Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

FH has a rocky relationship with his mom and I have one with my dad. We definitely love them, but we both tend to butt head with our parents. Me and my dad more so than FH and his mom. FH's mother...

So the song that I found (and Loved) for my father daughter dance was Slow sweet walk by Edwin McCain, but I had already previously chosen my first dance with my FH to be Could not ask for more by...

all of our family and friends know we are getting married at city hall and are planning a dinner to invite everyone to after we get married. so i do not know how to word it. we are having a dinner at...

How did everyone collect addresses? I've gotten what I can from my mother and FH from his mother, but we're still short more than half of the guests. Did you ask them straight out? I'm friends with...

Hello everyone, My wedding is in 3 months and I am struggling to come up with a way to honor and remember my beloved dad who passed away in July. I want to bring him into wedding, but not in ways that...

The grooms mother is refusing to give me a list of addresses to mail invitaitons to because they just announce it at church and the rest of the town will find out. As a bride I know this is wrong but...

We have the option to have a sweetheart table (bride and groom only) or a head table. Here's the dilemma I have. If I seat just the Best Man and Matron of Honor with us (we're only having one...

FH and I put a deposit down on a place for next Sept and we've realized that we don't want a big wedding anymore and are doing a family only event, for a variety of reasons. Because it's so far in...

It has been 13 months since my wedding and my photographer has delivered the electronic version of the photos, but has not yet delivered the photo albums as agreed upon in the contract. I've paid...

I am so upset right now. Yesterday, my eye was feeling sore and this morning, I woke up with a full blown stye! Well.. I assume that's what it is anyway. It doesn't have any red bump or pimple looking...

Ok so Warning: This is a lengthy post! Sorry! A little back story before I go into what happened. Me and my FH Chris, have done things a bit nontraditional and out of the norm. We have been together...

My fiance and I really don't have the money to have a bridal shower, nor do we really want to have one. We hate being the center of attention etc. We definitely need new things for our future home,...

I am trying the mantra about how great it will be that I will married after it's all over but am also just so mad about the inconsiderate ways our friends have been behaving. 2 friends casually told...

So I've been researching the history of various wedding traditions, partly because I was interested, but mostly because I was bored at work Anyway, to my surprise, the poem "Something old, something...

Asking someone close to you to get ordained to marry you... do or dont..... save $ and personal??

Having an open bar i bought all the alcohol we hired a bartender and i didnt know what to do for beer bottles or cans? my mom started buying cans i thought is was a little tacky haha idk if im...

I am relatively new here. I have responded to a few posts but I really could use some help. I am getting married for the second time and have run into a problem. One of my flower girls and one of my...

I haven't been to many weddings, but the ones I've been to have all had dancing be a major part of their reception. The thing is, my fiance and I don't really like dance parties. At dances, I'll...

So my fiance is Filipino and I'm Vietnamese, he's catholic and I'm buddhist, but I want to do a Filipino ceremony, I know about the cord and veil and coins but I don't know which prayers are supposed...

Has anyone ever been or heard of a wedding where someone objected to the wedding? This was a topic on the radio this morning...