Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

My dad is a minister and will be one of two officiants at our wedding, so he is both the father of the bride and the officiant. I have been hearing that the father of the bride should wear a tux but...

Hey guys, I have been thinking about welcome gifts for out of towners, and we will be needing 17 packages. I have been pondering about what to get for our guests, and finally decided to have a bag...

I love my boyfriend very much. We aren't engaged yet, but his behavior has changed a bit in a few weeks. We've talked a little bit about weddings, I brought up the subject though. Recently though it...

My goodness, I got engaged at halftime at a football game, and before the game was over, I had two texts asking who I was choosing as bridesmaids! Wow! Well, one of them already knows, because it's...

If I'm having a buffet dinner for our wedding reception, should I also place a menu on the table for guests? or is a menu only needed for sit-down dinner?

Hello all! I am new to the forum and I have a question... We are offering full open bar for 3 hours at our reception and then it will turn into a cash bar. I have read that this is an ettiquette NO...

Hi all! i need your opinion on something... so i'm having the hardest time to choose my wedding favours, and a friend of mine gave me a great idea (or so i thought) : why not give everyone a $1...

Hi! This is my first post on Wedding Wire!! I am getting married next month and we are not having dancing. We are just having cocktail hour and a nice sit down dinner. We will have music playing...

We don't really have any people that would be comfortable enough to stand in front of everyone and do a reading, except my sister who is also a BM, is this ok?

At the moment, I'm working as a server at a chain restaurant. I've been there for almost a year, and while I'm friends with most of my co-workers and I enjoy working with them, I'm not really planning...

Hello all! Hope you all had a good weekend I am just wondering if anyone will be joining their guests during cocktail hour? Will be taking pictures before our ceremony and there is really no place...

Both of my FH's parent's are deceased and is grandfather. My father is also decased and so is one of my grandmothers. While we understand this is a HAPPY occassion and certainly don't want to sadden...

I have this female that was my best friend In 7th grade. As time progressed, I moved away and we parted ways but still kept In contact. She never once came to any of my events I invited her to and we...

I need someone to send me a sample of a Baptist wedding ceremony outline. I'm trying to figure out who/when does what..and how many songs we need to pick out to be sung during the ceremony. Thanks!

As some ladies may know my fh and I decided to have a civil wedding at the courthouse and a party afterwards. My question is can I still have a bachelorette party? Now that we are doing this not sure...

I would have never thought I'd agree to have a pig roast on our menu, but I did! It always seemed kind of "hillbilly-ish" to us, but it was SO delicious at our taste testing. It is accompanied with a...

Hello all, I am the groom. Our wedding is in a few months and we are starting to look at invitations. So initially we were paying 2/3 of our wedding costs and each of our parents were giving an...

Hi all! I'm having a multi-wedding event over 3 days. Event 1: 150 guests invited. Event 2: 300 guests invited. Event 3 & 4 (wedding & reception): 400 guests invited. We will have 3 different inserts...

I tuned into my regular Thursday line up of Four Weddings and one bride pulled out a tissue from her bra during her ceremony to wipe her tears. So that got me to thinking how will I get to my tissues...

My brother recently caught his wife cheating (on their anniversary). I'm worried he will self destruct. They have a 6 yr old son and 2 yr old daughter. His wife is not letting him see their children...