Etiquette and Advice
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Ladies question...do you wear your engagement ring to bed? I heard you shouldn't. Something about the 5 S of not wearing an engagement ring...shower, shore, sleep, don't know the other 2. What do you...
My band is recommending the shoe game as a fun/funny little activity during the reception. We chose to skip the garter toss, and are only doing the bouquet toss. For this reason, the band wants to add...
Hi everyone! I'm seeking some advice from the community as I'm planning a "We Said I Do" after party about five months after our destination wedding. We are getting married abroad in January with...
Today we found out our best man is breaking up the friendship and no longer wants to be a best man because his fiance doesn't like us (told us it's because of living distances). My fiance does not...
Hello ! My fiance does not want to dance with his mom for the parent dance in which I don't know what to do I respect his decision because to be truly honest his mother was never truly there for him...
My fiance and i excited to get married and start a life together. He wanted to elope, i wanted a wedding...i won. The reason he wanted to elope was avoid dealing with his family on such an important...
Ok so I am very much a goofy, playful, outgoing person who was a stage actress my whole life. Thankfully (most of) my bridesmaids are the same and so is the groom. BUT. The groomsmen are very...
So my FH finally decided he wants to get married - he’s the kind of guy who just never saw the point in it. We’ve been together for almost 10 years and I’m beyond excited… and he’s getting pretty...
We were married in November with a delivery of photos in “approximately 10-12 weeks” per contract, of which I have a copy. I texted during week 11 kindly asking for an update as we were about to leave...
I want to include my former babysitter in my wedding but unsure how to do it because it’s a unique situation. I know I want to include her in the mother-son dance and I’ve talked to my mom about it...
Hi everyone I’m my sisters maid of honor and I’m planning her bachelorette! We are going to Las Vegas and of course before I book anything I wanted to get everyones budget and start planning from...
Is it wrong to not change my last name, because I’m too lazy to fill out all the paper work? I want to change my last name, but I don’t wanna put in the work to change every single thing of mine. I’m...
I read somewhere that you should capitalize the day of week & month in invitation, but Minted sent me proof of mine & made them lowercase. Which do you think is more proper? Any other...
I'm looking for an alternate name for "Flower Girl" to make it more suitable for an adult woman. I'm having my cousin's daughter (age 5) as my flower girl, and I'm having her mother (age adult)...
After reading through hours of previous posts, I'm sure this question has been asked but I can't find a search bar to read before asking a question that's been answered. So for that, I'm sorry! Please...
I am currently building my wedding invitation and our favorite photo is of us kissing. I want to use the photo but I’ve heard some guests may find it distasteful to display a picture of a couple...
Have any of you brides to be or new brides done extended family photos with great aunts and uncles ext at your wedding? My FMIL wants some extended family photos. She has 13 brothers and sister. I am...
I know this question has been on the forum for years, and I know what my feelings and decision are, but I just need to know I’m not in the wrong as my whole family is treating me like I’m overreacting...
Is there some sort of basic etiquette or guideline for sending wedding announcements to those we couldn't invite to our wedding? We are having a very small, intimate wedding (practically elopement)...
Hi! I'm getting married in a smallish downtown metropolitan area, so surrounding hotels near the venue are pretty pricey. I want to get some courtesy hotel blocks for our out of town guests, as well...