Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

We finally got our invitations today (a month later then expected). The respond by date is September 1. Less then two weeks to respond. I'm including another home made card that apologizes and lets...

Has anyone started a new job during wedding planning? I've been in my role 5 years. I make good money, work from home, have flexible hours and have banked 30+ days of vacation. I do not love my job....

FH is out of town on a work trip, so my mom surprised me on Friday by texting me that she got tickets for me, her, and my younger sister to go to a bridal expo! I had never been to one and it was a...

Our wedding reception will be hosted at my FILs home, and there is very limited parking. We don't want our guests to have to hunt for parking or even worse, walk blocks to get to the reception, as...

I'm considering having a desserts/appetizers only reception. My FH and I have grown up in a really close knit church and I really want to invite basically everyone because we are moving out of state...

Just need to vent. We mailed our invitations out almost two weeks ago and have been getting a few responses here and there. There have been maybe 8 so far out of 55 invitations sent out. I am not...

The woman that owns/operates the photo booth I'm having at the wedding is bringing an assistant with her. She sent me a text this morning that said "don't forget a cash tip for my booth assistant" I...

I dont talk to either of my parents. They're not even invited to our wedding (even made it out of town bc of my mother) my son from a previous marriage is walking me down the aisle, my FH and I also...

Hello everyone, my name is Jennifer I'm new here! I am getting married May 19, 2018 and we are starting the process to get married in the Catholic Church. Both my fiancé and I were raised catholic and...

So I don't have ANY little boys in my family. Not even my friends. In the last 5 years, everyone has had a girl. My daughter will be the only flower girl, and I wanted to incorporate my nieces as...

The original date in May I was thinking is already booked. Remaining dates 05/4, I think is still a bit early in the month for my liking, 05/25 is memorial day weekend and I am not putting that travel...

Long story short, parents are divorced and it's bad. Mom has helped a little financially with the wedding, but we are mostly paying for everything ourselves. Tradition is that the bride's dad gives...

I want to stand on the right side during the ceremony, instead of FH, for completely vain reasons. As a wedding guest would you find it strange to see the bride on the right?

Has anyone done this instead of the bouquet toss? We're not doing the toss either way but I'm considering presenting the bouquet to my cousin who is recently engaged. Did you do this in private or did...

FH and I are having a stateside destination wedding (95% of our guests will be traveling)... I am considering doing small gift bags for our guests that arrive early - Wednesday / Thursday (wedding is...

Scrolling through the posts, I notice the rsvping after the invitations have been sent are one of the biggest frustrations for soon to be brides. Has anyone just excluded the rsvp card and just...

Anyone already had their reception or wedding with a donut wall or planning to do one? We're planning on having a sweet shop at our reception with a donut wall, cookies, mini cupcakes and a cake. I...

So my husband and I are actually already married, but we could use some advice on something that happened at our wedding. Prior to the wedding, we were being pestered by multiple friends and family...

Hi! We have married friends who will be in our wedding. The husband is the best man and his wife is a bridesmaid. Is it weird for them not to walk together? I have 5 girls and my FH has three guys; so...