Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

Is it common for the bride's parents to give a wedding gift to the couple when they are also paying for the wedding?

Is this rude? My husbands neice is in our wedding. Honestly, I can say that I’ve messed up. Her mother asked if she could be in it and I answered yes without really thinking of it. Now, here’s where...

Seeking advice from those who eloped before their wedding, and managed to keep it a secret throughout. I don’t want/need advice to just come out and tell the family, because that’s not what we want to...

My fiancé and I are having to reduce our budget for the wedding (thanks Covid!). We’ve eliminated a few “extra” decor items and are pretty satisfied with those changes. Our package includes beer, wine...

Hi COVID brides! I am looking for something examples of COVID plans. I want to make something I can post online and at the wedding. I’ve found some cute ones by Google searching, but I know there is...

Long before my fiance and I got engaged we talked about wedding details, including our bridal party. We come from large families with lots of cousins. We also have friends from different parts of our...

I would love to hear your opinion! For a smaller wedding of 50 during COVID, I am trying to determine which route I'll go for bridesmaids. The problem I have is due to a smaller wedding, I don't want...

Hey y’all! The pandemic forced our hand/limited our options when it came to selecting a date for our wedding. We went with June 12th knowing that my cousins graduation would be that weekend but since...

My wedding is just under a year away, but I've basically already picked my bridesmaids. I have a Matron of Honor, a maid of Honor and three bridesmaids. However, I'm having issues with the Matron of...

I'm working on my RSVP cards and I don't want to do __Accepts __Declines and then __ Number of guests attending since I don't have ANY extra room for write ins. I want to do __ seats have been...

Hello all! We have a little predicament on our hands and I would love to get some opinions on it. We have recently decided to make our wedding much smaller (thanks, COVID...). We plan to do a beach...

Help!! Our venue originally told us we could fit 64 guests due to covid. Things changed and we were just told we have a max of 48, AFTER sending out the invites. We have just hit 48 guests and a few...

My wife and I were weeks away from our wedding last year when everything shut down, so we had to get married on our back porch with only our parents with us. Since we had everything paid for our...

Hi all, Little torn, want to take my fiancé’s last name, but also want to keep maiden name- plus in the future if we have kids I want the same last name as them. And personally hyphenating is not foR...

Hello everyone, I have currently ran into an issue we have sent out all of our save the dates however our venue just let us know that due to covid we have to cut our guest list again, I am wondering...

Hi all, I know this has been discussed a lot, but I could find a thread to help me figure out my particular dilemma. I decided I wanted to pay for either hair or make up for each of my bridesmaids and...

We have decided to invite about 35 people to our ceremony, mainly immediate family members (FH comes from a very large family, most of our guests are from his side). Our reception immediately follows...

Our wedding was supposed to be in May 2020 but didn't happen because of Covid. We still got married on our original day, and rescheduled our vendors to June 2021. In November were told by our venue...