Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

I recently got engaged and my fiancé and I are the first in each of our families to be getting married. Its been a while since both of our parents got married (about 30 years). What part does the...

I’ve been reaching out to different vendors on The Knot for pricing, and I’ve had a couple of vendors who were really insistent on booking consultations when I’m not ready yet. When I mean insistent,...

So my fiance and I are planning on eloping in California by ourselves in October this year. We've already booked lodging, a photographer, and I bought the dress. The reason we decided on October was...

Hey all, Long story short. My sister is 19, and when we got engaged back in February I asked her to be my MoH. She said yes. Few months later, she told me (after telling our mom), that she didn't feel...

My pastor is a good friend. He is a preforming a small private ceremony for us. About 20 minutes long in front of 20 people. There was no pre-marriage counseling because its an interfaith wedding....

The tradition of the groom taking off the garter in front of all of our family has always creeped my FH and I out. I'm still wanting to do a bouquet toss, since that's more G rated IMO. Are there fun...

Need some advice. An acquaintance of my FILs and a woman I did a Bible study with 16 years ago asked in June if she could throw me a bridal shower. I was perplexed by her offer given that I don't...

Hi All, My finacee and I are planning to have an immediate family only/private ceremony and then later in the afternoon/evening have a big reception (inviting around 200 people). I really do not want...

I have never been a guest at a wedding before (I'm 25). Most of my friends are in relationships but not engaged yet, and my best friend got married at the courthouse. I just got engaged 3 weeks ago...

So I'm having a very small wedding in March (30 people, assuming everyone invited comes). It will be 22 family members and then a few of my and FH's closest friends. I've already decided to not have a...

Writing invites- any suggestions on what to call the requested attire? The event is indoors, but worry that ‘cocktail’ attire may be slightly too formal for the location. I’d love to hear opinions!...

Hello all! I'm trying to decide the right role to have my future sister in law's hold in our wedding. I'm not close with them at all, I've only spent very limited time with them. My fiancé has two...

@Nicolletta started a post about the following - Sweetheart table, head table or King's table? What Do you prefer) Numerous people asked including myself what the Kings table was....does anyone have...

I'm in the process of getting quotes from bartenders, and I have two questions: 1. How many bartenders do I need for an estimated guest count of 75 people? They would be serving wine, beer, and a...

So I have 2 friends and we all lived together once before and invited both of them to our wedding. Both of them have long term boyfriends (dating for 2 years +) but I only invited one of their...

Ladies, I have a conundrum! I don't have a lot of female friends in the town that I live in (or in general) and we are planning to go to TN for my Bachelorette party. Since I have so few girlfriends,...

My wedding is on May 11th, would April 21 be too close to the wedding the have the bridal shower? I wasn’t sure what proper etiquette was. Scheduling wise that would be the easiest day to do it, but...

I know bridesmaids robes/shirts aren't too popular around here but do any brides out there have anyone in their BP that might be disappointed not to get them? I had no intention of buying my...

Hi Everyone! Questin, what is proper etiquette? FMIL says we don’t have to pay for the bridal parties hotel the night of the wedding, but what do you all think? no one is local, technically two people...