Etiquette and Advice
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My bridesmaid has asked to bring her new boyfriend to my wedding in September. She lives abroad and has been seeing the guy for a few weeks. Since living abroad (last summer) she’s had three...
My rsvp deadline is on Friday. The wedding is one month away. We invited roughly 50 people and most have responded but we've gotten about 10 declines and I'm expecting a few more declines. Since it...
My fiancé is from Europe and European weddings typically rage on, all night long and into the wee hours of the morning. We want a place that's romantic and elegant and beautiful, but where we wouldn't...
So my best friend and I are both BMs in our friend's wedding. My best friend told me that she won't be able to afford being in the wedding or to travel since it's out of state. I told her that she...
So I'm making our wedding website on Zola. Theres a page for the wedding party where the guests could meet the party. I gave my MOH and BM the option to write their own paragraph or I could do it for...
I'm working on getting the outer and inner envelopes addressed properly. There are plenty of resources for how to do it in English, but we have a translated invitations going to Spanish speaking...
My cousin (in college) was invited to my wedding along with his parents (all from out of state). We didn't invite his girlfriend (of about a year and a bit), who we've never met. We were asked then,...
I think I need a new perspective as I'm a little heart broken. My fiance and I got engaged in October, we had discussed and set our wedding date for May 30th of the upcoming year. Recently we got into...
One of my very closest friends from when I was a child asked me to be her MOH at her wedding, and although we aren’t as close as we once were I’ll always consider her to be like family. I want to ask...
Hi everyone! I was trying to print on A2 envelopes in Word today and every time I tried to put the dimensions of the envelope in the "custom" sizing, it said that it was too small for Word. Has anyone...
We're getting ready to send out our Save the Dates... I've found lots of advice pertaining to the etiquette on how to properly word the addresses... but I can't find any advice pertaining to how to...
My fiance and I have three kids, we are going to have a big wedding and she wants to wear a veil. My mom said it is not apporpriate for her to wear a veil because she is not a virgin. I don't want to...
How should I deal? A person we invited (FH family member) responded back with a plus one. They are not married, I have only seen this "plus 1" about 5 times over 2 years, and the person lives out of...
Sorry, this is LONG!! I am getting married in August and have 4 bridesmaids. I got engaged back in June so I know I still have lots of time to plan. One of the bridesmaids is one of my best friends,...
I'm curious how other same-sex couples handled the rings. My partner and I got matching rings once we were engaged, and started wearing them on our right ring fingers. Once we're married, we'll switch...
TL/DR: What is an appropriate dollar amount that I could get away with for a check as a bridesmaid with a plus one? I’m a bridesmaid for a friend’s wedding and I have a plus one. I’ve heard the...
My parents are not married, but my dad has been remarried for over 20 years. My dad is giving me away, and I had originally only planned for my grandmother and mother to be escorted down the aisle....
When I say much older I really mean it! I will be 64 and he will be 75 by the time we get married. I've been a widow for almost 5 years and he's been divorced for 20 years. We want to have a real...
Hey guys! When would be a good time to send out save the dates and invites for my October 10,2020 wedding!? TIA
So my fiancé and I do not see eye to eye on planned activities for our destination wedding in Maui next year. We both agree a welcome cocktail/buffet is appropriate the day before and all guests are...