Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

We are an established couple and are still in the process of renovating our 1930's farm house. Any ideas on how to register for home improvement items?

We're doing a buffet dinner with Prime Rib and Turkey Breast, and I want to provide wine for the dinner portion in addition to the open bar. My main question is: should I just leave bottles on the...

"Can you invite such & such to the wedding for me, I'll pay you for their plate. It would mean a lot to me" GRRRRRRRR! They may be distant family but we've never met this couple. Trying to keep things...

Would it be appropriate to have my aunt as my Matron of Honor at the age of 43? I've never been to a wedding with a Matron of Honor so I'm not sure what the norm is. She doesn't look it and is very...

I'm looking for an alternative to the father/daughter dance. I was raised by my Poppop, later in life my Dad came around more and now we have a good relationship, I also have a step dad that has been...

What are you guys giving their groomsmen? There are 7 total. One is my brother who's 13. Two are his brothers who are 50 ish. and Four are friends his age, around 30. They all (except my brother) like...

No, I haven't chosen my wedding party yet, so before anyone tells me I'm doing this prematurely, no one has been asked! I'm just thinking and planning ahead! FH and I are planning on each having 6...

I'm stuck on who I want to invite from my school. I have two or three girls that I'm super close to, then a handful that I'm semi-close to. I hate to not invite them because it's almost been a group...

As soon as I got engaged I told my mom I didn't want to have a bridal shower. I don't really need or want gifts and I don't really like the idea of having so much attention on me. I don't like the...

Looking for help with a hashtag. I've tried the online generators and I pretty much have gotten a steady rotation of the same five or six (and not really impressed with them). My name is Natalie and...

Suffolk, LI post. Originally I had 0 desire to get married at church. Last week, I suddenly said to myself, "omg. we're not getting married in a church." I freaked out a little. I'm not crazy about...

Hello ladies, just would like to see what you guys think. I live in Colorado and my wedding is going to be up in Genessee Colorado. If you don't live up here then you don't know how much CO is a...

After a wedding-planning hiatus due to unanticipated changes, FH and I are back to planning and ready to go! We had sort of finished a guest list a few months ago and then stopped planning, so we want...

We are having a short ceremony on same site as our reception. We are having a small wedding party (just MOH and BM). We do plan to incorporate ring warming and two readings (including a surprise poem...

I'm just looking for your guys' advice on something here...I am not sure when is good timing to book my hotel for the night before my wedding for me and my bridal guests. The date is November 19th as...

We're already married. We eloped, but now we're doing an actual wedding in the church and reception. What's the proper etiquette on gifts? Do we tell everyone no gifts? Do we not register and accept...

I'm having a terribly low turnout for my bridal shower (its in 2 weeks), where MOH had to sit me down and tell me what is going on. 30 invitations were sent out for my shower. 10 were to out-of-state...

Soooo we had a stamp made with our address on it so we dont have to write it a million times. BUT i want to put it on the back of the envelope because it looks better since i am handwriting the people...

So I read a post on Offbeat Bride about having a toast during the ceremony. I thought that would be a really neat thing to do instead of the traditional sand/candle unity ceremony. Our guests will be...