due to covid restrictions come our fall 2021...

The other day my FH and I decided we had to make strict decisions about plus ones to comply with state guidelines/guest limit at venues and out of fairness to all guests. We decided that guests who...

Hey guys, So I am experiencing some current issues involving plus ones. Long story short, my fiancé and I are paying for our wedding ourselves, we can only have a certain number of guests so we...

Having a videographer is a newer thing to come to my area. We originally never had it in the budget. We were just going to use a camera on a tripod for the ceremony. Now that I've seen a few videos of...

Feeling very frustrated & disappointed. We met with a caterer for a tasting the food was okay so we were taking the weekend to think about it, also we’re waiting for him to send a revised proposal...

I need some advice! My fiancé’s brother is one of our groomsmen, and he and his wife have had their first baby. By the time of our wedding, the baby will be 5 months old. We’ve made it very clear from...

Hi! New to the forums. I had my wedding all planned for June 5th of this year, but due to the pandemic we have had to change plans for a large ballroom wedding to a small outdoor wedding. My fiance...

Is it in bad taste to not give your wedding party gifts? My bridal party is consisting of; MOH - 10 y/o daughter, 2 adult male friends who are flying in from out of state, and a local adult female...

My wedding is July 17th after it was postponed last summer, and we had avoided even thinking about it for the last 6 months because we inevitably thought we would have to postpone again. But based...