Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

Hello, so I saved money for gratuity, but i feel now that its not enough. My wedding is in a few days, so i feel awful. I want to tip everyone at least 20%. Is there a proper way I can tell them , I...

Hi y'all! So FH and I are having a small destination wedding next year in Hawaii - like 40 guests max. Neither of us are dance-y people, so we were thinking it might be fun to have a traditional luau...

I don't know that the details are relevant, so I won't bog you down with extra text... but I've been feeling really stressed about ironing out the little details for my fast-approaching wedding. I've...

Hi all, I know it's rude to invite people to the ceremony and not the reception, but my coworkers are really keen on me inviting some of them the ceremony only. It's not all of my coworkers, but many...

I have had several family members asking if I planned on making wedding welcome bags for them. I know I can do basic, simple bags, but are they REALLY necessary? What is the guideline on this?

Hi! For those of you who have used mini champagne bottles as part of your bridesmaid proposal, did you mail them? How did you package them? Are mini wine bottles a safer option for the mail? Thanks! ...

I've been mentally struggling and have a bad habit of caring what people think, but recently I came across a thread of a couple who had a Courthouse wedding then was doing a wedding/vow renewal later...

My bach party has been planned for 5 mos and we are doing a destination one to Cali in Nov. My friend got engaged over the weekend(yey!) and called me yesterday to say she would be holding her wedding...

For those that are married/getting married for the second (or more) time and have children from a previous marriage or relationship what advice can you give for adding your new SO as your beneficiary?...

Hi all My husband & I were married 4 yrs ago in a civil ceremony...he is not from the US so we had a small intimate ceremony (just immediate family) for immigration purposes. Now the time has come...

This might be a silly question but do you get a different bouquet if you want to do a toss? I want to preserve my bouquet. Does it get ruin when you toss it? and do they keep it?

How many weeks after you send out your invitations do you give your guests to RSVP? I was planning on sending my invitations out the first day in October and do the RSVP deadline November 15, a month...

My fh does not want the attention of the sweetheart table. I don't want a head table. I don't like the look or separating couples. Has anyone done anything else? How did it work out for you?

I attended a wedding and I wasn't hungry so I didn't eat. My FH thought it would be better to eat before because it was uncertain what time we would be offered dinner. I recently attended another FH...

So here's the deal. It is marriage 2 for me and 3 for him. We are long distance. To do a wedding it would be a destination wedding regardless of where we chose. We have friends and family all over the...

What are yalls thoughts on the arms intertwined toast? Should that be when you're cutting cake too? Or during the best man and maid of honor speech? I'm a little on the fence on if we want to do it....

So I'm getting married in a year, and our guest list is at 220. That's the number we've given our venue for food, and that's the number we'd like to stick with. My fiancé's parents are giving us...

My FH and I have been planning to reset my grandma's engagement ring for some time now, I just wanted to take time to make sure both my mom and I were really okay with changing it from its original...

I have a couple aunts and uncles who are retired military, and I just called my parents to find out their exact titles for the invitation addresses (don't worry, I'm not mailing out the invitations...

Hi everyone. Happy Sunday! FH and I took engagement pictures back in mid March. About 3 weeks later our photographers sent us the unedited ones and we were asked to select 25 of our favorites and they...