Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

My partner & I decided that we wanted to elope just us and we even told friends and family that was was what doing. There was a mixed reaction but honestly I felt confident in our decision. Since...

The entire wedding planning process I was under the impression and was told by my FH that we were paying for the rehearsal dinner. He has been in charge of the wedding budget/money. Since we were...

Hello everyone, I would love your input. My partner and I are considering having a destination micro-wedding with a symbolic ceremony, doing the legal stuff just before we go. We want to keep the...

FH has three boys - ages are 16, 15, and 6. I am planning on incorporating them into the ceremony in some way and would like to do it at the point of exchanging rings. I want to say a few things to...

My fiancé and I are trying to pick our wedding party. I have two SILs that I'd like to include. I was in both of their weddings. We'll call my brother's wife A, my brothers B and C, my fiancé's sister...

I’m a bridesmaid in an out of town wedding and I was told by another bridesmaid that the shower is in early May. I have to fly 3 hours for it. The bachelorette party is 7 weeks away and I haven’t...

Another thread reminded me of something I need to address with my wedding. My half siblings were raised witness. My dad is technically a witness, but was blacksheeped from his family and stopped...

This is a long story but I'm going to try to give the quickest version possible so I don't bore you all to death. That's assuming anyone even reads this :-) My husband and I had been dating about 5...

We are getting married soon and plan to give gifts to our parents/out of town wedding party at our rehearsal dinner. We gave most of the gifts to our wedding party when we asked them to be a part of...

Hi everyone A little backstory, my parents divorced when I was 3, in a fairly ugly divorce involving my now stepmom. My mom had full custody, with my dad having visitation rights, and my mom and I...

I just got engaged to my long time boyfriend of 3 years and i'm so excited to finally be in this season with him. I am originally from Florida and moved to Arizona about 2 years ago to be closer to...

I'm working on our schedule for the day and right before the ceremony I've set aside 15 minutes to have pictures of my husband and I taken before we walk down the aisle together. I would like to have...

Hi, if we have two maid of honors, what should we list them as in the wedding program? Should it be "Maids of Honor" or "Maid of Honors?" Or would it be uncommon to list a Maid of Honor and a Sister...

Hi everyone! I have a question about RSVP cards. Our wedding website includes a digital RSVP section, so should I still send out the cards? My thought process here is that there may be older relatives...

I have four daughters from my previous marriage so we all have the same last name. I always thought that if I ever married again I would keep the name and hyphenate it with the new name. I didn't want...

My niece is getting married and sent save the dates out to my home addressed “To the XXX Family”. We have 3 adult children who don’t live at home. I assumed because of the wording, it’s family, and...

I need advice! SO i have a bridesmaid who I am now noticing is being the DRAMA of my group. There is SOOOOOOOOOO much drama in my bridal party cause of her. I recently hung out with her, and she asked...

Hi Everyone! I'm getting married in August 2018 yaayy! Does anyone know how to word an Invitation for a ceremony only - no children? The wedding will be an open wedding at my church. Anyone can come...

In laws asked how many ppl they get to invite, we told them 10, they want 20. We thought by saying an extra 10 isnt in the budget would get them to drop it but they offered to pay for the extra 10....