Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

Hey ladies. I was just curious what sorts of things went wrong on your big day, and how you handled the situation. I know not everything runs 100% smoothly, but I like hearing about situations and how...

I am so thrilled that my 21 year old step daughter.. (I refuse to call her my ex step daughter. She did nothing wrong) will be coming to the wedding. I am being demanding for once in the wedding. I am...

I've been debating on if fh and I want to see each other before the wedding in an intimate setting with just us and the photographer... But then again the tradition of waiting til walking down the...

Hey guys! Our wedding is about 1 month away and we are trying to figure out how we will see all of our guests. Our wedding will be pretty small for the most part (75 to 100 ppl) but we want to make...

Me an FH finally decided on a song for our first dance and I found out my FH does not know how to slow dance. I was trying to teach him and he felt bad about not being able to catch the rhythm. I am...

Hey ladies, I am going nuts over picking a hashtag for the wedding so it will be easier to find every ones photos. I want something that isn't so long so the guest wont struggle Let me see your so I...

Hello All, I will be designing my own wedding stationary. To make the wedding suite more cost effective I am considering creating a thank you postcards as opposed to the tradition al greeting card....

I'm having a travel wedding. I would love it if my cake stand could be a flat, hard, antique suitcase. The girl who answered the phone at my cake vendor's shop said that for a 4 tiered cake (for 150...

So I have this idea. It's not really a kissing game, but if people want you to kiss they must put money into a donation jar that goes to a cause close to my fiancées and my hear? Thoughts on that? And...

I'd like to stick with the 8-week in advance rule when sending our wedding invitations. We sent Save the Dates 6 months in advance to all guests, which lead them to our wedding website with all...

Do the ushers just wear suits or do they also wear tuxes and if they wear suits do the suits need to match etc? kind ain the dark about this...

So we had our engagement party and we told the entire bridal party that we expected them all to be there. They all said they would, no problem. However, two of the groomsmen were no shows. They happen...

I was going over the guest list and who hasn't rsvp'd with my mother and sister today and my sister said "what about your table for people who haven't rsvp'd?" What?! I've never heard of this. Is...

Is this common? My supervisor said to let her know where we registered. I was a bit surprised by this. And she said it with zero undertones of wanting an invite, just wanted to give us a wedding gift....

So this is an odd situation... A friend of mine got married this past weekend, and she did not register anywhere and it was communicated that she would prefer money to gifts. After receiving her...

I recently read a forum and postings about how to handle wedding favors vs. donations. FH and I decided to, in lieu of favors, make a donation in our guests honor to a children's hospital because we...

Besides the parents, wedding party, greeters, ushers and officiant, is there anyone else we should be including? Do people typically list the grandparents of the bride and groom? And do people...

Is there anything I can use to keep it from falling off my finger? I do not want to lose it accidentally. I know I am going to have to get it re-sized, just need a temporary fix at the moment.

I have heard lots of moans and groans about Catholic wedding Masses, about how they are so long and boring and yada yada yada..... Do you guys have any suggestions (other than don't do it lol) of how...