Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

I would like to have some nice wine, cheese and crackers. Is this appropriate? Any suggestions?

I'm having a Justice of the Peace wedding in September. My future husband and I are going to a restaurant afterwards for dinner and we were wondering whether we will have to pay for the food of the...

One of my BM's asked me what my "Something Borrowed" was and I can't believe I spaced on this! At this point, I have everything I need and I can't think of anything I can borrow. Any ideas?

I am a little lost, I am working on my wedding myself and to save money we have cut back on alot of things that I kinda wanted. Well this is an expense I am not sure if we should do or not. What is...

I'm adding a "FAQ" section to our wedding website in an attempt to answer questions with regard to uninvited plus-ones, the dress code (or venue has a strict dress code) and kids. I'm trying to think...

We do not need typical wedding gifts but we would like gifts of money in order to take a nice honeymoon. How to gracefully request that guests contribute gifts of money without sounding piggish and...

My fiance and I are not really into the traditional idea of attendant gifts: flasks, beer mugs, etc. What are some modern, useful gift ideas? We have 3 bridesmaids, 3 groomsmen, 2 three-year-old ring...

How do you address invitaions to retired military AND What is the proper wording to request Military Uniforms? FH is active duty navy and wearing his dinner dress blues, both FOB and FOG are active...

I got engaged in November of 2010 and purchased my wedding gown at a small bridal shop in January. Shortly after I found bridesmaid dresses at a different shop, but the owner of the shop where I got...

I just recently got married. I work at small office. No one threw a bridal shower for me. Another coworker is getting married this year and someone came around asking for a donation for her gift and...

Hi, My fiancé and I are arguing about kids at the wedding. If we invited all the kids of our guests we would be in the 30-35 range. I would like to have my two nephews and niece there and not have...

I'm pretty much in the same situation as a groom normally is- I have one close friend and a LOT of acquaintances and work friends! My best friend had a lot of things come up this year so she used a...

Okay, so to understand my question you have to know a little about my history. My parents divorced when I was 10 yrs old. Then at 12 my dad died suddenly. My mother was remarried at the time of his...

I recently went to my girlfriend's bridal shower. She has 6(ish?) bridesmaids and to tackle the huge pile of "loot" they each opened 1 gift at a time to get through everything quicker. Is it just me,...

Our wedding is taking place at fiance's mom's house (lovely woman). Fiance's stepmom is a drama queen and plays the blame game. Fiance's stepmom and bio mom can't stand each other. Stepmom told...

Silly question here... how important is it to have "wedding" postage stamps on your invitations? Do people really care about that sorta thing? I have a decent stash of "regular" stamps, if I used...

Did you pay to have your bridal party all "done-up", or did you tell them to do their hair up or down and let them do it on their own along with their makeup? I am just worried that their wouldn't be...

Unfortunately we just can't invite everyone we know to our weddings. Limited space & budgets usually prohibit us inviting everyone we'd like to. I just had my first non-invited friend email me asking...

If we are having a cocktail party for an hour only can we just serve drinks or does some type of food need to be served.