Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

Are you putting your vendors’ name on escort cards, to be displayed with your guests’ escort cards? Mine will be sitting at a table together, which will have a table number on it. Would you include...

I am having some bridal party drama that I did not expect. I asked one of my closest friends to be a bridesmaid and she got super upset that shes not the maid of honor. She was disappointed (which...

Hi! Our ceremony start time is 3:45. How would you word this? Quarter before four o'clock Quarter to four o'clock Three forty-five Quarter before four in the evening ??

I will be having a professional violist for my walk down the aisle. Toss up between two songs, A Thousand Years by Christina Perri or Can't help falling in love by Elvis Presley. Help me decide and...

Unfortunately, my FH and I have came to the conclusion that we will not be having a reception. We cancelled our first booked reception venue because the guest list was way out of control...and out of...

Hello! I'm curious as to how people feel about adding gift cards to the wedding registry. We are registered with Kohls and Amazon. We are saving to replace our rotten deck and fencing around our back...

We are having a halloween costume reception in October, I sent out save the dates earlier this year that said “Halloween costume attire”. As I talk to friends/family about wedding planning I ask them...

So wedding planning basically sucked. The stress was too much and I said F IT, cancelled all the vendors (lost $5000 in deposits), hired an officient off Craigslist, then met them at my local...

So FH and I were talking about on-site hair and makeup (and he was so excited about it too lol) and he mentioned his mom wanting to be there. I told my mom that and she replied with a vehement...

My parents have passed away within the last 6 months. My dads friends (they helped take care of me when I was a baby) are going to walk me part way down the aisle, they will pass me to my brothers. My...

Hi! So I just got engaged! (YAY!) And the planning has been super easy so far. (My groom is very involved and we seem to agree on everything, yay again!) The only thing both of us is struggling with...

Hi! My fiance and I got engaged in July and we are just now getting to talk with the priest. We go tomorrow. What kind of questions should I expect. I am a bit nervous.

So I invited a lot of my coworkers to my wedding. I didn’t invite everyone, because I was trying to stay within budget. However, a lot more people are unable to make it than we anticipated, so we have...

Do we need to have the champagne / wine toast? Or can guests use their own drinks? I'm not trying to sound cheap, but we are on a tight budget and it's $5.50 a glass. I know whenever I've gone...

I want my closest male friend to be in the wedding party. FH is fine with him being a groomsman and knows him but they’re not best friends or extremely close. Who should ask him to be a groomsman? Me...

Hi there, I've heard lots of mixed thoughts on this, so I just wondered what you think to our situation. My fiance and I are in a long distance relationship. I live in England and he lives in America....

I know this is going to probably sound pitiful, but I dont have any friends to have as bridesmaids, much less a MOH. I've moved around alot and have had a few aquaintances over the years, but not any...

I have been planning on having a seating chart from the beginning but I just found out that I'll need escort cards to let the servers know which meal to serve to each guest. Is it overkill to have...

Hi! I have a lot of close friends and family that I would like to include in the wedding, but don't want more than 8 bridesmaids because of cost. Are there any roles that my friends can play in the...