Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

Does anyone have experience buying silverware/dishes instead of renting? I'm wondering if it would be cheaper to buy in bulk and then resell to another bride-to-be. I just want standard silverware and...

Im inviting my aunt and my 2 cousins, however the oldest i do not want to invite. She is not a part of my life. I saw her 2 months ago at my fathers funeral before that it had been years before we...

I see a lot of posts on here complaining about in-laws. Some are minor problems which everyone is bound to encounter at some point. Other posts are much more serious. It got me thinking... Would...

Our rehearsal dinner is at a brewery, and adding the open bar option for 2 hours makes it the same price as food and doubles our costs. I know a brewery invites drinking, but an open bar might be too...

FH and I registered at Bloomingdales, and have selected a range of items. BUT FMIL says its "snooty and inconsiderate" to not do a BBB or Macys. I do not want to expand to other stores, I have what I...

SO! my FH is in the military and we got engaged last month. originally his contract would have been up next october, giving us the option of a november wedding, which worked perfect with us. now he...

Without delving too far into the back story, I am a bridesmaid for a friend's wedding in June and things are getting pretty expensive. She has already asked us to pay over $200 for a dress,...

Please don't laugh.. but i have been to very few weddings and the ones i have been to were many years ago. I have no idea what a "reading" is. Shed some light?

Our ceremony is at 11 am and we are having a nuptial mass so I think it will take 1 hr 20 min or so. That means the start of our cake and punch reception for the church guests would start around...

Hi everyone! So not only am I planning my own wedding, but I'm a bridesmaid in my friend's wedding July! We are planning her shower for early May and need some ideas on cute (not corny)...

Most people are from out of town. but i worry that they just might show un-announced. so i wanted to send them a note (email) telling them that since they have missed 2 dead lines to r.s.v.p. , they...

Really, they do. Do your guests a favor and register somewhere else. My friend had her baby shower this weekend. I went to 2 Targets in the area, and those kiosks with registries didn't work. So one...

My wedding is in 2 months and my fiancee and I have been fighting a lot lately, about the wedding, and about a lot of stupid little stuff. We had a huge fight this morning about something really...

Do you think this will be OK? The church doesn't have any kind of "dress code", but I don't want to offend anyone.

I want to get married Friday March 14th of 2014. The issue I'm having is that my fiance is thinking that some of his family might not come because its a friday during Lent. I know there is a...

My future sister in law is going to be my MOH, her husband is a groomsmen and her 4 year old daughter will be a flower girl. We chose one little girl to be a flower girl from my fiances side and one...

If memory serves, the last time I did this it was considered inappropriate to invite someone without inviting their spouse. My wedding is in my hometown and I'll be inviting a lot of former classmates...

Hello so we have 3 children and have lived together already a while. We are updated all of our stuff in our place. What do you think about registering for children's stuff like new comforter sets?

Ok we're getting married in August and we're on a TINY budget so we plan to have a very small and intimate ceremony followed by a drop-in reception for everyone else. So what is the proper etiquette...