Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

Trying to weigh the pros and cons of having a seating chart vs not having one. Need lots of opinons. I do not really want to deal with the hassel but my FH wants one.

Hi everyone. I just joined this forum in hopes to get some ideas for my upcoming wedding, I just got engaged like a couple weeks ago. Forgive me if I rail this forum with questions. I plan on wearing...

This is more of a vent cause I’m making my mom deal with it since it’s her fault I’m in this position anyway. To start, I am extremely close with all my maternal cousins. We were raised as siblings...

Who did you send thank you cards to? I've been reading online that most send it to only those that gave a gift. Is that correct? We had a lot of people that didn't give us a gift or even a card for a...

Is anyone here using The Knot as their wedding website? I've looked all over (with no luck) trying to find a way to add a third option for the RSVP. With the pandemic, I was hoping to offer: Yes, I...

Trying to save some money on invitations and postage. Was thinking of including hotel info, wedding website etc on the back of the invite instead of a separate card as minted offers this for much...

We are having a singer that will also dj at the wedding. How much should he be tipped?

I am having last name dilemmas. I know I will change my last name, however I am unsure how I will do it. I have not decided whether I will hyphenate, have two last names (no hyphen) or use my maiden...

I am not sure how to proceed with a few people I would like to invite to my wedding, but that have recently moved far out of town (and internationally). If they were close by, I would invite them and...

Hello ladies! I am really hoping to get some guidance from other 2021 summer brides. I was supposed to be married 8/1/2020. Obviously, that didn’t happen, much like others on here! We chose to...

My partner and I got engaged last fall, and I knew with the pandemic that photographers/videographers were getting booked up fast, so I wanted to make sure I booked mine early. I was between 2...

My fiancé and I are newly engaged! I am so excited to start planning my big day. I am a big people pleaser and that will definitely be a downfall to me planning my own wedding.😫 With that being said,...

My dad and I have had a rocky relationship for several years. In the past few months, a lot of stuff has come out and I have made the decision to distance myself from him for the foreseeable future....

My husband and I have been married for 25 years. He had a daughter and son and I also had a daughter and son when we married. My previous husband was deceased and he had two ex “baby mommas”. We had a...

My fiancé and I are planning a small 50 person wedding about 2.5 hours from home in October 2023. We plan on renting a large house from the day before the wedding (Thursday) through Sunday with our...

I’ve posted previously about how the bridal shop I purchased my dress from ruined my dress right before my wedding. Literally right before. (24 hours to try and get it fixed..? LOL). Everyone on here...

I previously asked if I should be sending invitations when I receive registry gifts to my home right away or after the shower (I am sending them when I receive the gift) Now my mom is saying I need to...

It’s been over a week since I dropped off my invitations at the Post Office to be hand cancelled and no one in my family has received them yet. I live in a small town and the lady seemed pretty...

My sister got engaged in November of 2021. She planned her wedding date for end of October of 2023. I was planning on proposing because we need to buy a house and can do one more lease where we can...

Okay so we're having a wedding 5 hours from where we live. No one we know lives there so everyone is going to have to drive 5 hours/ fly to our ceremony as we have family that lives farther away. I...