Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

Background: I've met most of FH's family and we all get along well, but one of his sisters doesn't live near us, and doesn't live near his parents so I've never met her. From what FH says, they didn't...

How are you letting your guests know exactly what they're eating for dinner? Our caterer does a dual entree/dual side plated meal, so guests did not choose their entrees. Is a menu board at the...

His mother is too sick to make the wedding. She lives 12 hours away. How can we get married without her?

I'm having the hardest time trying to figure out how to address my save the date cards if someone is bringing a guest. Nothing I Google seems to help since they keep talking about using an inner...

On mobile; Couldn't Search. If you already live with your FS, what are your plans for right before the wedding?? We want to do the traditional superstitious thing of not seeing each other on the...

First I should introduce myself. I'm Amanda and my FH and I have been together for over two years. We got engaged in December and will be getting married this September. Our wedding is very small, 25...

My parents received and invitation to my cousins wedding. It was addressed to just my parents with only their names on the rsvp card filled in, but 5 seats reserved. Now we are a family of 5, counting...

Hey brides and grooms!! So I'm still trying to trim trim trim my budget along with saving as much as possible in the next year and a half. I'm excited to say we just put down our DJ deposit today -...

Good morning everyone, I know there is a lot of discussion here about tipping. My venue includes just that - the venue, tables, chairs, and a day of coordinator. My venue was about $6K to rent...

For starters this isn't about me. My finance is in one of our friend's wedding who is also in our upcoming wedding as well. They had a coed bridal/groom shower but he wasn't able to attend due to us...

Alright, so my FI and I are still early in the planning process to be considering music choice yet, BUT this is a big thing to me (we have the venue, date, and dress) so I figured I would reach out...

Were starting to work on our registry, and I wasn't sure on a few things. First, between amazon and bed bath and beyond, should I go back through and find out what is cheaper at which place and...

Full catering (not including cake) with open bar. Average how much? How much are you paying?

Does anyone have any tips/suggestions on ensuring guest arrive on time? My invitation says 4pm but the last wedding I went to (lots of overlapping guests), many of the people were late. I think we...

Hi!! I'm new here so I'm not sure if my question is relevant. I apologize if it's not. I'm actually seeking some advice/thoughts. I am having a destination wedding in September. I sent STD's out...

I'm preparing to send out save the dates magnets but they're sticking to eachother even once they're in the envelopes. Should I worry about this or do you think the post office will make sure they...

With handwritten thank you cards, I know it's best to keep it personalized and say thank you for the gift of "handtowels, knives, xyz" but it seems weird to me to say "Thank you for...

Our wedding is VERY small. 72 total, including the wedding party. This means, immediate family and our closest friends. NOT extended family. We are paying for it 100% ourselves and this is inline with...

Did anyone have an engagement dinner? If so, how much did it cost, what did you do and how many people did you invite?