Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

My sisters are quite a bit older than me and I want them part of my wedding day but not necessarily as bridesmaids. We are not having a religious wedding so having one of them do a reading wouldn't...

I received our wedding invitations yesterday (Yay! Go vistaprint!) and am beginning to assemble them. I am realizing that I never ordered inner envelopes- I never even planned on using them- I am...

...over NOT being invited to something when you are NOT close to the person? So yesterday was my goddaughter's first birthday party. It was a family event. His family is huge, and the whole family...

I am interested to hear if anyone has had a positive experience bridal gown shopping with 6 people. There are six people who have made it known to me that they'd like to go with me shopping (mom, MOH,...

I'm new to this whole engaged thing and have been pouring over the calendar to see when I would like to get married. I've basically decided the months of September and May are my favorite but due to...

My mother and step dad are paying for our venue, cake, and catering ($5000). My father and his girlfirend are giving us $2500, and my future in laws are paying for the rehearsal dinner,...

Hi, I'm new to WW. I am the mother of the bride, and doing the bulk of the wedding planning work as my daughter and her fiancé are in their last years of college and working. I have read several...

So I'm ready to book the wedding planner that I'm going to hire, but I'm wondering what the best way is to communicate to the other 4 planners I spoke with that I will not be hiring them. When I spoke...

So many of you know my shoes struggles. I found a great pair that are wide and a very small heel but the peep toe section is tight. Do you have any advice on how to stretch it a little bit. I know of...

I'm trying to plan how much cash I need to bring on the wedding trip. Here's the details about the photographer: - In Mexico - Photographer is not owner or part-owner of the photography company (as...

Got engaged in July and was immediately set on having my wedding in Oct. 2016. A good friend just started planning her wedding and I found out after already picking out a date of my own that hers...

My fiance' and I are thinking about getting married at the court house soon and then having our wedding on March 1,2014. We have already sent out our save the dates and everything. We want to get...

I went to a friends wedding this weekend that was reception only - they had a private, family only cermony beforehand. Something I noticed though, and it's been a while since I've been to a wedding...

What does yours look like? I still need to make one. When did you give it to the bridal party?

Out of curiousity, does the FOB still give the toast if the B&G are hosting the wedding? We've had some issues with my parents over the last year, plus my dad is sort of awkward, so we're not sure if...

FH and I went to see our wedding band play this weekend (they recently lost their lead female singer and hired someone new). She was absolutely.frickin.terrible. Her voice is really awful and she...

I have had several people say that they are bringing a guest even though their invitation did not include a guest and was only addressed to them. In one case, I invited a husband and wife who recently...

We are using Paperless Post (love!) for our rehearsal dinner invites. If I am missing the email address of someone's Sig O (who is invited) is it acceptable to just email the one person in the couple?...

What is considered proper gift-giving etiquette for in-laws? At first my husband and I didn't think anything of it, but as we were going through our thank you cards and wedding gift lists, we noticed...

Hello, I know that using typed address labels for your guests on the invitations is considered rude, but what about using return address labels? or labels on the Save the date and Thank you...