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My wedding is very small (30 total in attendance) and the wedding party only consists of the best man, maid of honor and my FH and I. We are not having a rehearsal dinner because there really is no...
I was not aware of this being a thing, but I just came across something talking about how much you should spend on gifts for your parents and was like.....oh crap, is that something we should be doing...
Hello all!! I hope you all are doing well! So recently my wife and I were married on January 6th, 2020. We got married two months after being engaged because I’m enlisting into the Air Force and if...
What do you feel is the best wording to express that your reception is formal? We're having our ceremony and reception at the same venue, a yacht club at the Jersey Shore, on a Friday night in June. I...
Hello! I am new to the whole wedding world and etiquette and such. My fiancé and I downsized our wedding a bit (no invitations or anything have been sent yet) but we’re doing a small intimate wedding...
My fiance and I are totally different people. I am an extrovert and he is an introvert. We met on a Hawaiian cruise and since our first week of dating, we dreamed of revisiting the islands to marry in...
Has anyone ever had a guest continually flip flop with their rsvp to your wedding? My cousin texted me last week to give her rsvp to my wedding in June, and was leaving the kids at home. Yesterday,...
I have asked my sisters and my two best friends to be my bridesmaids for my wedding next year. All four girls mean a lot to me so it was an easy decision to make them my bridesmaids. So far, my...
Hi all! My recent fiance expressed interest in wearing a rub we band until we get married and it's replaced with his wedding band. I also want to wear a rubber band for when I go to the gym or sleep....
Hi all, I'm MOH for a friend's wedding and I'm starting to get frustrated with the lack of communication and support from the bride. There are 13 bridesmaids and most of us live out of state. So...
I am getting married next Saturday and have obviously been putting off this task because I just don't know how to handle it! I am having a destination wedding and therefore, do not know the officiant...
When I was addressing my save the dates, I asked my mom what the appropriate thing to do regarding sending them to our parents is. My parents said they did not want a save the date or invitation...
Hi there, I’m new here and stumbled upon this site so I wanted to ask a question about bachelorette party etiquette. Every bachelorette party I’ve been too I haven’t had to pay for anything, besides...
Do you tip for wedding hair trial? This will be my second one with same person. $170 for each trial. Reason for second is because I went with low bun and now I want high bun. I tipped 20% first...
I was going to type out our entire friendship “story” but long story short we’ve been friends almost 20 years. Our lives have gone in diff directions at times due to some heavy life things but we’d...
Is anyone else thinking of/did feet washing at your ceremony? I have seen it done and think it's such a sweet symbol of serving one another in marriage. Are you having anyone do a reading during it or...
SO! We have decided to do an intimate ceremony (non religious, will probably literally be 10 mins) - family only and then a reception at a different location later in the day with all of our friends...
We've decided to just do a ceremony. And we love the idea. Just wanting to hear some other opinions.
Has anyone ordered dresses from JJ's house or any other internet site?
Maybe I'm overthinking this, but what is the etiquette for addressing invitations when there are different family groupings in the same household? For example, one family on my guest list is my aunt,...