Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

Of invites you have received, how do you personally decide when and how to reply, assuming that you are never obligated or pressured by friends or family to attend, and when to give a give a gift or...

My FH and I would LOVE to get married at his family’s cabin, located 250 miles away from where we live. For most of our friends and family, traveling to the cabin takes 2.5 hours by car. To...

I’ve recently come into some mental health issues and major depression . It causes me to really feel uncomfortable in crowds. I already accepted being the MOH, but I think her sister in law would be a...

Including the reception, without a DJ? Just a string quartet playing entire day/night? If so, was it super boring? Did people get up and dance? Or was it more like a dinner party than a regular...

So I actually have not yet proposed but am looking at rings and I really don't want to invest in a diamond ring. To me that's more money to put towards our future, but do I look cheap if I get a white...

I've been with my boyfriend for five years now. In 2019, he was in three weddings one as a best man and two as a groomsman. Several friends of his got engaged prior to covid but delayed their weddings...

How much money total are you asking your bridesmaids to pay for/save up for your wedding? Including all their costs: Dresses, hair, make up, shower, bachelorette etc.?

Hello everyone! I really need you guys advice. We got married in January of 2023 and we still have not received any photos, not even sneak peeks. The contract says photos will be delivered...

I have always dreamed of having a big wedding with all of our friends and family but my FH recently suggested the idea of first having a civil ceremony with just our parents/children present and then...

So I brought up the idea of just not doing the ceremony and just having a reception to my partner and he was fine with it. We are moving out of state and I pretty much won’t hardly any insurance...

Hello all! I’d like to provide a bit of backstory before jumping into my concern. My partner and I had been planning our destination wedding for a little over a year before receiving the unfortunate...

As me and my husband just got married privately out of state, we are now having an upcoming wedding reception dinner in our hometown with our friends and family. We paid for the venue and started...

I hope this does not ruffle any feathers, but I know many people who we are inviting to our wedding don't normally RSVP. What is a nice way to word asking them to on the invitation. I have a QR code...

Hi everyone, we are having a very small wedding of only 50 guests on 6/3. Our invites went out about 4 weeks ago. There’s still quite a bit of people who haven’t rsvpd yet some who are from out of...

My mom is the youngest of 8 children so I have a lot of Aunts and Uncles. I only sent a STD to like half of my Aunts and Uncles and one of my Aunts messaged me of Facebook the other week saying...

I got married on January 20th 2023. Our photographer did our engagement and wedding pics. We got engagement back in 2 weeks when she said it would take 3 weeks. Great! In the contract and at the...

We’ve got a small venue that fits roughly 100 people on the beach in FL booked for Spring 2022. We’re having trouble narrowing down our guest lists since both my fiancé and I come from big families....

So, I won't even get into the backstory about FH's cousin, but girls let me tell ya, even when you're senior citizens your relatives can cause such childish issues. UGH. So anyway, my question to you...

Hi guys! Who all had a dry wedding and how did you let guests know on the invitation? I am not sure how to tastefully let others know there will be no alcohol! Thanks!

Help! My daughter is eloping or having a wedding just her and her fiancé in the woods and no one is invited...needless to say as her mother I am disappointed, as is her grandma who helped me raise her...