Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

My FH's father passed away when he was 17. He is having a difficult time knowing his dad won't be there that day. I wanted to get a personalized handkerchief or something saying something like "those...

My fiance just got back from his 5 day bachelor party in Vegas. I am not handling it well at all. I do believe him when he tells me that he did not cheat or do anything inappropriate (except a strip...

Yesterday was my bridal shower, and a close friend of 15 years didn't attend. She is upset that she isn't a bridesmaid. Though I was in her wedding six years ago, we aren't that close anymore. Besides...

So since I'm not having any ushers I am trying to figure out who should be walking the mothers down the aisle... Thinking of course FH with his mother and father but what about my mother... I have no...

Today we made the long trek to our venue to meet with our chef and discuss menu options. Afterwards we decided to walk around the venue to refresh our memories a little so we can start brainstorming...

My MOH has decided that she'd like to throw my bridal shower on April 21st or 28th. Let's say she chooses the 21st. I wasn't planning on sending out my wedding invitations until April 8th but now my...

SO I have been wondering about what time I should put on the invites for the ceremony. Now everyone knows the saying "run on spanish time" but I'm a bit worried as to what I should put on the...

Anyone have any suggestions for a song to be played during the sand ceremony? I want it to fit the atmosphere of the sand ceremony. If that makes any sense.

I am planning on inviting about 200 people but not really sure how many will really show? How many people do you guys think will say no? I ask because we are renting the chavari chairs lol trying to...

Well, FH is in the Marine Corps: and when duty calls he (we) answer. There is a possibility of his orders being moved up, complicating our plans for a September 2013 wedding. I see that we have two...

Is it normal to invite close friend's parents to your wedding? I am not really close to the parents, but we all grew up together. I had never heard of this until my mom said something. She was...

On my RSVP card with the meal choices I was going to say "please note dietary restrictions", but I decided against it. I figured people would list all sorts of restrictions that I would stress over...

My mom died of cancer. My dad said he wanted me to have her ring. I was devastated that he gave it to my younger brother who already gave it to his now wife. I am hurt neither talked to me first about...

Add clinking glasses to get the B&G to kiss to the list of wedding traditions that I do not care for. Has anyone discovered a successful way to get around it? Just not responding when guests start...

My fiance and I just got an email from his best man explaining that he and his wife (one of my bridesmaids) will no longer be coming to our wedding. First off, telling us that in an email was a huge...

I've only been to one wedding that was "Adults Only", and actually, it wasn't really, but they didn't want really young children there in case they cried/caused a scene during the ceremony. Maybe it's...

Hi ladies.. I saw plenty of help on the forums about addressing inner and outer envelopes... unfortunately, were not having inner and outer envelopes. We have the outer envelope, invitation, rsvp w/...

I've mentioned before that FH and I bought our first home a few months ago, back in October 2012. Our lender and real estate agent are absolutely amazing and as a congratulations gift, offered to...

The earliest I could book my engagement photos was the end of this month, and by the time the photographer edits it, and I am able to design the postcards and get it shipped to my house it will be...

My FH wants a rustic wedding. I like the idea but I could do without. We chose the colors navy and orange for our fall wedding before we decided on the rustic theme and we cannot change the colors...