Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

Has anyone else gone this route and invited a parent but not a step parent? FH's Dad has been divorced from his mom for about 20 years and remarried for around 15 or so. While growing up, this women...

My friend is planning a wedding where she will have her ceremony on a Friday with a small group of friends and family and then a reception on the next day for a larger group. How should she word her...

What is the etiquette for inviting out of town guests to the shower (especially if we know they will not be able to come)? I've read some posts that say it appears gift grabby, which we definitely do...

Does the bride or the groom's name come first on the save the date & invitations? I've always seen the brides name first, but my mom said that the grooms comes first.

Our photographer is extremely behind on returning photos of our wedding. We were married in September in Mexico, and her contract gave her two months to present the proofs and explicitly states that...

We are having a luncheon. Is beer and wine fine or should we have a full bar? We have a lot of family who don't drink so we don't want to do a bar package so we would pay per drink. My friend said her...

So I am getting married June 2024. I have a childhood friend from middle school and we always talked about her being in my wedding. We went to different colleges and I met someone I now can’t imagine...

My fiancé is in the military and there's a slim chance we'd have to reschedule because of his job. I want to let guests know of this so they can buy refundable tickets if they want. What verbiage...

A little context here, as I’m sure most people will think the question is clearly a no from the start. My parents are deceased, my FH’s parents are disabled and live on the other side of the country....

My husband and I got married just over 13 weeks ago and we still have not received our wedding photos. Our contract with our photographer said we should receive them after 8-12 weeks. Back story, our...

My son is 26 and getting married next year. I left his father 7 years ago (the breakdown in relationship had started 2 years before I physically left due to emotional abuse and controlling/jealous...

My fiance wants a wedding in Hawaii. I've never been to Hawaii and have been wanting to go for a very long time. We live in FL and I have a big Catholic family on my dad's side. We are a pretty close...

Hello everyone, I was wondering if you guys could help me brainstorm/give advice based on your situations. My parents are divorced, though it has been 20 years and they both have moved on, my mom can...

I am planning to ask my two best friends to be my matron of honors. I am not sure what's the right way to go. Should I discuss with them that there will be two matron of honors before I propose to...

So on the day of our wedding, our wedding party is supposed to be with us (at the venue) at 11am (ceremony starts at 4). The venue is an hour/an hour and a half from everyone. All of our wedding party...

My husband and I need some advice on what to do. We got married 9/8/22 and still haven’t got our wedding video back. They said we should have them by thanksgiving even though they have a 3 month...

We are having a midweek daytime wedding in October. The ceremony will be at noon but our venue told us to put 11:30 as the time our guest should arrive. We will be having cocktails dinner and dancing....

Hey brides! Trying to figure out what to gift my mother and mother in law for the wedding. I was looking at jewelry, but should they match? Any other ideas for non-jewelry gifts? Thanks!

I am so hurt. My mother attended our wedding but never got us a gift. She didn’t help with the financials of the wedding. Or helping set things up or ask if we needed anything. I am beyond hurt. As I...

My FH comes from an Asian family. I am Caucasian. He has told me that for Asian weddings, family members typically gift the bride and groom money rather than doing the typical wedding registry and...