Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

My mom passed away 8 years ago. My dad remarried in 2021. I have already invited my 2 sisters, my aunt (who is my moms sister and who has been involved in my life since I was little), my future MIL...

Posting this for my friend as we were wedding chatting last night. She didn’t give a high school friend a plus one, she’ll know a lot of people at the wedding. My friend never met her friends new...

My mom asked if she could host a bridal shower for me at her church (which I grew up in & only recently stopped going to about 2 years ago). She wants to host it with a couple women who have known...

I'm just curious. For those of you who never officially got proposed to, how do you feel about it? Like is it something you just don't think about and you go on with your life? Are you more focused on...

So my fiance and I are stumped on this one. We're trying to narrow down our invite list to reduce our guest number to help cut costs and get a more accurate number to help with narrowing down our...

Penny for your thoughts. I’ve gotten mixed feelings towards my situation, or should I say, past situation. I was not involved/invited in any planning, shopping, bridesmaids, or bachelorette party...

Who do you get getting ready slippers for? Just bridesmaids usually or MOB, MOG, Flower Girl, etc. also?

I never thought about the bridal consultant, but I was out on the spot. My daughter is recently engaged and in her excitement, picked out a wedding dress yesterday. We both put money down on it, and...

So I have been sitting on the fence about asking 2 girls to stand with me since I got engaged. Both are amazing humans, but I wasn't sure how close they felt to me so I've been waiting and for a while...

Hi there! My shower is in a couple weeks but we have started receiving gifts (shower invites have not gone out yet as far as I know). When do you send a thank you note for gifts received early?

My Father and my son are walking me down the aisle and I am doing my wedding website and figured for future reference when I do programs.... What would his title be? I've seen bride escort but I don't...

Okay guys, this is going to sound really, really stupid, I know that and I told my fiance that, but prepare yourselves... As you know by now probably, we are serious collectors of Godzilla memorabilia...

Hello! I became a widow at the age of 36. (Married for 15years) I am now 40 and am getting married in June of 2023. This is my fiance’s second marriage however, he has been divorced for 18 years. Two...

So please give me your thoughts. This has been one of the many things giving me wedding anxiety. So my father has not been a part of my life. I am close to my grandfather. But I still don't want him...

I am looking to rent a mansion and would like some of the wedding guests to stay but I would need to request for them to pay for the weekend stay. How would I word that and should I send a separate...

My husband has 2 younger first cousins who got married last year. Both Cousin #1 and Cousin #2 had private ceremonies (elopement, and microwedding respectively). Cousin #1 has invited us to a big...

My nephew and his fiancé are getting married in a few months They are having a small wedding at a luxury resort. They are only inviting parents and siblings and the brides 3 best friends So 14 people...

So, our parents passed away. There are 3 of us sisters and 1 brother (who is getting married in a couple months). We’re all really close, and our 2 older sisters helped raise my brother and I from a...

Hi! Me and my fiancé decided to elope/have a small legal ceremony on Feb 13, 2023 with just our parents, siblings, and grandparents. The reason being for legal/ money saving reasons. However, we also...

I'm planning a surf trip bachelor party with my buddies from high school which includes my best man (7 guys total). For background, my fiance and I are only doing one best man and one maid of honor,...