Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

Saturday I attended a potluck wedding. Sigh I know I've never heard of one before ww so I was curious.I see a lot of potluck suggestions and brides adamant on having a potluck wedding, so I wanted to...

My husband and I got married on a whim between shifts at a courthouse. We didn’t even have rings, and no one knew we were doing it. We don’t have any photos of the day because we weren’t allowed to...

Hi everybody! I’d appreciate your feedback. My fiancé and I decided we wanted an adult only wedding. Together 11 years, originally from Texas, lived in Florida for the past 10 years now. Wedding will...

My grandmother is throwing us a couple's shower and as a thank you gift my fiance and I are planning to take her to a show (ballet, musical, concert, etc. - we haven't settled on what show yet). We...

I am currently struggling with the lack of interest that my bridesmaids are showing in my wedding. I am the last to get married...leaving all my bridesmaids having babies and mortgages now. I have...

Hello everyone! So I need some advice/ opinions. I’m having 2 ring bearers and 2 flower girls, each kid will be under the age of 8 at the time of the wedding, so I know I’ll have to ask their parents...

My fiancé and I will pay for our groomsmen and bridesmaid's attire and hair and make up. Since these will already add up to our overall expenses, do we still need to give them individual gifts?

Hey all I'm wondering how you would go about this situation: photographers that were spoken with sent different people from their "team" to take photos for a wedding. It took over 10 weeks for photos...

She was never really supportive of my relationship with my fiance even if we aren't a toxic couple. In fact, she was the first friend I introduced my bf to back then. She was chummy with him at first,...

I ran into another snag ladies!!! Im on a budgeted wedding, so please keep that in mind. 1. MY MOH suggested i keep 1 bottle of champagne at each table and when the time comes whoever wants to do the...

Hello I need advice. I suffer from anxiety and haven’t my whole life until this last year. I wanted to have a wedding because I love the idea of our families coming together for a weekend since we’re...

Nothing against anyone but I’m trying to keep the wedding small. I’m already over my maximum amount of people and that’s with excluding some family members. I feel like if I can’t invite some members...

My daughter is getting married on a small yacht this summer. She is nearly 40 years old and getting married for the first time and is only inviting a very small number of people. The immediate family...

My MOH is great. We have been friends for years and I love her lots, but we aren't the closest and she is a bit sensitive so I have a bit of trouble speaking directly with her. I want to start off by...

My FH and I want a destination elopement in the mountains. After months of deciding what we wanted to do, we found a ceremony venue we love but it has a limit on the amount of people that can attend....

Has anyone ever had a coin bridal shower? If so what did the guests think of it and how did you let them know what it was? I really want to do one instead of a regular bridal shower because my fiance...

So I got engaged December 2022. I wanted a winter wedding so I was planning it for February 2024. We were starting to plan and realizing living up north with unpredictable weather and needing to have...

You know... A lot of these posts make me super sad. I don't think it's ok to invite biological nieces/nephews or brothers/sisters and not invite step versions of those same ones. ESPECIALLY when...

My husband's only brother is getting married and addressed the online STD's as husband's name and guest. We've been married 13 years and I've met his brother countless times, have a totally fine and...

I am quite curious, what are your family wedding traditions that you've still done up until these days?