Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

It is part of a park district building and has it's own entrance and parking lot.They just recently redid the banquet room's parking lot and are now tearing up the front lot, which is used for the...

We're having a semi-formal wedding in our backyard. We're wanting to play some light background music from inside the house that people can enjoy during the ceremony. We're wanting to go with...

Ok ladies what is the history behind the wedding Veil? I have heard that if you wear a cathedral that you can hold it with your two pinkies, and wrap it around you sort of. And while your at the table...

So I got an email from an old college friend letting me know that he and his wife are attending the wedding and just dropped the RSVP in the mail. He also said that they will be leaving their 2 year...

My FI's side is easy... His parents have been together for more than 50 years. My side, however, gets sticky... My dad, who I am not close with, will be attending, but not in the procession. Should I...

My fiance's parents have both passed on (his mother 4 years ago and his father 2 years ago). His mother was the most important person in his life and raised him on her own. He didn't really get to...

My wedding is on a Friday ceremony starts at 6:30ish and reception most likely 7:15 or so. I have been talking to my mother about caterers and she keeps bugging me about why am I having a full dinner...

My grown adult boys will be walking me down the aisle but wont be standing up as groomsmen. So just wondering if you guys had any ideas of something from me to give to them.

Do you ever get scared no one will show? Its something I can't stop thinking about. What if i planned this wedding for 100 people and 20 people show, I will be devestaed, and our of a lot of money.....

Our Wedding is in April We dont have a church picked out yet! We've recently started going to this new church, but in order to get married there you have to become members. go thru membership classes...

So i was going through the balance of the wedding expenses. And is a high monthly payment that i would have to make in order to pay everything off on time. That does not include the Food. My Dress or...

So since we couldn't invite all of our friends to the wedding, we're having an after party at a night club close to the venue...I'm trying to put a wording that would let them know that even though...

Has anyone else experienced this strange feeling of getting married not seeming real? I am excited but I do have a lot going on that is stressful ($ is very tight, looking for a FT job - only...

Where I live its kinda tradition for the father to walk the bride down the aisle. My parents were divorced the whole time I was growing up, and my dad was never in my life. I saw him once a year! My...

I have a very difficult MIL-to-be who has been making unusual wedding requests from the moment my FH and I got engaged. One of the more recent requests was that we include my FH's sister (who died as...

The song I want to use for my first dance is I Wanna Luv You by Donell Jones. This song is 4:10min. Is that to long?

So my FH & I Have been talking about our music choices for the cermony and we thought it would be fun to choose something different than the wedding march. Is anyone else changing it up? If so i'm...

My Fiances Groomsman and my Sorority sister picked the same date for their weddings. I am really sad and torn. Should we just go to the one who picked their date first or go to each wedding...

My fiancé and I are planning on writing our personal vows to each other, and I was wondering if we should let each other read our vows before the wedding? Part of me feels like it would be more...

My bachelorette party was horrible. I didn't have fun at all. One of my bridesmaids wasn't there because she made plans to go to Miami when the other bridesmaids had set up the date. She's the one...