Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

Our priest emailed us asking for the wedding party pairings, and he asked about who is seating the mothers. My brother will escort my mother down the aisle, and who escorts my groom's mother, the...

So my question is, how long is too long? I would like our first dance song to be, "I can't help falling in love with you," by Elvis. This song is about 3 minutes, which I don't think is too long. The...

Just wondering if you base it on how well you know the couple, if there were travel expenses, per plate, etc, I always wondered though how are you supposed to know the price per plate. We tend to base...

Married ladies what did you do for people who didn't give a gift? Write a thank you for coming? And how long should I wait should I give them time in case the gift is late? I only got married 2 weeks...

Hi! I was wondering if anyone had any good suggestions for a ring bearer gift for a 3 year old? I want to give him something that is age appropriate, but something he can enjoy. What have you done for...

What song are you guys walking down the aisle to? I'm so undecided. I really love a thousand years by the piano guys but wanted to hear other songs.

I was invited to a semi good friends bridal shower and bachelorette party. I attended the bridal shower and a week later received the invite for the wedding. My boyfriend and I were only invited to...

I plan on e-mailing my photographer tomorrow to make sure we are still on for our engagement session a week from Sunday. I plan on using some of these pictures to make save the date cards. My question...

Hi everyone, forgive me if this has been asked, but in the wedding ceremony at the end when the officiant says "It is my honor to present, for the first time, Mr. and Mrs. _", if one of the spouses is...

I called a local hotel and received a quote but I don't understand this language: "Our wedding room block contracts have a 20% allowable slippage built into them, so you would only be responsible for...

Wow, today I officially. became.. Bridezilla! .... Basically we have a wedding of 140 guests. Family on both sides are huge so they took up about 100 on the list. We had to decide which friends we...

My step sister was (is?) one of my bridesmaids. I posted on here before that she will be nearly 8 months pregnant with twins at the time of my wedding. Which she intended on driving down to FL from...

It's been a little over 7 weeks since my wedding and we did our thank you's weeks ago. Well, last Thursday I lost my grandma and while all the family was together getting her arrangements done I had...

So my MOH has already got the bachelorette party planned and put down deposits we are constantly talking. Started helping me with designing things for my wedding and we have my dress for the big day...

I keep reading/hearing about people who decline an rsvp however send gifts or cheques instead. Just curious what other people's experiences have been like with this? Do people send something close to...

I'm supposed to be the maid of honor for my best friend, who is marrying someone from a less developed country (difficult to travel to; and he doesn't have a job). To save on wedding costs, they're...

Hi ladies, I'm struggling with whether I should put information (wedding website and RSVP) on the back of my invitation I know you aren't supposed to (according to various etiquette guides) but it...

We're not doing anything fun like book or movie titles for table numbers, just plain old numbers! So now for my very stupid questions: 1-Do we include the head table in the table numbers? We'll be...

I really don't know how these work. I think that my maid of honor wants to be all up in that because she is super excited for the wedding. But I haven't been to any of these kind of parties. I emailed...

I found out that there is some kind of speech that is regular deelio? I don't know whether or not my dad's expecting to give a speech, but I'm really worried about it. Does anyone have any tips on how...