Discussions from Etiquette and Advice

TLDR: Mom’s dress looks white (she says it’s silver in person) and regardless of color I don’t really like the style on her. She can’t return it. What should I do? I think I’m writing this to vent...

Hello! I recently went dress shopping and found the wedding dress in my dreams. As overwhelming as the day was, I thought it was pretty obvious to not show anyone a picture of the dress without...

This is a hot topic of debate. What is your stance on them? Etiquette (the art of interacting with other humans to avoid awkward and uncomfortable situations in social settings and still applies as...

Hi! First post here We are doing a small round cake to cut for pictures and doing brownies and ice cream for the dessert (no one actually ever eats the cake!), so I was just wondering if anyone had...

A friend of mine's parent recently passed away unexpectedly, and through it all she found time to send us a wedding gift (a check, bless her). When writing the thank you note, is it crass to...

I'm really feeling disappointing that no one has offered to throw me a bridal shower. There are a few contributing factors here....1. I am not having a bridal party, too much drama and too many hurt...

My mom thinks it's against etiquette for her to host my wedding shower -- she wants to, but she doesn't want to offend anyone. I seem to remember seeing on here that that is old etiquette rules, and...

We sent our save the dates electronically. We sent out paper invitations, but had guests only RSVP through our website. I’m thinking about doing thank you cards electronically, but would anyone be...

I have a bridesmaid that I've only known for a couple years, I thought I knew her well enough but I'm learning I completely misread. Thus far every request I've made for help she's said she's unable...

Have anyone sent out their invitations with asking all guest to wear formal/black tie attire only ? If so, how did you worded it on the invite?

A good friend of mine attended a wedding today. She said she was appalled that some people had on Jeans, as I would be too. I am putting in my invitations about the dress code. And it will be enforced...

So our dress code is basically no jeans. I am thinking dresses nice o pants. Not everyone invited gmhas a lot of extra spending money. I don’t want anyone to feel like they have to go out and get...

Curious to what people did to ensure no one other then those exact people who were invited attend the wedding? So no kids unless name on invite, no plus one unless stated. We’re on a tight head count...

For a little context, I had a tour scheduled with a venue that I ended up letting know I had to cancel because we booked another venue (yay!). This other venue wished us the best, but then asked if we...

I’m contemplating a brunch for the day after our wedding. Just getting together at a restaurant, for those interested. For those of you who have done, or are planning to do this, who typically pays?...

I need a bit of modern etiquette advice. Our wedding is coming up an my future husband has several siblings, 3 married, 1 that is not. In fact, she hasn’t dated anyone since I’ve known him, nor...

We're getting ready to do our thank you cards and I'm trying to make it as easy as possible. My husband and I both have horrible, almost illegible writing. I also have an issue where I tend to skip...

I NEED HELP!!! I DONT KnOW IF I Should have My friend as my brides maid!! She has Never Even Met my fiance!! So originally my fiance and I were going to have a very small very quiet wedding. Pretty...

I don't know if this is me being irrational or paranoid but I have had a nagging feeling that my fiance may be crushing a bit on one of his female coworkers. I don't think anything has happened and I...

I’ll start by saying I’m really not close to many people, it’s been hard enough trying to figure out who I want for bridesmaids and I really can’t think of any friend I have that I’d want to serve as...