Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

William and I are eloping next July. Since our engagement, several people have invited themselves to our ceremony and others have invited themselves to be in the wedding. What can be tactfully said to...

FH and I tentatively picked a date that we loved and worked well with a number of factors including his summer break from teaching. When we asked family members about the date, his father expressed...

My friend is getting married and although I have been friends with her for over 15 years, we have barely spoken or seen eachother in almost 2. She asked me to be a bridesmaid when she got engaged in...

I have a huge family and am having a hard time with our guest list. My great grandmother had 7 children so I have a ton of family and I cannot invite them all. My plan is to invite the cousins that...

Hi, New to all of this wedding business so I wanted to get some feedback on this. We just had a zoom chat with our wedding officiant who we found and contacted online. She wanted to get to know us and...

Hello! Is it expected to tip your photographer that is doing your engagement photos? We have a package deal for engagement and wedding photos so we already have them paid for. Thank you!

Would love y’all’s help here. I am really hellbent on not having a bridal party. Our wedding is non traditional and I just really don’t want one. My fiancé on the other hand wants one, or at least 2...

I am acutall the florist for this wedding. The bride and mother got in an arguement over proper lighting of the unity candle. The mother seems to think that lighting the "mother's" candle is performed...

We have sent save the dates to 200 people. We have decided to make wedding much smaller to 75. Is that a big no, no?

Do you think a wedding planner is necessary? If so? Just a day of? Or did you have one further out?

Okay so I’m getting married in June of 2023. I have the invites all ready to go, but I completely forgot about the save the dates… should I even send out save the dates? Is the invite enough? Or is it...

Were coming up very close to the deadline an quite a few people haven responded im going to make a post the week of the rsvp deadline. how should i word it? i feel like wording it like " if you...

My question is... should I rent air conditioning for the barn? I'm asking for the etiquette here for summer wedding protocol. By air conditioning, I mean a 20 ton unit that sits outside the barn and...

What is an appropriate amount of time between sibling weddings? A little back story: my FH and I have been together nearly 10 years. 2023 will be 10 years for us and 2023 will also be 3 years since we...

I'm not planning on asking for a few more months but I'm starting to plan out my bridal party. There are 3 girls that I'm close to at this moment from my part time job that I hang out with often...

Is anyone having a large number of guets at their wedding? We plan to invite 100 people. How do you avoid hurting someone's feelings when they are not invited?

So my FH and I have a roommate who was a friend but with all of the turmoil of her living with us and causing MANY issues... we no longer speak... even in the same house. It is causing me major...

My soon to be mother in law (mother of the groom) told me that 4 people are coming that my fiancé and I agreed we were not inviting. She invited these people without us knowing and they said yes. She...

I keep going back and forth here and am looking for options. I'm a BM for a wedding coming up in a few weeks. I am almost certain I remember the bride saying she was going to cover our hair/makeup as...

We’re going to have a large number of out of town guests attending our wedding. We had originally planned on leaving for our honeymoon on Sunday (day after our wedding) but I’m now thinking we should...