Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

Let me start by saying that I don't expect gifts for my birthday as an adult, except from H We were invited to a self hosted, 29th birthday at the couples home this weekend. It was a FB invite, very...

My bridal shower is at the end of this month, and people have started purchasing gifts off the registry. So far two people have opted to have the gifts sent directly to our house, and I’m wondering on...

My DJ told me the deposit amount and I almost fell out of my chair! The deposit is more than 50% of the total cost! I'm getting a good deal of a DJ for 475$ for four hours but a 300$...

My Bridesmaid scheduled her wedding 3 weeks before mine. She asked me if it was "okay". I firmly believe that I had no right/say in her decision. She wanted validation so I gave it to her, but I think...

My FW and I recently got engaged, and I'm so excited and eager to ask my girls to be my bridesmaids! I know the general rule is to wait about a year before the wedding, but when is a good time when...

So in 2 weeks I’m a bridesmaid in my sister in laws wedding. Unfortunately we don’t see eye to eye an certain things and while she’s never openly admitted it, I can tell she’s not a huge fan of me...

I’m going to send my save the dates soon and from my understanding you send one to each household that’s invited. I’m not sure how to send the save the save when I’m excluding a family member- I don’t...

Hey ! I just wasn’t sure if I should be inviting my makeup artist and hair stylist or just expect them to leave after doing me up ? Wasn’t sure what people typically do ? Is it rude if I don’t ?...

My husband and I are invited to a wedding and we’re not sure how to indicate that he may not be able to make it, due to health concerns. He wants to come with, but knows there is a chance his health...

My fiancé has a group of about 9 friends that we planned on inviting to the wedding (save the dates have been sent). Unfortunately, they seem to have cut FH off from their friend group in the past...

So we sent out our StDs on July 11th, and here it is two weeks later and some people still have yet to receive them. The weird thing is, in some cases, we had multiple StDs going to the same address,...

Here's the run down: We sent 79 invites for a total of 100 guests for our wedding on June 23 2022. We followed every bit of etiquette we could! We sent save the dates at the appropriate time, we sent...

We received many gifts from our registry that were sent directly to my house. Many were from people who were invited to the shower but could not attend, so I assumed these are shower gifts. However,...

Hi guys! I am having my brother be my Man of Honor. I also want to give my female cousin an important role but she is not married so can’t be Matron of Honor. I didn’t want a Maid of Honor and a Man...

We had our engagement photos done a month ago. We were told it would take 1-2 weeks max to get our photos back. We still have not gotten them and it’s 2 weeks pay the date we were told we would have...

If you had a college friend that has been in a relationship for over a year now but you have never met their SO, would you give them a plus one to invite him or her? We are working with a tighter...

My nephew is getting married and I was surprised to not receive an invite, and a bit offended. But received an invite to a post-wedding party at my sister’s house with a link to their cash registry....

Last year bc of Covid we had a very small wedding or minimony. This year we are going ahead w the ‘big wedding’ and reception. But what do we call it? Marriage Blessing, Vow Renewal, Wedding Blessing...

My husband and I got married April 9. Our videographer said that we would get our wedding video back in about 4 to 6 weeks on one email. The contract says 6 to 8 weeks with a due date of June 2. There...