Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

Knowing photography was really important, we shelled out a lot of money for what we thought were good photographers. They had great reviews everywhere and we loved the samples of their work. Everyone...

Hello! So my mom is helping out substantially with the wedding, financially and what not, she's my biggest helper and I love it! I love my mom and am so excited to do this with her. However, her ex...

I'm trying to figure out if we should purchase o'dourves for our "cocktail hour" (we're actually only serving craft beer and wine, so no cocktails). With the timeline below, do you think people would...

So a few of my friends spent an hour alone on family photos after their wedding and another hour on portraits and it's making me nervous. My photographer told me she only needed 30 mins for 20-25...

My parents have been divorced since I was less than 1 year old. They have had their good times and bad, but right now they can't even look at each other. Both parents are married with their respective...

Hi everyone Just a random question. I knew about the presentation of flowers for the Virgin Mary but has anyone heard of a presentation of a fruit basket? My priest told me we needed a basket of fresh...

Good early morning (or evening), everyone. I have a dilemma. So I had already chosen my bridal party in my mind as soon as I got engaged 2 years ago. The girls consist of my siblings and CLOSEST...

I'm considering a double barrel, unhyphenated last name. First Maiden FHLast. Like Sasha Baron Cohen or Hillary Rodham Clinton. Does anyone have any experience with doing this? I did check that it's...

We are having a very simple, short ceremony in a woodsy area of a public park. We have a tiny budget and are basically doing the whole backyard wedding thing but renting a lodge in a park out of...

FH and I had our e-pics done by our wedding photographer around October 5th. When we finished the session I thought she said at max it would take 3 weeks but FH swears she said about 3 weeks. Well...

Anybody combine their bridal shower with their bachelorette party? Thoughts? I recently moved and most of my friends/family are in another state. I plan to return for my bachelorette and to make it...

My fiancés best man is his best friend from childhood, and the closest thing to his brother. The problem is he doesn't care about anything. The brides from the other weddings I have been to always...

Those who have a Qalo ring or something similar, do you like it? I heard they run small.. would you recommend going a full size up or are they pretty true to size?

RSVP wording recommendations day to include a date by which people should respond. What is a good time frame? How much in advance of the wedding? If my wedding is December 21, should I ask for RSVPs...

I have a Catholic church ceremony (latest it can be is 1:30PM). What do you think of the following timeframe? Or is the time between ceremony and reception too long (~1 hour to 1.5 hours)? The hotel...

Anybody currently in medical school or having gone through it & changing their name? Our wedding will be after I take my 1st set of boards, but we are considering getting married before so that the...

My FMIL does not really wear jewelry. I want to get her something special, but I have no idea what to get her. Any ideas?

I'm about to sign my photography contract and decided to go over it again closely. She has a clause in there that says the photographer owns all the rights to the photos, and any time we want to post...

Okay so I need some advice on reaching out to my friend (really my friend's fiance since she's the one who's more likely of the two to be handling the RSVPs and seating chart) about my RSVP to their...

I've seen a lot of different ideas on the cake cutting. Ive read to wait untill almost the end of the party to cut the cake and I've read to do It soon after dinner?? What have you ladies done?