Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

Dear everyone, I am in an international relationship w SO visiting the United States. We are living a state away from my family bc of my job. We know we have to marry to start immigration paperwork....

I’ll start off by saying my brother and I never had a great relationship. He is getting married next year and I was invited but my boyfriend of 6 years wasn’t. I was going to ask about a plus one but...

HELP!! I have a really big family. My Grandma is no longer with us, but her sister (great aunt) is. I really want to invite her to the wedding and one of her adult children. She has 7 children whom...

I was wondering if it is typical for the mother of the bride to be with the bride from the start of the day with all the bridesmaids or does the mother of the bride usually come later on and help with...

Hi Ladies...so Im usually not the one to worry about what others think, but my FH and I decided to have bar-b-q at the reception. I really like the idea, but havent gone forward with it and cant...

What is the duty of a Godfather for the bridal shower if any? I know often times godmothers will contribute to the shower and get a gift. But what does the Godfather do? Give money? Give gift?...

As most brides already know, weddings are ridiculously expensive nowadays. My fiancé and I are on a very tight budget and have determined that we cannot afford to have a ceremony and reception with...

My fiance and I are getting married here at the end of the month. We have just about everything coordinated minus picking out entrance music for the party and any other loose ends I'm forgetting off...

All of the other party will be going and we all live in the same area. The engagement is where it is due to the bride's fiance's family. My family also told me it's more of a family thing (Vietnamese...

Hello! What is everyone doing for parent presents? We are in a dilemma- both moms are super picky. My father doesn’t want anything. His father isn’t really in our life but is helping a bit for the...

Due to unfortunate issues with our venue, we are receiving a partial refund and have to find a new venue. The address on the invites are the old venue. I do have a QR code on the back and the website...

My best friend (bride) is getting married in the summer. There are 3 bridesmaids including me and her sister is the MOH. The MOH has made it clear that she is not splitting costs as she said she...

Ok. My fiancé and I are going back and forth on the topic of day after brunch. He is very against it. A. He says he’ll be exhausted and B. He doesn’t want to pay for it. I think we are close to 100k...

Our max guest limit is 300 people. WITHOUT plus ones for every single person we are at 280.. Anyway, one of my best friends who is also my bridesmaid is mad at me for not adding a plus one to her...

I wanted some advice. My partner and I decided to get married. We are over a year and a half away but we started planning right away. my partner only wanted two people on their side.. because I had...

I am looking for advice on whether or not to include stamps on the RSVP cards for guests to return to us. I am giving them the option of RSVP online or by returning the RSVP card because I know some...

I work in an office and use email regularly. I need to make an out of office reply for when I'm gone on my honeymoon. Should I mention that I'm gone for my honeymoon or just that I'm out of the office...

Hello Ladies, Ive had such a hard time with this question because I initially asked my brothers wife to be in our wedding and she's caused so many headaches for me. Then I also invited my fiancee...

Our wedding is in 3 months, I am trying to figure out how much I would be spending on tips.💲💲💲 How much did you do and which vendor got tipped? Or did you tip all of them? 🤷🏻‍♀️

So I have a question about the mother son dance. I am the bride and I want to clarify that my future mother in law is great! She has been wonderful in planning, helpful, kind, encouraging and not...