Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

Hey, everyone! I’m new to this group and I know this was discussed before, but I need some specific advice, please! Scenario: my fiancé’s mom has cancer. Lately, the medications haven’t been tackling...

I’ve been invited to a traditional Roman Catholic wedding, and the couple has asked that women wear “a headcovering such as a scarf, veil, or hat” out of respect. I am perfectly happy to comply but am...

If you know about your bridal shower (not a surprise) are you not supposed to look at the registry and who bought what? Are you supposed to act surprised? Zola keeps notifying me when people buy...

I'm feeling conflicted when it comes to changing my last name after getting married. We're a little under a year out from our wedding and I was looking at 2 initial monograms with my and my fiance's...

My FH is paying for most of our wedding. I will be asking my parents just for a little and I don’t think he is asking his parents. Would you still add both parents to the invite? With the invites I...

For background, we got married in January earlier this year for financial reasons but no one knows. Close family members were talked to about the what if since we lived seperate and lets just say the...

Hey there, I have come across a couple ads where the wedding has been cancelled and they are going to lose there money that they have paid towards the wedding and they are looking to sell it. I want...

I have severe asthma and it can be triggered when people wear heavy perfume or cologne. Would it be rude to request of my guests that if they wear scents that they use them sparingly and don't reapply...

I am getting married next year and decided to have my hair and makeup professionally done. When I asked my mom and sister if they wanted theirs done, they both said just the hair and they would pay...

Weddings are soooo unnecessarily expensive 😭 So with a simple courthouse ‘ceremony’, would it be weird to go all out on just wedding photos? Different locations ect all in wedding attire. It does...

I want to ask my guests in a polite way to ship all gifts directly to address provided in my online registries. The reason being is I live in a small apartment and my parents (who live 2 hours away)...

Hi! I am currently planning on having my sister in-law walk my dogs down the aisle and I just can't think of a name for this. I want to create a gift box to ask her to do this but I want to come up...

Please help! I’m attending the wedding of a coworker coming up and she has only asked for cash for their honeymoon. This is her second marriage, a coworker who hasn’t been the nicest/friendliest to...

You're Not Invited, but not because I don't love you! Before even being engaged we decided we wanted a small wedding with just immediate family, Best Man, and Maid of Honor. We both come from large...

Long story short; I told my best friend of nearly 10 years I do not want to be 1) a bridesmaid in her wedding and 2) attend her wedding yesterday. Is it okay to go ahead and cancel our hotel stay and...

So my fiance are planning on being married at the court house where we live in TX within the month or so, but want to have a ceremony or "wedding" back home with family and friends in a year (need to...

I'm so frustrated today when my mom and I were going to the gym she told me that when she was attending a baby shower for one of her friend's daughters, my wedding came up in conversation. Another one...

I wasn’t going to do a memorial table because there are just too many people to recognize but we’ve been engaged for 2 years and in that time span we have lost 3 people who should have made it to our...

**the info on my profile is not accurate Hello! Recently I have lost insurance and am wanting to get onto my boyfriend’s, but to do so we must be married. Is it normal to be engaged and early on...