Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

So earlier today I posted a beautiful picture of the scenery and our venue with one of those "x days until we say I do." captions and a few seconds later people were asking for details. Our package...

Hi! I am recently engaged (happily!) and am facing a conundrum. Here's the problem: MY fiance is planning on asking his brother to be his best man and I feel obligated to ask his girlfriend to be a...

I turned 30 yesterday and it wasn't a super great day. I had work and then was in a meeting until 5:30. I did get to celebrate with FH at his parents house but I checked the weather and saw that it's...

My fiance and I originally wanted to do a cash bar because we have family members who have drinking problems. However, when I read here that it was considered incredibly rude and just downright...

We are trying to narrow down some options for the reception and I thought of a question. How many options do you give your guests when it comes to dinner?

I've had an eye allergy for an entire year! At first my eye Dr thought it was due to my contacts. He thought I had GPC but after wearing glasses for 2 months it never went away. I switched to...

For brides and grooms that had dessert/candy bars at their reception, how did you control the quantity of desserts per person? I've ordered enough desserts for each guest to receive a slice of cake,...

I'm planning on using one of our pro-pictures for our thank you cards. We were lucky enough to have a sneak peek and I could definitely use one of these pictures but really would like to see all my...

My parents are divorced and my father is remarried. I really don't have a relationship with him. I've seen him off and on since my parents divorced 13 years ago. In the past 7 years since I moved out...

My FMIL has asked my FH at least 3 times what I would like her to wear. Our wedding is in 9 months but we just started planning it and I really haven't thought about it, but it takes her a really long...

My fiance and I decided that we did not want children at our wedding or reception but my family is from out of town and cannot leave their children at home. This is causing a problem because I feel...

Hello All, So my FH has a lot of family including 4 parents and many sisters, step siblings, and half siblings, etc. I am going over flowers now with my florist and was wondering if anyone would think...

Is it okay to have a more private ceremony with say 20 ppl and then invite the other 50 or so to join us at the reception? How do you properly indicate it with the invitations? So sorry, should have...

Has anyone walked down the aisle alone? How did the ceremony go when you got to the altar straight to FH? My parents and I have never really had a decent relationship. For as long as I can remember,...

I know I sent out my invites early- about 80% of the guests are out of town- but I'm starting to be concerned about the lack of RSVPs in the three weeks since I sent out my invites. I made it very...

So my child hood best friend is going to get married a few months before me and I am her maid of honor so of course she's going to be mine BUT I also have another close best friend who has been the...

I'd like to get kind of a survey of what people give as presents for weddings: cash or a physical gift. I'm from the South, and I don't know whether it is just my region, but until WW I had never...

So me and the fh found out that we can get married at the place of our dreams but in order toowe would have to have a very small wedding under 50 guest just close family and friends due to we can't...

Does anyone have good ideas for low-cost catering? We've been looking into bbq, pasta, or even drop-off catering with no staff! I just can't decide if drop-off catering food would be difficult or not....