Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

With my husband's Anti-drinking family and my family drink tell you throw up attitude I don't see a point in having an open bar. I will have Non-Alcoholic drinks for free at my wedding. I just think...

I feel like it has always felt a little off to me when a couple is pronounced and introduced with the man’s first name, like “Mr and Mrs John Doe” instead of just “Mr and Mrs Doe.” Like I guess...

So we are getting married next June and have picked our wedding party. Well, I have 5 girls in my bridal party and so far my fiance has 3 total groomsman. He only has a few friends close enough to...

I had my full wedding planned, my guest list set, and save the dates were sent out. About 3 months prior to the wedding date, I lost my venue due to storm damages. In such a close time frame we were...

We sent out over 120 RSVPs to our September 15th wedding. Only got back about 50. Out of the 50, 20 was declined, which is fine but why do some people don't even bother to send it back? I have a...

Hi all! We got married on Saturday and went through our gifts/cards today and yesterday. It feels like Christmas 😆 We received a gift from a guest but we don’t know who gave it to us. The gift was a...

After months of frustrated searching, we have narrowed our venue options down to 2. One is a beautiful rental house, with the option for a lot of guests to stay in neighboring houses. The ceremony and...

Hi all! We recently had the most amazing, intimate wedding in Canada where my family is, and we're having a second celebration/ reception here in Australia where my hubby is from with his family and...

I have a great friend of mine who is a bridesmaid in my wedding. This past weekend we had my bachelorette party and she got upset with another one of my friends who she perceived to be picking on her....

My wedding is in 2 months. Me and fiance have always had a pretty rocky relationship. We've been together 5 years and I have 3 children from a previous relationship. The biological father is not in...

What would you do if a wedding guest had a bit too much to drink and vomited on the venue's rug? The cleaning fee was pretty steep, $200. Is there any nice way of sending the cleaning fee to...

Hey everyone, so this is the situation. It's a bit long. My fiance and I are getting married in Fall of 2019. We know that our list is not going to surpass 60 people; we're pretty comfortable with...

How are you guys or have you guys handled the b list Our venue is small and we have taken alot of ppl off our list. Although i know i have a lot of ppl that are out of state that most likely wont make...

Hi all! So just a brief background, but my FH's family is going to be road tripping from out of state to be here for the week of our wedding. From what I understand, there is going to be about 8 of...

If I ask someone to be my personal attendant for my wedding day, should I also invite her family

I touched on this in a previous post but it needs it's own discussion. I'm having a fairly small wedding of about 75 people. I have very few single women attending. 3 actual invited guests to be...

Fiancé wants a long time friend to be a groomsman. I have never met this friend even though he lives close (within a hour half). I keep getting told that he’s too busy with his family to get together...

So I've been thinking lately about the ceremony. It will only be a 10 minute (if that) thing. We are hoping to get a quaker marriage license so we don't have to have an officiant and there will be, at...

Hey everyone! My FH and the groomsmen get pocket squares with their tux rentals. Should they have boutonnieres too? Or just the pocket square?